The Bilingual Brain

2019/2020

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

5

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент общей и прикладной филологии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course explores the brain bases of bilingualism by discussing literature relevant to differences in age of initial learning, proficiency, and control in the nonverbal, single language and dual-language literature.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will learn about the latest research related to how humans learn one or two languages and other cognitive skills.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• To introduce students to past and current conceptual developments in bilingual and neuroscience research
• Students will be able to compare developmental parameters of language acquisition of children and adult bilinguals
• We investigate various complex of bilingual practices withis social diversity and gender issue
• Students will look at various processes affecting language shift and professional experise within the language efficiency

Course Contents

• Introduction.
  Familiarity and Its Neural Instantiation. Age of Acquisition. Beyond Language. Plan for this course. Toward a Bilingual Metaphor
• The Nature of Learning.
  AOA In A Single Language. AoA and Sensitive Periods. AoA and Language. Digging into the Depth of Language. Building a Grammar. The Sensorimotor Nature of AoA
• Laying Down Two Languages Across Time.
  Let There Be Sound. Phonology in a Second Language. Grammar. Critical Periods in a Second Language. AoA and Orphaned Language. Grammatical Proccessing and AoA. Isolating AoA. Grammatical Gender Comparing First and Second Language
• Proficiency, Efficiency and Expertise.
  Perceptual Expertise. What Makes Expertise. Deliberate Practice and Language. Learning Without Knowing. Expertise and Language Proficiency.

Assessment Elements

• Домашние задания
• Устный экзамен

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.7 * Домашние задания + 0.3 * Устный экзамен

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Handbook of bilingualism: Psycholinguistic approaches. (2005). Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.dare.uva.nl.publications.2a190ba5.847c.46c2.851c.38ee6bfb47a0

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Sánchez Ruiz, B. C. (2017). Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism Colin Baker. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E7770BCE
• Yakpo, K. (2016). Exploring language in a multilingual context. Variation, interaction and ideology in language documentation. By Bettina Migge and Isabelle Léglise. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A495CCEE