Language Structure Content of the Teaching of English

The objectives of the course are to:

1. give teachers an understanding of the language situation in the West Indies, with special reference to their individual territory.
2. give teachers an introductory understanding of the phonology, morphology and syntax of basilectal and mesolectal forms of language.
3. give teachers an introductory understanding of the phonology and syntax of a syntax variety of English.
4. develop in teachers the ability to observe contrasts between the language forms referred to in (ii) and (iii).