American English
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
466
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Spoken American English, its historical development, contemporary social, ethnic, gendered, and regional varieties, and the implications of language variation for education.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Use linguistic terms and concepts appropriately in discussions and writing about dialectal variation in contemporary spoken American English.
Outcome
Identify, compare, and analyze linguistic features of social, ethnic, regional and gender-based varieties of contemporary spoken American English
Outcome
Evaluate ways that language variation is influenced by migration and settlement patterns, social and ethnic isolation and contact, contact with languages other than English, etc.
Outcome
Assess notions of language ¿correctness¿ from the perspective of the social, regional, and ethnic diversity of contemporary American society.
Dependencies
Programs
ENGL466
is a
completion requirement
for: