Emphasis is on understanding language as a system of rules and interrelated parts.
Highlighted are the implications of theory and technical description for making good teaching decisions in areas of classroom content, materials design, and assessment. Students examine current ESL pronunciation texts and evaluate their accuracy with respect to English phonology and morphology. They also visit ESL pronunciation classes to see how instruction is delivered. After completing this applied linguistics course, students not only know how the English sound system works and what ESL learners must master, but they also come to understand themselves better as speakers of English. The class meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at noon in G-24 Foreign Languages Building.