It is also useful as a springboard to further graduate work in the field.
Students gain an understanding of issues of language acquisition and language pedagogy.
Four courses are required. Students who have not taken an introductory linguistics course at the undergraduate level will be expected to do extra readings to get an understanding of basic terms. An investigation of the relationship between language and society. A study of research on the learning of first and second languages. Topics include developmental sequences, learner variables, critical periods and conditions for learning, and the roles of input and interaction.