Language Issues in a Global World
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Overview
Subject area
EIS
Catalog Number
215
Course Title
Language Issues in a Global World
Department(s)
Description
This course will familiarize students with the pivotal ways in which language influences and underlies important and often controversial policy issues in societies around the world. It zeroes in on the issues of languages and dialects in cross-cultural perspective; multilingualism, literacy, and education; and language choice and globalization. The course will explore and analyze questions of language diversity, language power, and language policy in a global world.CUNY Pathways: Flexible Core-World Cultures & Global Issues
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate LaGuardia CC
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
FWG - Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
011748