(3 credits) In this advanced course, candidates integrate their earlier preparation in phonetics, linguistic pragmatics and sociolinguistics with what they have learned about ESL methods. The course topics include materials selection; curriculum preparation; age appropriateness;English for particular purposes; the relationship between curriculum and setting: levels of language learning, immersion instruction; differences between ESL and EFL; oral language development; fluency development; vocabulary development; methods of accent modification and their timing.