Teaching

Courses

Curriculum development — Fall 2023

This course explores the intersection between social justice and the study of language. Language is inherently tied to complex social and political matters like identity, power dynamics, human rights, and linguistic accessibility. In order to explore these themes, this class will focus on overarching topics like: 

This course functions as an introduction to many sociolinguistic topics, with a focus on how those core concepts connect to the real-world concerns of the general public. Students will be expected to read, discuss, debate, and ultimately write essays about recent linguistic research in order to develop a critical lens with which to scrutinize the vital role language plays in public concerns.

Teaching assistant — Fall 2020

This course is an introduction to articulatory phonetics, the scientific study of how people produce language sounds. We will learn human vocal tract anatomy; how to describe, transcribe and categorize different types of sounds in the world’s languages; and we will devote time to learning to recognize and produce these sounds. We will also touch on the acoustic characteristics that relate to different types of articulations.

Instructor of record — Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024

Teaching assistant — Fall 2020, Spring 2021

This course provides students an initial opportunity to examine language from an analytical and scientific point of view. Students will learn that there are many misconceptions about language, its development, structure and use. As the course progresses students often reevaluate their own conceptions about language as they learn how it is integrated within cognition, culture, history, and society. Linguistics 102 is a writing-intensive (WI) course and students will receive WI credit upon successful completion of the course requirements. This course is offered in both a traditional lecture format and through the Unit Mastery program.

Selected Workshops

Breslow, E. Ethnobotanical Linguistics. Invited guest lecturer for LING 300: Linguistic Analysis at Macalester College. November 2023.

Macalester Ethnobotanical Class

Breslow, E. סאָציאָלינגװיסטיק (Sociolinguistics). Workshop about sociolinguistics and the Yiddish language, given fully in Yiddish at Yidish-Vokh in Copake, New York. August 2023.

Photo of Emma Breslow, standing and speaking to others seated at picnic benches

Breslow, E. Biocultural and Traditional Knowledge. Workshop was a collaboration between the Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Language Revitalization Circle and the Language Documentation and Training Center at UHM. March 2022.