How gender is represented in our language; Complete online activities sexist language; the speech of and men; (Unit 05) October 7 theories of speech differences Post to Discussion Board Course Project (Part 2) Language and Ethnicity Textbook Ch. 6 How to define ethnicity; ethnic dialects; Complete online activities Unit 06 AAVE; code switching (Unit 06) October 14 Post to Discussion Board Questions regarding quiz 2 Language and Age Textbook Ch. 7 How we speak about (and treat) the very Complete online activities Unit 07 young and very old; markedness in age; age (Unit 07) October 21 as a social factor Post to Discussion Board Quiz 2 over Units 04-06 Language and Social Class Textbook Ch. 8 Unit 08 How to define social class; how language is Complete online activities October 28 representative of social class; relationship (Unit 08) between social and regional dialects Post to Discussion Board Language and Identity Textbook Ch. 9 Unit 09 Construction of speaker identity; overt and Complete online activities November 4 covert prestige (Unit 09) Post to Discussion Board Language Standardization Textbook Ch. 10 Kachru’s concentric circles; English of the Complete online activities Unit 10 Standard English in the (Unit 10) lingua franca; November 11 education system Post to discussion Board Questions regarding quiz 3 November 18 Quiz 3 November 26 Course Project (Part 3)
October 7 How gender is represented in our language; sexist language; the speech of and men; theories of speech differences Complete online activities (Unit 05) Post to Discussion Board Course Project (Part 2) Unit 06 October 14 Language and Ethnicity How to define ethnicity; ethnic dialects; AAVE; code switching Textbook Ch. 6 Complete online activities (Unit 06) Post to Discussion Board Questions regarding quiz 2 Unit 07 October 21 Language and Age How we speak about (and treat) the very young and very old; markedness in age; age as a social factor Textbook Ch. 7 Complete online activities (Unit 07) Post to Discussion Board Quiz 2 over Units 04-06 Unit 08 October 28 Language and Social Class How to define social class; how language is representative of social class; relationship between social and regional dialects Textbook Ch. 8 Complete online activities (Unit 08) Post to Discussion Board Unit 09 November 4 Language and Identity Construction of speaker identity; overt and covert prestige Textbook Ch. 9 Complete online activities (Unit 09) Post to Discussion Board Unit 10 November 11 Language Standardization Kachru’s concentric circles; English of the lingua franca; Standard English in the education system Textbook Ch. 10 Complete online activities (Unit 10) Post to discussion Board Questions regarding quiz 3 November 18 November 26 Quiz 3 Course Project (Part 3)
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