7 courses with the subject LL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LL 221Comparative Democracies4
What principles and aspects of governance are considered when determining a “democracy score” today, and how have concepts of democracy/democratization evolved in different parts of the world? This course explores these questions through the study of foundational political and philosophical ideas in several contexts of nation-building and/or democratic development from the 1700s to the present. Explorations are deepened with the analysis of the cultural production (visual arts, literatures, performance) in these various contexts. This course fulfills the Foundations of American Democracy requirement of the Core Curriculum.
In a world that is increasingly interconnected, students preparing to work in any field will need to communicate effectively with colleagues, customers, and communities from backgrounds that are different from their own. In this skill-building course, students will engage theory, literature and film, structured experience, discussion and reflection to build the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to interact effectively among diverse cultural and social groups. No prerequisite. Every year.
Engages the students with material that enhances their political and intercultural awareness through the appreciation and study of varied histories and traditions. The course provides the students in Languages and Literatures with a forum to reflect across nations and cultures. Through the study and evaluation of authentic materials and with the exposure to current theories on cultural criticism and linguistics, the goal is to explore how media —history, the arts, other forms of communication — reflects and influences language and culture. Course may be repeated as subject matter changes. Course is taught in English. No prerequisite. Every year.
LL 316Teaching and Learning Languages and Cultural Expression at Home and Abroad4
Students will consider and practice the art of teaching and learning languages. This class will provide a foundation in the basics of languages and cultural expression to those interested in teaching or tutoring languages abroad, teaching their native language in the United States, crafting a self-study of a foreign language, or simply pondering the experience of humans as multi-language learners. Common beliefs and principles around learning language and cultural expression will be explored. Using an active and experiential approach, students will consider the ways in which learners acquire a second language, and experiment through peer-teaching the principles, methods, and practices that are rooted in second language acquisition research. Every other year.
An introduction to the complex relationship between language and gender. Students will explore topics such as gendered language variation, the use of language to construct gender and other social categories, and linguistic sexism and resistance. Students will be introduced to sociolinguistic theories and methods of language analysis that they will apply to observational and reflective assignments. Students will also design a sociolinguistic research project. Even years Spring.
This course engages students in thinking about language structures and usages, with emphasis on practical applications. Students will develop skills for using linguistic knowledge to solve real-world problems. Course may be repeated as subject matter changes. Course is taught in English. No prerequisite. Every year.
This course surveys various topics at the intersection of linguistics and psychology, such as how languages are learned, how language is represented in the mind, how the mind processes sounds, words, and sentences, etc. Students will learn foundational concepts in linguistics and their application to English and other languages. Students will learn to analyze linguistic problems and develop a linguistic research study. No prerequisite. Every year.
