Stephen van Vlack
Sookmyung Women`s University
Graduate School of TESOL
Developing Bilingualism (Fall 2007)
Course Syllabus
Week 1: September 6
Introductions.
Review the summer reading - Caldas (2006).
Homework: Complete the summer reading project. Read B&B Chapter 1, and KP Chapter 1.
Week 2: September 13
Hamers, J. and Blanc M. (2000). Bilinguality and bilingualism (2nd Edition). Cambridge: CUP. (B&B), Chapter 1: Definitions and guiding principles, pp. 6-24.
Kecskes and Papp (2000). Foreign language and mother tongue. Mahwah: Erlbaum. (KP), Chapter 1: Mother tongue and subsequent languages, pp.1-14.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 2, KP Chapter 2, Wei (2000), and Mackey (2000).
Week 3: September 20
B&B, Chapter 2: Dimensions and measurement of bilinguality and bilingualism, pp. 25-49.
KP, Chapter 2: Foreign language influence on written L1, pp.15-36.
Wei, Li. (2000). Dimensions of bilinguality. In L. Wei (ed.), pp. 3-25.
Mackey, W. (2000). The description of bilingualism. In L. Wei (ed.), pp. 26-54.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 3, KP Chpater 3, and Tucker (2004).
Week 4: September 27
B&B, Chapter 3: Ontogenesis of bilinguality, pp. 50-81.
KP, Chapter 3: language processing device of bilinguals, pp. 37-54.
Student Presentation 1: Tucker. (2004). A global perspective on multilingualism and multilingual education. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 3-15.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 4, KP, chapter 4, and Cenoz and Genesee (1998).
Week 5: October 4
B&B, Chapter 4: Cognitive development and the sociocultural context of bilinguality, pp. 82-109.
KP, Chapter 4: Thought and word, pp. 55-72.
Student Presentation 2: Cenoz and Genesee. (1998). Psycholinguistic perspectives on multilingualism and multilingual education. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 16-32.
Homework: Read B&B Chapter 5, KP, Chapter 5, and Met (1998).
Week 6: October 11
B&B, Chapter 5: Social and psychological foundations of bilinguality, pp. 110-134.
KP, Chapter 5: Transfer of skills in the LPD, pp. 73-86.
Student Presentation 3: Met, Miriam. (1998) Curriculum decision-making in content-based teaching. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 35-63.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 6, KP Chapter 6, and Fabbro (1999).
Week 7: October 18
B&B, Chapter 6: Neuropsychological foundations of bilinguality, pp. 135-161.
KP, Chapter 6: Language distance and multicompetence, pp. 87-105.
Fabbro, Franco. (1999) `Second language recovery in bilinguals` and `Paradoxical recovery of a language`, pp. 117-133.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 7, KP Chapter 7, DDM chapter 1, and Lyster (1998).
Week 8: October 25
B&B, Chapter 7: Information processing in the bilingual, pp. 162-197.
KP, Chapter 7: Pragmatic knowledge of multilinguals, pp. 106-118.
Herdina P. and Jessner U. (2002) A dynamic model of multilingualism. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. (DMM), Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks, pp. 1-5.
Student Presentation 4: Lyster (1998) Immersion pedagogy and implications for language teaching. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 64-95.
Homework: Finish Midterm Project, read B&B chapter 8 and DDM chapter 2
Week 9: November 1
Midterm Project due.
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.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 9, DMM chapter 3, and Byram (1998).
Week 10: November 8
B&B, Chapter 9: Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: intercultural communication, pp. 241-273.
DMM, Chapter 3: Transfer Reconsidered, pp. 19-29.
Student Presentation 5: Byram (1998). Cultural identities in multilingual classrooms. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 96-116.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 10, DDM chapter 4, and Hoffmann (1998).
Week 11:November 15
B&B, Chapter 10: Societal bilingualism, intergroup relations and sociolinguistic variations, pp. 273-317.
DMM, Chapter 4: Universal Grammar Reviewed, pp. 30-51.
Student Presentation 6: Hoffmann. (1998) Luxembourg an the Europeans schools. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 143-174.
Homework: Read B&B chapter 11, DDM chapter 5, and Gonzalez (1998).
Week 12: November 22
B&B, Chapter 11: Bilingual education, pp. 318-354.
DMM, Chapter 5: Multilingual Proficiency Reassessed, pp. 52-75.
Student Presentation 7: Gonzalez (1998) Teaching in two or more languages in the Philippine context. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 192-205.
Homework: Read DDM chapter 6, Grosjean (2001), and Hornberger and Lopez (1998).
Week 13: November 29
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.
Student Presentation 8: Hornberger and Lopez (1998). Policy, possibility and paradox: Indigenous multilingualism and education in Peru and Bolivia. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 206-242.
Homework: Read DDM chapter 7, Kroll and Tokowicz (2001), and Genesee (1998)..
Week 14: December 6
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.
Student Presentation 9: Genesee (1998) A case study of multilingual education in Canada. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 243-258.
Homework: Read DDM chapters 8 & 9, and Dutcher (1998).
Week 15: December 13
DMM, Chapter 8: Holism Defended: A Systems Interpretation, pp. 144-152.
DMM, Chapter 9: Limitations, Conclusions and Outlook, pp. 153-161.
Student Presentation 10: Dutcher (1998) Eritrea: Developing programme of multilingual education. In Cenoz and Genesee (eds.), pp. 259-269.
Homework: Do your final project.
Final Project is tentatively due on Dec. 20th. (This date is subject to change)