| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | (no readings) |
| 2 | Definitions and Some Guiding Linguistic Principles and Assumptions | Oller, Kimbrough D., Rebecca E. Eilers, Richard Urbano, and Alan B. Cobo-Lewis. "Development of Precursors to Speech in Infants Exposed to Two Languages." Journal of Child Language 24 (1997): 407-425. Bialystok, Ellen, Shilpi Majumder, and Michelle M. Martin. "Developing Phonological Awareness: Is there a Bilingual Advantage?" Applied Psycholinguistics 24 (2003): 27-44. |
| 4-6 | The Bilingual Child: Aspects of Linguistic Development | "The Bilingual Child." Chapter 4 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 167-207. Kuhl, Patricia K. "Early Language Acquisition: Cracking the Speech Code." Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5 (November 2004): 831-843. Holowka, Siobhan, Francoise Brosseau-Lapre, and Laura Ann Petitto. "Semantic and Conceptual Knowledge Underlying Bilingual Babies' First Signs and Words." Language Learning 52, no. 2 (June 2002): 205-262. |
| 7 | The Bilingual Person | "The Bilingual Person." Chapter 5 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 228-240. Chomsky, Noam. "A Review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior." Language 35, no. 1 (1959): 26-58. |
| 8-9 | Aspects of Bilingual Competence: One Language vs. Two Languages? | "The Bilingual Person." Chapter 5 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 241-268. "Bilingualism in Society." Chapter 3 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 127-157. |
| 10-11 | Codeswitching and Other Aspects of Bilingual Speech | "Bilingual Speech and Langauge." Chapter 6 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 289-332.
De Klerk, Vivian. "Codeswitching, Borrowing and Mixing in a Corpus of Xhosa English." The International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9, no. 5 (2006): 597-614. |
| 13-16 | Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism and Theory of Mind | "The Bilingual Child." Chapter 4 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 220-228. Goetz, Peggy J. "The Effects of Bilingualism on Theory of Mind Development." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 6, no. 1 (2003): 1-15.
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| 17-18 | Neuropsychological Foundations of Bilingualism | Nicoladis, Elena. "First Clues to the Existence of Two Input Languages: Pragmatic and Lexical Differentiation in a Bilingual Child." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 1 (1998): 105-116. |
| 19-20 | Bilingualism in the World | "Bilingualism in the World." Chapter 1 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 220-228. |
| 21-22 | Bilingualism in the United States | "Bilingualism in the United States." Chapter 2 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 42-67 and 81-112. |
| 23-24 | Bilingual Education and the English Only Movement | Kim, Karl H. S., Norman R. Relkin, Kyoung-Min Lee, and Joy Hirsch. "Distinct Cortical Areas Associated with Native and Second Languages." Nature 288 (July 10, 1997): 171-174. Eraldo, Paulesu, and Jacques Mehler. "Right on in Sign Language." Nature 392 (March 19, 1998): 233-234. |
| 25 | Student Presentations of Final Projects | (no readings) |
| 26 | Wrap-up and Review | (no readings) |
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Required Text
Grosjean, Francois. Life with Two Languages: An Introduction to Bilingualism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. ISBN: 0674530926. (Reprint edition, 1984.)
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