Dear TEACHLINGers,

as a "silent" reader of your wonderful tips on teaching linguistics
for several years now, I  finally decided to turn to you for your
advice. I am currently developing a graduate course on applied
sociolinguistics. Given the broad nature of what counts as
"sociolinguistics" and also considering the background of my students
(most will have limited sociolinguistic knowledge), I intend to focus
primarily on only selected number of language
(multilingualism)-related societal issues (i.e. the role of language
in relation to migration, work, education, civic participation, law,
etc.) and what kind of solutions can be proposed to tackle these
issues. In other words, my (idealistic) goal is to show students how
we could apply sociolinguistic knowledge accumulated so far in the
real world.
My plan is to use Piller's book "Linguistic Diversity and Social
Justice. An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics" as the main
reading text for the course, supported by some chapters from Dave's
and Robert's "Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact",
Trudgill's (Ed.) "Applied Sociolinguistics" and few other texts.
And now my question to you: perhaps, someone has already taught a
similar course before and would be willing to share (on or off the
list) the syllabus (or at least the topics covered) and reading lists
with me? Would you have any advice for the (type of) assignments for
such course? Any other insights or tips for me to consider?

Thank you in advance!

Aurelija Tamosiunaite
Johannes Gutenberg University-Mainz

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