LING 447 Bilingualism

• Introduction
• Syllabus
• Modules
• Rubrics
• Midterm teaching evaluations
• Contact

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Welcome to LING 447

Description

What is being bilingual? In this course we will try to give an answer to this question in every aspect of the term: sociological, linguistic and cognitive, and we will learn the tools and methods that science has been using to complete the puzzle.

Therefore, in this course, the student is expected to acquire: 1) a multidisciplinary knowledge on the topic, and 2) skills to study the phenomenon of bilingualism.

Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Recognize the basic problems in bilingualism and in the study of bilingualism
• Discuss the empirical methods that psycholinguists use to study bilingualism
• Plan and design a research in the topic of bilingualism
• Recognize better strategies to learn a second language
• Test strategies to learn a second language

Prerequisites

• Introduction to research methods. The contents of this course are based on scientific evidence, and therefore some knowledge about research methods is desirable.

Visit extended syllabus in CANVAS to see rubrics for weekly assignments, presentation and project.