EDUC 4133

Exclusion(s): Unavailable to students with credit for EDUC4033. This course surveys selected topics in the field of English as a second/additional language. We will explore language acquisition, identities, pedagogies and assessments from a sociolinguistic perspective. We will read about and discuss ways in which language and literacies construct and are constructed by: age, motivation, gender, experience, cognitive styles, sociocultural factors learning styles and technology. We will think deeply about how these things can both constrain and enable the range of educational possibilities available to learners and teachers. We will also explore how second/subsequent language teaching and learning can be a form of ongoing colonization. You will participate in lectures, including the use of participatory technology Moodle related activities, class discussions, readings, group work and individual work.