Are you interested in languages? Do you enjoy talking and thinking about languages? Do you find the origins and components of languages interesting? Do you want to know more about how people learn languages? If so, the minor in Applied Linguistics might be right for you.
What is Applied Linguistics?
Applied Linguistics is an interdisciplinary field that identifies and investigates language-related questions in the real world, with connections to academic fields such as education, psychology, computer science, anthropology, and sociology.
What is the Applied Linguistics Minor?
The PSU Applied Linguistics Minor consists of five classes (15 or 16 credits). Courses explore language education, language acquisition, language in society, language assessment, language policy, the historical development of the English language, cross-cultural communication and multilingualism.
Please see complete information on all of the requirements to earn a minor at Plymouth State University.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | 15-16 | |
| Select four of the following courses (two courses must be taken at the 3000 or 4000 level): | ||
LIDI 2025 | Queer Language, Culture, and Identity (DICO,SSDI) | |
LIDI 2455 | Creating Language (CTDI) | |
LIDI 2505 | The History of the English Language (PPDI) | |
LIDI 2955 | Language Acquisition (SIDI) | |
LI 3500 | Research in Applied Linguistics | |
TE 3305 | Foundations of Multilingual Multicultural Studies (DICO) | |
TE 4100 | TESOL Methods and Practice | |
| Total Credits | 15-16 | |
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The student is able to:
- Understand and describe the historical development of the English language
- Understand current theories and the nature of first and additional language acquisition
- Understand factors which impact language acquisition for children and adults
- Understand and apply different approaches to language acquisition research, and critically evaluate this research
- Understand the distinction between rational thinking and anecdotal argumentation
The student is able to:
- Offer explanations and make predictions about the nature of human language acquisition
- Plan investigations, and collect, analyze, and interpret data
- Describe and give examples of ways in which human languages are all alike and how they may differ
- Use the terminology of linguistics to describe language phenomena
- Apply the tools of linguistics to analyze the sounds, words, and sentences of a language
- Locate, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and discuss research studies in linguistics
- Describe different uses of language according to social context
- Discuss significant research findings concerning sociolinguistics
- Develop, situate, carry out, interpret, and analyze a research study, utilizing quantitative reasoning and research skills
