GER 262Multilingualism
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
This course examines the concept of multilingualism in society from a social, cultural, and linguistic perspective. It covers topics such as multilingualism in the media, endangered languages, language and identities, language maintenance and loss, language planning and politics, and multilingual education.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Notes
- Taught in English.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention GER 262, January 2020 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2021
What are your favourite classes at UW 56 points, 87 comments
u/PR_36: “I don't think it's been offered in a while but GER 262 was really cool. Not particularly useful (I guess there's some relation to NLP), but really interesting and Betz was such a great prof.”
Fall 2020
any thoughts on JS 114?? 2 points, 5 comments
“for next semester i am considering taking js 114 - jews and jewishness. i need a language course and i don't want to learn a new language... anyone have any experience with this course? …”
u/PR_36: “For language breadth without learning a language look at GER 262 it’s really really interesting and the prof is awesome”
Elective recommendations? 3 points, 11 comments
“Looking to pick a type C (humanitities) CSE for my 2A eng term. any suggestions for courses you've taken and really enjoyed, or passionately despised?”
u/PR_36: “My favourite elective was GER 262. I took it in 1B and the class was really engaging. You don’t need to know German or any other language for that matter. It basically analyzes language acquisition, language mixing, and what I found most interesting was linguistic “landscapes”. …”
Interesting electives for 1b cs? 3 points, 11 comments
“I have no idea about what to take... any suggestions? A particularly interesting course, or an easy but worth it course or a hard but super beneficial course? Anything?”
u/PR_36: “My favourite elective was GER 262. I also took it in 1B and the class was really engaging. You don’t need to know German or any other language for that matter. …”
Winter 2020
Does anyone know of any fairly light in course load electives that are still open and not full? 1 point, 2 comments
u/PR_36: “I’m in GER 262 (no German in it at all) right now and the workload seems pretty light. Its about multilingualism, so like structure and similarity between languages, acquisition of languages, multilingualism in media etc. …”
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