re: What good is linguistics?

["Susanna Horn" <Horn%DevPrograms%UAKRON@POLSKYS.CC.UAKRON.EDU>]

Allow me to add a vote for sociolinguistics.  I went kicking and screaming 
into this course, but now I see it as one of the most practical courses that 
I have taken.  It REALLY helped me understand my students' writing.  

Therefore, I would strongly recommend that future teachers take a 
sociolinguistics course.  Understanding the social contexts and reasons for 
linguistic forms and changes can help us talk more intelligently and be lots 
more tolerant.                  

Sue Horn
Developmental Programs
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio

shorn@uakron.edu