| LIN 100 : Language and Culture |
Professor: Cynthia S. Wiseman
College: Borough of Manhattan Community College |
Semester: Fall 2007
Time:
Section: 981
Credits: 3
Hours: 3 |
Discipline: Languages and Language Use
Level: Undergraduate
Format: Asynch |
Course Description:
This course will introduce the student to the study of language in multicultural urban settings. The course will introduce related topics, such as bilingual/bidialectal families and bilingual education, language and gender, literacy in a changing, technological society, child language acquisition, and different dialects and registers of English. The readings will draw on works in linguistics, literature and related fields. Students will work on critical reading and produce writing based on the readings in connections with their own experiences and backgrounds. |
Special Requirements:
none specified |
Online Component:
The entire course is online. |
Pre-requisites:
none specified |
