160042 SE (BA-)Seminar in Psycholinguistics: Bilingual Acquisition (2013S)

Seminar in Psycho-, Patho- or Neurolinguistics

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Details

Language: German, English

Lecturers

Ira Claudia Gawlitzek

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Tuesday
    09.04.
    08:30 - 10:30
    Seminarraum 3  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG
    
    Tuesday
    23.04.
    08:30 - 10:30
    Seminarraum 3  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG
    
    Tuesday
    07.05.
    08:30 - 10:30
    Seminarraum 3  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG
    
    Friday
    24.05.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Hörsaal 1  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG
    
    Tuesday
    04.06.
    08:30 - 10:30
    Seminarraum 3  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG
    
    Tuesday
    18.06.
    08:30 - 10:30
    Seminarraum 3  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG
    
    Friday
    21.06.
    14:00 - 17:00
    Hörsaal 1  Sensengasse 3a  1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this class we are going to take a closer look at bilingual first language acquisition, i.e. the situation when children grow up with two languages from birth. Public opinion as well as research literature on this topic is full of a whole array of myths and stereotypes from very positives "Bilinguals are more intelligent" to outright negative such as "Bilinguals don’t learn any language properly".
In this class we will have a closer look at these myths and stereotypes, compare bilingual first language acquisition to monolingual acquisition, and discover similarities and differences. We will address questions such as: Who is bilingual? Is code-switching and mixing as sign of one fused language system? How are languages represented in the bilingual mind?

Assessment and permitted materials

Depending on the number of participants in this class we might have a conference day for the presentations of your studies.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

At the end of this course
You know milestones in the acquisition of German and English.
You know about similarities and differences between monolingual and bilingual first language acquisition.
You have critically reflected myths and stereotypes concerning bilingualism.
You know major findings about bilingualism in an individual speaker.
You have a chance to do your own little study.
You have practiced short presentations and data analysis.

Examination topics

This course will be taught as a flipped classroom, which means I will make (lots of!) literature and material available, you prepare sessions by thoroughly reading the assinged literature and sometimes working on little tasks from session to session. During our sessions we will discuss the solutions and/or problems that occured. The sessions will be organized in an interactive way including short presentations from the participants and group work.

Reading list

Will be announced in the first session, much of it will be available on moodle.

Association in the course directory

BA [Version 2008]: BA-APM7B
Ba [Version 2011]: Ba-APM7B
BA [Version 2008]: BA-M8
Ba [Version 2011]: Ba-M8
Master allgemeine Linguistik: MA1-APM4A
Code Diplomstudium: 316, 419

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35