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Bilingualism - LING5006
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Explores the linguistic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic dimensions of bilingualism. Issues considered include definitions of bilingualism, bilingual competence, code switching, identity and bilingualism, and language policy and bilingualism.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
  • Develop a broad understanding of methodological and analytical issues in the study of bilingualism with particular reference to linguistic and psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism
  • Be familiar with some of the current debates in the analysis of bilingual language development, the bilingual (mental) lexicon and the formal analysis of code-switching.

Assessment

  • Class presentation and report - 20%
  • Two assignments - 20% (10% each)
  • Test - 20%
  • Essay (4000 words) - 40%

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