Course Details

Course offered Winter 2015

Honors 211 C: Ways of Being: Introduction to Bilingualism (A&H, DIV)

Honors 211 C: Ways of Being: Introduction to Bilingualism (A&H, DIV)

SLN 15063 (View UW registration info »)

Katarzyna Dziwirek (Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Office: Padelford A217, Box 354335
Phone: 206-543-7691
Email: dziwirek@uw.edu

Credits: 5
Limit: 30 students

Honors Credit Type

Provides a multidisciplinary examination of bilingualism as a societal and individual phenomenon. Considers language vs. dialect, diglossia, state language policies, language rights, indigenous languages and linguistic minorities. Explores bilingualism and biculturalism as human experience and as indexes of identity. Includes a field work project focused on linguistic diversity in the Pacific Northwest.

See a video course description at http://vimeo.com/111889921; use password “Slavic”