EXP 1501 - Language, Power and Identity

Credits: 3

Explorations Courses focus on enduring questions. Enduring questions do not have easy answers; instead, they encourage examination of complex issues from multiple perspectives, introspection, evidence-based arguments, and learning how to respectfully discuss controversial and difficult topics.This courses examines questions, such as, “How do we construct our ideas of language, dialects, and registers?” Topics to explore include the notion of “correctness”, multilingualism, and language variation. Students will consider complex real-world issues of sociolinguistics and language policy in a variety of contexts and settings. Students will also examine the Merrimack Connections curriculum.