Course Description
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistics, psycholinguistic, and linguistics aspects. Students will examine the most important concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs (e.g., immersion programs) and important political matters connected to them. By the end of the course, students will have broadened their knowledge of the latest issues and studies in bilingualism, and they will be able to apply new concepts in the completion of a variety of tasks, such as the development of different mini-research projects and class presentations. This class is offered in Spanish, though some of the readings will be in English.
Course Narrative
In this course we learned about bilingualism in depth by analyzing contributing factors such as: the age we acquire another language, the way we express ourselves, and even circumstances as to why languages are being lost or not being passed down to future generations. This course contributes to the fulfillment of the outcome MLO 2: Linguistics as it helps us understand the way we communicate with one another whether of the same culture or not. For example, in this course we learned that most individuals competent in two or more languages have a primary or principal language that they communicate and identify with. I had the opportunity to interview a set of individuals that considered themselves bilingual and they all claimed to express themselves in their native tongue because they identify more with it. I noticed this in myself as well when I am speaking in Spanish, I express myself in English. I identify English as my primary language and learned to speak Spanish in middle adulthood. Bilingualism is a topic of high interest for myself because we communicate in it daily whether we notice it or not. For example, when we do not know a word in English we will use the Spanish term. I would like to explore the use of code switching in bilingual speakers. This course can also be connected to another linguistics course I will be completing in Spring 2021, SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Linguistics. I will apply what I have learned from this course in hopes of it aiding me in understanding Spanish linguistics a little more.
Assignments
"Trabajo 3"
"Trabajo 4"
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistics, psycholinguistic, and linguistics aspects. Students will examine the most important concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs (e.g., immersion programs) and important political matters connected to them. By the end of the course, students will have broadened their knowledge of the latest issues and studies in bilingualism, and they will be able to apply new concepts in the completion of a variety of tasks, such as the development of different mini-research projects and class presentations. This class is offered in Spanish, though some of the readings will be in English.
Course Narrative
In this course we learned about bilingualism in depth by analyzing contributing factors such as: the age we acquire another language, the way we express ourselves, and even circumstances as to why languages are being lost or not being passed down to future generations. This course contributes to the fulfillment of the outcome MLO 2: Linguistics as it helps us understand the way we communicate with one another whether of the same culture or not. For example, in this course we learned that most individuals competent in two or more languages have a primary or principal language that they communicate and identify with. I had the opportunity to interview a set of individuals that considered themselves bilingual and they all claimed to express themselves in their native tongue because they identify more with it. I noticed this in myself as well when I am speaking in Spanish, I express myself in English. I identify English as my primary language and learned to speak Spanish in middle adulthood. Bilingualism is a topic of high interest for myself because we communicate in it daily whether we notice it or not. For example, when we do not know a word in English we will use the Spanish term. I would like to explore the use of code switching in bilingual speakers. This course can also be connected to another linguistics course I will be completing in Spring 2021, SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Linguistics. I will apply what I have learned from this course in hopes of it aiding me in understanding Spanish linguistics a little more.
Assignments
"Trabajo 3"
"Trabajo 4"