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Teaching Vocabulary

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Course Information

Subject code

AL

Subject Code Description

Applied Linguistics

Course Number

3160

Course Title

Teaching Vocabulary

Catalog Subject and Course Number

AL 3160

Catalog Title

Teaching Vocabulary

Course Description (Combined)

Prerequisite: C- or better in AL 2000 (concurrent enrollment allowed)

A course on the teaching of second language vocabulary based on knowledge of its form, meaning, and use. Students develop word analysis skills and explore the nature of meaning, the semantic relationship between words, and the interpretation of meaning in context. Students use this foundation to cultivate strategies and techniques to teach vocabulary to language learners.

Credit: 3