Language, Culture, Society
Language, Culture and Society In this course students will be introduced to the comparative, ethnographic study of language in relation to socio-cultural context. Our readings will be drawn from diverse global settings and will focus upon language as the means by which people shape and are shaped by the social worlds in which they live. We will examine contrasts in ways of speaking across different communities, personal identities, and institutions. We will explore the consequences of communicative difference across a range of contact situations, including everyday conversation among peers, service encounters, political elections, and global connections or disconnections made possible through new media.
Language, Culture and Society In this course students will be introduced to the comparative, ethnographic study of language in relation to socio-cultural context. Our readings will be drawn from diverse global settings and will focus upon language as the means by which people shape and are shaped by the social worlds in which they live. We will examine contrasts in ways of speaking across different communities, personal identities, and institutions. We will explore the consequences of communicative difference across a range of contact situations, including everyday conversation among peers, se …Read more
The Professor was clearly passionate about the material, though she rarely seemed prepared for lectures. She was pretty all over the place and was also relatively unclear with her expectations for assignments.
The lectures were not engaging at all, and class was rarely ever fully attended. The papers are short but grading is inconsistent at times, and it is unclear what she is looking for. The class is definitely low difficulty but you won't be engaged or interested in the content.
Final grade is the average of four papers. Lectures could not be more dull. I would not recommend this class, even just as an easy, schedule filler. That is what I did, and I had a very bad experience. The grading is fair, though, and it shouldn't be hard to get an A.
I took this class to fill my schedule and with just 4 short papers making your entire grade, its not hard to get a good grade. Some lectures contained interesting information that will stay with me but overall lectures where not very engaging.
This is the only class I've ever consistently skipped. It was so incredibly boring, and the professor never bothered to switch up her teaching style, even when every single student was either skipping or doing other things on their laptops during class. The biggest waste of time and money in my college career thus far.
Elements of the curriculum were engaging, even to a person who had never taken a class in linguistics or anthropology. While she was very passionate about her subject, the Professor's lectures were not engaging. 4 papers total, grading was fair but it was difficult to discern her expectations.