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

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

Course Schedule