Module Identifier |
ED32220 |
Module Title |
BILINGUALISM |
Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor Marilyn Martin-Jones |
Semester |
Intended for use in future years |
Next year offered |
N/A |
Next semester offered |
N/A |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 10 x 2 hours (workshop format combined with formal teaching) |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Course Work: Assignment(s) totalling 5,000 words (or reasonable equivalent) This will include one based on reading and one based on project work. | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | All failed or missing elements of assessment to be re-taken or made good. | |
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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
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Show a critical understanding of different approaches to the study of bilingualism and bilingual literacy
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Demonstrate an ability to place their own experience of living and studying in a bilingual university and a bilingual community within a wider research and policy context
Brief description
This module covers three main areas of research on bilingualism: historical accounts of bilingual communities; studies of contemporary aspects of bilingualism and bilingual literacy in local community contexts; and, research on codeswitching in bilingual discourse. In covering each area, the focus will be on the theories underpinning the research and on the views about `speakers? and `communities? implicit in these theories. Examples of recent research in bilingual settings in Wales, in other areas of the British Isles, in Europe, in Canada, the USA, in Africa and Asia will be chosen according to the interests of those taking the module.
Aims
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To provide an introduction to the study of bilingualism in its social context
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To examine the relationship between bilingualism in its spoken mode and bilingual literacy practices
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To develop an awareness of the issues (of theory and method) which lie behind different approaches to research on bilingualism
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To consider the implications of recent research findings for language policy developments in bilingual settings
Content
The lectures cover the following themes and topic areas:
Bilingualism in everyday lives and local community contexts
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Bilingualism, diglossia and domains of language use
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Social networks, language choices and identities
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Codeswitching: social meanings in bilingual conversations
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Bilingual literacy practices as social practices
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Bilingual literacy events
Bilingualism embedded in the history of communities
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Linguistic `markets', language and symbolic power
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Language shift in bilingual communities
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Reversing language shift: language revitalisation.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 631195394
Heller, Monica Codeswitching : anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives
Mouton de Gruyter
Rampton, Ben Crossing
Longman 582217911
Fasold, Ralph W. Sociolinguistics of Society
Blackwell 063113462X
Cross-cultural Approaches to Literacy
Camb.U.P. 521409640
Grosjean, Francois Life with Two Languages
edition n.e. . Harvard U.P. 674530926
** Supplementary Text
Auer, J.C.P. Bilingual conversation
John Benjamins Publishers Co. 915027496
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 631195394
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 631195394
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 631195394
Heller, Monica Codeswitching : anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives
Mouton de Gruyter
Multilingual Literacies
J.Benjamins,Netherlands 9027218056
Baynham, Mike Literacy Practices
Longman 582087082
Barton, David Literacy
Blackwell 631190910
Linguistic Variation
Academic P. 126188505
Heller, Monica Linguistic Minorities and Modernity
Longman 582279488
Grosjean, Francois Life with Two Languages
edition n.e. . Harvard U.P. 674530926
Grosjean, Francois Life with Two Languages
edition n.e. . Harvard U.P. 674530926
Grosjean, Francois Life with Two Languages
edition n.e. . Harvard U.P. 674530926
Rampton, Ben Crossing
Longman 582217911
Woolard, Kathryn A. Double Talk
Stanford U.P. 804715025
Grillo, R.D. Dominant Languages
Camb.U.P. 521365406
Gumperz, John J. Discourse Strategies
Camb.U.P. 521288967
Gumperz, John J. Discourse Strategies
Camb.U.P. 521288967
Gumperz, John J. Directions in Sociolinguistics
edition n.e. . Blackwell 631149872
Li Wei Three Generations,Two Languages,One Family
Multilingual Matters 1853592404
Gumperz, John J. Directions in Sociolinguistics
edition n.e. . Blackwell 631149872
Li Wei Three Generations,Two Languages,One Family
Multilingual Matters 1853592404
Fasold, Ralph W. Sociolinguistics of Society
Blackwell 063113462X
Worlds of Literacy
Multilingual Matters 1853591955
Li Wei Three Generations,Two Languages,One Family
Multilingual Matters 1853592404
Languages and Publics
St.Jerome Publishing 1900650428
Language-ideological Debates
Mouton de Gruyter 3110163497
May, Stephen "Language,Education and Minority Rights"
Longman 058240455X
Kulick, Don Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction
Camb.U.P. 521414849
Gal, Susan Language Shift
Academic P. 122737504
Gal, Susan Language Shift
Academic P. 122737504
Williams, Colin H. Language revitalization : policy and planning in Wales
University of Wales Press 708316670
Language Ideologies
Oxf.U.P.(N.Y.) 195105621
Bourdieu, Pierre Language and Symbolic Power
edition n.e. . Polity P. 074561034X
Language and Social Identity
Camb.U.P. 521288975
Giglioli, Pier Paolo Language and social context : selected readings
Penguin Books 140133038
Frawley, William International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Oxford University Press 195139771
Fasold, Ralph W. Sociolinguistics of Society
Blackwell 063113462X
Fasold, Ralph W. Sociolinguistics of Society
Blackwell 063113462X
Myers-Scotton, Carol Social Motivations for Codeswitching
edition n.e. . Oxf.U.P. 198239238
Social Anthropology and the Politics of Language
Routledge 415037654
Fishman, Joshua A. Reversing Language Shift
Multilingual Matters 1853591211
Tollefson, James W. "Planning Language,Planning Inequality"
Longman 582040620
One Speaker,Two Languages
Camb.U.P. 521479126
One Speaker,Two Languages
Camb.U.P. 521479126
Cross-cultural Approaches to Literacy
Camb.U.P. 521409640
Auer, Peter "Code-switching in conversation : language, interaction and identity "
Routledge 415158311
Heller, Monica Codeswitching : anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives
Mouton de Gruyter
Gregory, Eve City Literacies
Routledge 415191165
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 631195394
Grosjean, F. (1989) Life with Two Languages
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press
Romaine, S. (1994) Bilingualism
2nd. Oxford: Blackwell
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6