Additional emphasis is placed on the practical application of basic sociolinguistic concepts.
Social-interactional approaches to language study, the Labovian quantitative study of speech and the ethnography of speaking are also included. Students are taught the application of basic sociolinguistic concepts to second language acquisition and second language teaching. Students must have successfully completed LN300 5. The methodology includes lecture, film and audio tapes to illustrate sociolinguistic studies and concepts, group discussions, group and individual class presentations. Students must be familiar with the quantitative, social-interactional and ethnographic approaches to the study of speech.