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LANGUAGE POLITICS AND EDUCATION

EDPOL 595
Course Description

Overview of language politics, policies, and practices in global perspective; draws on the work of anthropologists, sociolinguists, and language policy scholars to examine how language choices in and regarding schooling interact with ethnic and linguistic diversity. Consider the following questions: How and under what conditions do language policies, practices, and pedagogies redress or exacerbate inequalities? How people at the local level, including educators, negotiate language and literacy policies and politics. Uses a global lens to expand local understandings and practices.

Prerequisties

Junior standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.93

-1.31% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
90%

-7.14% from Historical

Class Size
20

23.08% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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