Stephen van Vlack
Sookmyung Women`s University
Graduate School of TESOL
Developing Bilingualism (Spring 2004)
Course Syllabus
Week 1: March 4
Introductions.
Hamers, J. and Blanc M. (2000) Bilinguality and bilingualism (2nd Edition). Cambridge: CUP. (B&B), Chapter 1: Definitions and guiding principles, pp. 6-24.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 2, Wei (2000), and Mackey (2000).
Week 2: March 11
B&B, Chapter 2: Dimensions and measurement of bilinguality and bilingualism, pp. 25-49.
Wei, Li. (2000) Dimensions of bilinguality. In L. Wei (ed.) (2000), pp. 3-25.
Mackey, W. (2000) The description of bilingualism. In L. Wei (ed.) (2000), pp. 26-54.
Homework: Read B&B and Bilaystok (2001).
Week 3: March 18
B&B, Chapter 3: Ontogenesis of bilinguality, pp. 50-81.
Bialystok, Ellen. (2001) Faces of bilingualism., pp. 1-20.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 4.
Week 4: March 25
B&B, Chapter 4: Cognitive development and the sociocultural context of bilinguality, pp. 82-109.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 5.
Week 5: April 1
B&B, Chapter 5: Social and psychological foundations of bilinguality, pp. 110-134.
Supplemental Reading: de Groot, Annette. (2002) Lexical representation and lexical processing in the L2 user. In V. Cook (ed.) Portraits of the L2 user. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, pp. 29-64.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 6 and Fabbro (1999).
Week 6: April 8
B&B, Chapter 6: Neuropsychological foundations of bilinguality, pp. 135-161.
Fabbro, Franco. (1999) `Second language recovery in bilinguals` and `Paradoxical recovery of a language`, pp. 117-133.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 7 and DDM chapter 1.
Week 7: April 15
B&B, Chapter 7: Information processing in the bilingual, pp. 162-197.
Herdina P. and Jessner U. (2002) A dynamic model of multilingualism. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. (DMM), Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks, pp. 1-5.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 8 and DDM chapter 2.
Week 8: April 22
B&B, Chapter 8: Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: culture and identity, pp. 198-240.
DMM, Chapter 2: Stages in Research on Multilingualism, pp. 6-18.
Supplemental Reading: Myers-Scotton, C. and Jake, J. (2001) Explaining aspects of code-switching and their implications. In J. Nicol (ed.), pp. 84-116.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 9 and DDM chapter 3.
Week 9: April 29
B&B, Chapter 9: Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: intercultural communication, pp. 241-273.
DMM, Chapter3: Transfer Reconsidered, pp. 19-29.
Supplemental Reading: Martin-Jones, M. (1995) Code-switching in the classroom. In L. Milroy and P. Muysken (eds.), pp. 90-111.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 10 and DDM chapter 4.
Week 10: May 6
B&B, Chapter 10: Societal bilingualism, intergroup relations and sociolinguistic variations, pp. 273-317.
DMM, Chapter 4: Universal Grammar Reviewed, pp. 30-51.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 11 and DDM chapter 5.
Week 11: May 13
B&B, Chapter 11: Bilingual education, pp. 318-354.
DMM, Chapter 5: Multilingual Proficiency Reassessed, pp. 52-75.
Supplemental Reading: Baker, Colin (1996) An introduction to bilingual education, pp. 165-198.
Homework: Read DDM chapter 6 and Grosjean (2001).
Week 12: May 20
DMM, Chapter 6: A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism Developed, pp. 76-110.
Grosjean, Francois. (2001) The bilingual`s language modes. In J. Nicol (ed.), pp. 1-22.
Homework: Read DDM chapter 7 and Kroll and Tokowicz (2001).
Week 13: May 27
DMM, Chapter 7: A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism Analysed, pp. 111-143.
Kroll, J. and Tokowicz, N. (2001) The development of conceptual representation for words in a second language. In J. Nicol (ed.), pp. 49-71.
Homework: Read DDM chapter 8 and Forster and Jiang (2001).
Week 14: June 3
DMM, Chapter 8: Holism Defended: A Systems Interpretation, pp. 144-152.
Forster, K and Jiang, N. (2001) The nature of the bilingual lexicon: Experiments with the masked priming paradigm. In J. Nicol (ed.), pp. 72-83.
Homework: Read DDM chapter 9 and Muysken (1995).
Week 15: June 10
DMM, Chapter 9: Limitations, Conclusions and Outlook, pp. 153-161.
Muysken, Pieter. (1995) Code-switching and grammatical theory. In L. Milroy and P. Muysken (eds.), pp. 177-198.