Courses and Programs 1997-1999
Courses and Programs 1997-1999F Lng 486. Methods in Elementary School Foreign Language Instruction. (Same as El Ed 486 and Ling 486.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 25 credits in a foreign language. Current educational methods and their application in the elementary school classroom. Special emphasis on planning, evaluation, and teaching strategies.
F Lng 487. Methods in Secondary School Foreign Language Instruction. (Same as Ling 487 and SecEd 487.) (6-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 25 credits in a foreign language. Current educational methods and their applications to the classroom. Special emphasis on planning, objectives, and teaching techniques. Actual practice in some of the techniques.
F Lng 492. History of the Romance Languages. (Same as Ling 492.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Reading knowledge of Latin or a modern Romance language. From pre-classical Latin to the modern Romance languages, emphasizing both internal history (changes in sounds and forms) and external history (the social, political, and geographic context in which the language is spoken). Methods of historical linguistics. Readings in earliest texts. Nonmajor graduate credit.
F Lng 498. History of the German Language. (Same as Ling 498.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Reading knowledge of German. Early philological history of German as it separates from Indo-European, development through the Old High and Middle High German periods, including the earliest written evidence. Influence of Martin Luther on modern German; theory of the development of Yiddish; modern sociolinguistic treatment of German outside of Germany, particularly in the United States, e.g., in the Amana Colonies as well as among the Old Order Amish. Nonmajor graduate credit.