LNGN280: Bilingualism (Hybrid)
Instructor: Dr. Susana M. Sotillo
Spring 2013
Room
Conrad Schmitt 125
Meeting Times:
Tuesdays 11:30-12:45PM (Face to Face) SCHMITT
HALL 125
(via BB Collaborate once a month).
Face-to-face (F2F) Office Hours:
Online Office Hours: By appointment only at:
classroom)
Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
http://tiny.cc/Caprica (my virtual
Course Description: Compound and coordinate bilingualism; attitudes, motivation,
etc.; functions of languages in multilingual settings; problems of newly-independent,
multilingual nations in establishing national and standardized languages; analysis of
bilingual speech; problems of educating minority groups in this country whose native
language is not English. 3 sh.
Required Textbook: The Bilingualism Reader (2nd Edition), Li Wei, Editor. London,
Great Britain: Routledge.
Course Requirements: Complete all readings and assignments to be posted to
Blackboard. Purchase The Bilingualism Reader (Edited by Li Wei), 2nd Edition.
Additional reading materials will be uploaded to BB. Your instructor will set up dyads,
whose members will be responsible for presenting a summary and evaluation of a
specific chapter/article assigned to them. Please read all course-related email from your
instructor. I will try to keep this to a minimum, but you need to check your BB email
regularly.
Assessment and Evaluation: Your grade will depend on the following: Attendance and
informed-class participation (10); F2F or synchronous small-group presentations of
articles assigned and postings to the Discussion Board (20); Mid-term Test (multiple
choice, true/false, and short-answer essays) (14); semester bilingual research project to be
carried out in small-groups (three students maximum) (36); final exam (20).
Classroom Behavior: Please do not eat or drink in the classroom. Do not use your cell
phone, Tablet, or iPad while your instructor or classmates are speaking or making a
presentation. This is disrespectful behavior that shall be duly noted by your instructor.
If you are sick (with a cold or the flu), please do not come to class. You can contact
me via FaceTime at cassandra8@comcast.net. .
My preferred mode of communication is via SMS texting. Please TEXT ME if you
have a problem and want to meet with me during my office hours or via our BB virtual
classroom. My cell phone number is 201-341-0319. Refrain from bombarding me with
email messages. I will not have a chance to reply to you because this is a very large
class.
For all required synchronous (real time) sessions via BB Collaborate, go to:
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.59FEA4D980C396CAC2B1794A1B456
8&sid=2009113
You will need a headset or headphones in order to avoid creating an annoying echo
effect. These synchronous sessions start at 1:00 p.m. on the four Fridays indicated
below.
Content
Time
Duration
(EST)
Reading
Assignments
Readings/Activities
The instructor reserves the right to change the topics covered in class.
Changes to this syllabus will be announced via Blackboard Email.
Introduction to January 2225, 2013
Bilingualism
Acquisition
and
Development
in Bilingual
Children
Bilingual
Processing
Asynchronous session:
Complete BB Assignment
Textbook,
#1: Bilingualism in your
Introduction, pp. own town (use Census
3-23.
2010-American Survey
results 2012). Instructions
to follow
Chapter 13
Jan. 29(Volterra and
February 1st
Taeschner)
Asynchronous session: DB
Postings
February 58
In class discussion of
Chapter 14 (Genesee) and
CS examples.
Asynchronous session:
Read Chp. 17 and address
Discussion Board
questions to be uploaded.
Option for Small-Group
Semester Project:
Observe and video or
audio record a bilingual
child or teenager as he/she
Chapter 17 (De
Bot)
interacts with family
members and other
children/teenagers in
different contexts. (See
instructions on BB.) Due:
May 7, 2013.
The Bilingual
Brain Cerebral
Lateralization
in Bilinguals
Chapter 20
(Obler et al.)
Methodological
Issues
Presenters:
Benjamin
Vercellone &
Jesse Estevez.
Synchronous Session:
Chapter 21 (Paradis)
I will discuss recent
findings about the
Bilingual Brain. We will
meet in our virtual
classroom (required): 1:00
– 2:00 p.m.
Chapter 22
(Abutalebi et al.)
Presenters:
Lindsay
Williams,
Kanika Vij, and
Katie Brown.
Asynchronous session:
Address questions posted
to the Discussion Board.
Prepare a proposal for a
small-group project to be
uploaded to BB by
Tuesday, February 26th.
This is an important part
of your semester grade.
February
26-March
1st
Chapter 1
(Ferguson)
Presenters:
Rama Kourani,
Ashley Tighe,
and Melanie De
Dios
Asynchronous session:
Post article summary and
evaluation to Discussion
Board. Answer questions
about these presentations.
March 5-8
Chapter 3
(Fishman)
Presenters:
Stephanie
Gomes and
Shamina
Hussein.
February
12-15
Neuroimaging
February
and the
19-22
Bilingual Brain
Language
Choice
Who Speaks
What
Language to
Whom and
When?
March 11-17
Bilingual
Interaction The
March 1922
Asynchronous session:
Post article summary,
analysis, and evaluation to
Discussion Board.
Mid-term Quiz to be
posted online to BB.
Spring Recess (No Classes)
Chapter 5
Synchronous Session:
(Myers-Scotton) Chapter 6 (Auer)
Presenters:
Presenters: Lenore
Pragmatics of
Code
Switching
Brunette Jean,
Annri Araseki,
and Paula
Carmona.
Alsagabi, Danielle
Gutierrez, and Kimberly
Cullen. Please send PP
slides prior to
synchronous session.
March 2629
Chapter 7 (Wei,
Milroy, &
Ching)
Presenters: Iris
Frankel and
Easter Break
Julie Han.
Progress Report
on small-group
project.
April 2-5
Chapter 8
(Heller)
Presenters:
Caryn Johnson,
Emely
Llivirumbay,
and Edith
Cesar.
April 9-12
Chapter 11
(Myers-Scotton
& Jake)
Presenters:
Vincent Santos,
Brian Arthur,
and Andres
Lara.
Upload summary, analysis,
and evaluation of article to
Discussion Board. Pose
questions about bilingual
competence from
intrasentential code
switching.
The Bilingual’s
April 16-18
Language
Modes
Chapter 19
(Grosjean)
Presenters:
Ritu Walia,
Edimary
Morales, and
Jonathan
Williams.
Upload summary, analysis,
and evaluation of article to
Discussion Board.
Discuss what you
understand by language
mode. How does this
differ from Fishman’s
concept of domain?
CodeSwitching in
young
bilingual
Chapter 15
(Meisel) The
acquisition of
grammatical
Synchronous Session:
Methodological Issues (Li
Wei) Presenters:
Shadasha Williams and
Sociolinguistic
Analysis of
CodeSwitching and
Language
Choice
Identity and
Ideology
Grammar of
CodeSwitching
April 23-25
Upload summary, analysis,
and evaluation of article to
Discussion Board.
Examine different
approaches to the study of
code-switching and post
your evaluation to the
Discussion Board.
children
constraints
Presenters:
Kasey Simone,
Daniel Lopez,
and Megan
Puente
Suzie Yuk. (send PP
slides for virtual
classroom)
Discussion of Small Group
Projects.
Course
Overview
April 30thMay 2nd
Study Guide for
Final Quiz
Small Group
Projects due
May 7th
Bring them to
CS 240 E
Tuesday May 7th designated as a Friday. (For Friday day classes only,
Tuesday day and evening classes do not meet.) Last day of Classes. May 8th
is a Reading Day.
Final
Examinations
Tuesday – May 14
For Classes with First or Only Meeting on T or F 11:30am
.................... 0100pm-0300pm