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High School Linguistics: A Secondary School Elective Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Suzanne Loosen
Suzanne Loosen*
Affiliation:
Milwaukee School of Languages
*
Milwaukee Public Schools 8400 West Burleigh Street Milwaukee, WI 53222 [loosensa@gmail.com]
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Abstract

This article details a high school English teacher's experiences teaching a semester-long elective course on linguistics to tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Students explore units covering an introduction to linguistics, phonetics, morphology, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and the history of English. The article reviews related primary and secondary school projects that have been done in the United States and abroad, the curriculum of this specific survey course, successes and challenges encountered while teaching, and recommended resources relevant to secondary school students and their teachers.

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high schoolelectivelinguisticssecondary educationK-12 curriculum

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Teaching Linguistics
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Language , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. e258 - e273
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Copyright © 2014 Linguistic Society of America

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