EFL460 SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING
| Course Code: |
3660460 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
2(2-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
4.0 |
| Department: |
Teaching English As A Foreign Language |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Sociolinguistics as a sub-branch of linguistics that ties language and communication to the context; language variation according to context, aim and interlocutors involved in the interaction; the characteristics and speech patterns in multilingual communities; language variations dependent on the users (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location and social structure)
