LLD Missions and Goals

In fulfilling the mission of California State University as implemented by San José State University, the mission of the Department of 语言学 and Language Development is to foster understanding of language structure and use in the context of a technological and multi-cultural society.

The Department of 语言学 and Language Development emphasizes the following goals.

所有的学生

所有学生:

• Acquisition of effective 英语 Language skills for use in academic and professional 设置.
• Development of methods of critical inquiry appropriate to a variety of intellectual 努力.
• An appreciation of the diversity and dynamic nature of languages and cultures in the U.S. and the world, including the context-specific appropriateness of varieties of 英语.

Language Development Students

For students of language development courses, an in-depth knowledge of academic 英语, 包括:

• An understanding of the interrelationship between critical thinking/literacy in academic and professional 设置.
• An ability to produce appropriate and effective reader-based written 英语.

语言学专业

For 语言学 majors, an in-depth knowledge of linguistics 包括:

• An understanding of the processes of comprehension, production, acquisition, variation and change within human languages.
• An ability to analyze a range of primary data in major areas of linguistics research to determine the ways in which language relates to cognition and society.
• An understanding of the relationship between linguistic theories and areas such as artificial intelligence, cognitive science, language acquisition and learning, and 语言政策.

TESOL专业

For TESOL majors, an in-depth knowledge of theories and practices of language teaching and learning, 包括:

• An understanding of the structures and functions of varieties of 英语 in specific 社交场合.
• An understanding, supported by field-based data, of the processes of first and second language development.
• And ability to integrate theory and practice as an informed and reflective practiti一个r.

As a department, we aim:

• To foster a climate in which individuals and collaborative research and scholarship can be carried out and disseminated in all comp一个nts of the department.
• To grow individually and collectively as academic and teaching professionals.
• To foster an environment of collegial exchange in which creative solutions to departmental, university, community and societal issues may emerge.
• To contribute to and promote interaction among the academic and social communities of which we are a part.