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In order to succeed in this course, you'll need to participate regularly in our live, in-person class meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays on campus.
In order to succeed in this course, you'll need to participate regularly in our live, in-person class meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays on campus.
✅ Our course meets 2 times a week, with regular assigned readings--our scheduled meetings on campus will support your learning with live discussions and activities.
Video: I'm working to make sure you have access to free and low-cost textbooks for our course!
Video: I'm working to make sure you have access to free and low-cost textbooks for our course!
💰 Each of our 2 required books are available through the CSUDH Library, or your local public library.
✅ All additional course materials, instructions, and Zoom links (for office hours) are posted to our Canvas course page.
You will also need regular Internet access to view course materials, and complete and submit assignments.
You will also need regular Internet access to view course materials, and complete and submit assignments.
Computers and/or wi-fi are available on-campus at Cal State Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) for your use.
Computers and/or wi-fi are available on-campus at Cal State Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) for your use.
✅ Any updates to the schedule of class meetings and/or office hours--such as campus holidays--will be posted to our course calendar in Canvas.
Course Description
Course Description
What does it mean to have an identity?
What does it mean to have an identity?
How does language facilitate our social relationships and group affiliations? In what ways do people display their self-identifications through language use?
This course invites a critical evaluation of intersections in language and age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other social factors.
Drawing upon an eclectic range of sources, as well as current research and theory, we will explore overlapping histories of local peoples, outsiders, linguists, and others to understand the power of language in defining and creating experience.
Reflecting on our own lives, we will also look to the formation of new communities and frontiers in language use including second language acquisition, migration, language policy, social media, and videogames.
Linguistics has many interdisciplinary connections.
Linguistics has many interdisciplinary connections.
This course counts toward the CSUDH Linguistics major and MA TESOL program.
What is your note-taking style?
What passions can you bring to our course?
Your active participation may include note-taking, formulating your own questions, and responding to your peers in discussion.
Course Materials & Textbooks
Course Materials & Textbooks
This course aims to examine a range of contemporary social concerns in historical context. For this reason, we will seek to explore a variety of primary and secondary sources, including original research data, research articles, and news reporting.
This course is a Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) course.
This course is a Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) course.
ZTC means that this course uses materials that are available at NO COST to you. You do NOT need to purchase books for this course.
I collaborated with our CSUDH Librarians to get a zero cost textbook arrangement for you. I support the Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) program because I care about your success.
To read these books online, you will need to enter your CSUDH username and password.
For help with your student username and password, please contact Information Technology at https://dhnet.csudh.edu to reset your password, or contact the Information Technology Support Help Desk at (310) 243-2500. For any further questions about accessing this ebook, or finding it on the library's website, please contact the University Library at ask@csudh.libanswers.com.
Our two (2) main texts are available online through the CSUDH Library - You do NOT need to purchase books for this course:
Talking in Context: Language and Identity in Kwakwaka'wakw Society by Anne Marie Goodfellow
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
All additional assigned readings and materials will be posted to Canvas.
All additional assigned readings and materials will be posted to Canvas.
This may include podcasts, videos, blog posts, news articles, and research articles that I will choose in response to our discussion.
I may also provide paper handouts in class, which will be subsequently posted to Canvas.
You are encouraged to approach our course materials critically:
You are encouraged to approach our course materials critically:
Together, let’s question why information is presented the way it is,
Assess which communities and ways of speaking are (not) represented, and
Evaluate how these readings and materials present a certain perspective on language and/or linguistics.
Building Online Community
Building Online Community
Here are some steps to help us work together to make our classroom, and use of the Canvas learning platform, fun and inviting.
Here are some steps to help us work together to make our classroom, and use of the Canvas learning platform, fun and inviting.
1. Update your Canvas profile! (see this video for instructions)
Add a profile picture, and tell us a little bit about you.
What's your favorite book? Undergraduate or graduate major?
Which languages do you speak or read?
2. Consider how your choices of words and images impact our community.
When you participate in our online discussion forums, how do you want others to receive your perspective?
Do you like to use .gifs and/or memes to communicate?
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