RHS 247

RHS 247

 

Bilingualism

 Second Semester 2012

 

Credit Hours : 2

 

Instructor : Ms. Lamya Al-Dukair

 

 

*Course Description: The course is designed to introduce students to the linguistic, psycholinguistic,
sociolinguistic and societal aspects of bilingualism. The class will examine how bilingualism is
defined and measured, linguistic behaviors of bilingual
speakers, the psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic bases of bilingualism, the relationship between
language and identity, language maintenance and language loss, and issues of education and
language planning for bilinguals and society as a whole.

*Course Objectives: To familiarize the students with the phenomenon of bilingualism from different aspects.

*References:

- Multiple Voices , An Introduction to Bilingualism

 By Carol Myers-Scotton

-Phonological Developmental and Disorders in Children

 Edited by Zhu Hua and Barbra Dodd

- Language Disabilities in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

By Deirdre Martin

 

Assignment: Write a report on " the analysis and description of the speech of a bilingual".

 

 

 

Weekly Outline:

 

Introduction	Week 1
Description and types of bilingualism	Week 2
Bilingual/Multlingual speech acquisition	Week 3
Factors promoting bilingualism and intercultural communication	Week 4
Effects of bilingualism	Week 5
Mid term exam 1	Week 6
Theoretical issues in bilingual phonological development	Week 7
The need for comparable criteria in multilingual studies	Week 8
Break	Week 9
Psycholinguistics and bilingualism: Bilingual Processing	Week 10
Midterm exam 2	Week 11
Bilingual speech difficulties and assessment approaches	Week 12
Intervention approaches	Week 13
Assignment discussion	Week 14
Revision	Week 15

 

Midterm Exams: 40%

Assignment: 15 %

Final Exam: 40%

Participation: 5%

 

Total : 100%