Module Identifier |
ED32220 |
Module Title |
BILINGUALISM |
Academic Year |
2006/2007 |
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 Hours. 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
Fasold, Ralph W. Sociolinguistics of Society
Blackwell 063113462X
Grosjean, Francois Life with Two Languages
edition n.e. . Harvard U.P. 0674530926
Heller, Monica Codeswitching : anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives
Mouton de Gruyter
Rampton, Ben Crossing
Longman 0582217911
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 0631195394
Cross-cultural Approaches to Literacy
Camb.U.P. 0521409640
** Supplementary Text
Auer, J.C.P. Bilingual conversation
John Benjamins Publishers Co. 0915027496
Auer, Peter Code-switching in conversation : language, interaction and identity
Routledge 0415158311
Barton, David Literacy
Blackwell 0631190910
Baynham, Mike Literacy Practices
Longman 0582087082
Bourdieu, Pierre Language and Symbolic Power
edition n.e. . Polity P. 074561034X
Fasold, Ralph W. Sociolinguistics of Society
Blackwell 063113462X
Fishman, Joshua A. Reversing Language Shift
Multilingual Matters 1853591211
Frawley, William International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Oxford University Press 0195139771
Gal, Susan Language Shift
Academic P. 0122737504
Giglioli, Pier Paolo Language and social context : selected readings
Penguin Books 0140133038
Gregory, Eve City Literacies
Routledge 0415191165
Grillo, R.D. Dominant Languages
Camb.U.P. 0521365406
Grosjean, Francois Life with Two Languages
edition n.e. . Harvard U.P. 0674530926
Gumperz, John J. Directions in Sociolinguistics
edition n.e. . Blackwell 0631149872
Gumperz, John J. Discourse Strategies
Camb.U.P. 0521288967
Heller, Monica Codeswitching : anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives
Mouton de Gruyter
Heller, Monica Linguistic Minorities and Modernity
Longman 0582279488
Kulick, Don Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction
Camb.U.P. 0521414849
Li Wei Three Generations,Two Languages,One Family
Multilingual Matters 1853592404
May, Stephen Language,Education and Minority Rights
Longman 058240455X
Myers-Scotton, Carol Social Motivations for Codeswitching
edition n.e. . Oxf.U.P. 0198239238
Rampton, Ben Crossing
Longman 0582217911
Romaine, Suzanne Bilingualism
edition 2r.e. . Blackwell 0631195394
Tollefson, James W. Planning Language,Planning Inequality
Longman 0582040620
Williams, Colin H. Language revitalization : policy and planning in Wales
University of Wales Press 0708316670
Woolard, Kathryn A. Double Talk
Stanford U.P. 0804715025
Cross-cultural Approaches to Literacy
Camb.U.P. 0521409640
Language Ideologies
Oxf.U.P.(N.Y.) 0195105621
Language and Social Identity
Camb.U.P. 0521288975
Language-ideological Debates
Mouton de Gruyter 3110163497
Languages and Publics
St.Jerome Publishing 1900650428
Linguistic Variation
Academic P. 0126188505
Multilingual Literacies
J.Benjamins,Netherlands 9027218056
One Speaker,Two Languages
Camb.U.P. 0521479126
Social Anthropology and the Politics of Language
Routledge 0415037654
Worlds of Literacy
Multilingual Matters 1853591955
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