This book is an introduction to linguistics specifically tailored for teachers of second, heritage, bilingual, and world language education.

Sunny K. Park-Johnson is an assistant professor in the College of Education at DePaul University. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from Purdue University. Park-Johnson directs the Bilingual-Bicultural Education Minor and co-directs the Bilingual Language Development Lab. Her research interests include bilingual and heritage language development and maintenance, morphosyntax, and the intersection of theoretical linguistics, applied linguistics, and education.

Sarah J. Shin is Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where she is also a professor of education. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Michigan and specializes in bilingualism, heritage language education, and TESOL teacher preparation. Shin is the author of Bilingualism in schools and society (Routledge, 2018), English language teaching as a second career (Multilingual Matters, 2017), and Developing in two languages (Multilingual Matters, 2005).

What is linguistics and why study it?, Phonetics: the sounds of language, Phonology: the patterning of sounds, Morphology: the analysis of words, Syntax: the analysis of sentences, Semantics and pragmatics: the meanings of language, Language in society, Languages in contact, History of English, Bilingualism and language policy, Writing systems ,