LING 2850 - Sustaining the Mother Tongue: An Introduction to Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization

• Students will be able to argue the case for language diversity based on the importance of cultural sovereignty, human rights, and maintaining linguistic variety, and how this knowledge contributes to becoming an informed citizen.
• Students will be able to explain the current status and trends in language endangerment using appropriate disciplinary terminology.
• Students will be able to describe the major causes of language endangerment.
• Students will be able to identify the major strategies of language revitalization.
• Students will be able to describe and critically evaluate research into the causes and revitalization strategies of at least one endangered language community.
• Students will be able to describe how the attitudes of researchers towards endangered languages and their resulting findings are influenced by their social identities.
• Students will be able to work effectively in teams by making appropriate contributions, engaging respectfully with teammates, and managing team conflict.
• Students will be able to gather, interpret, evaluate, and synthesize information about an endangered language.
• Students will be able to systematically and methodically analyze their assumptions about endangered languages and carefully evaluate the relevance of contexts when presenting a position.
• Students will be able to logically state a position with respect to what society can do to revitalize languages and the consequences that is thoughtful, recognizes complexities, and acknowledges limitations.