Introduction to Linguistics for TESOL Educators: English Grammar and Language

This online course offers an introduction to the history and construction of languages and to the basic linguistic concepts of learning a second language, such as grammar, pragmatics and syntax. Participants will improve their own (English) language mastery, gain insight into English in comparison with other languages, examine grammatical categories and processes of other languages and discover the rich array of languages and language types spoken worldwide. Key topics include grammar, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics pragmatics (the speech setting: assumptions, body language, etc.), dialects (areal, social, professional, creole and pidgin languages), writing systems and computational linguistics.