COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects. Students will examine the most important concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs (e.g., immersion programs) and important political matters connected to them.
Credit to CSUMB Catalogue.
COURSE NARRATIVE:
This course was taken my final semester in CSUMB as part of the linguistic requirement for the World Language and Cultures department. This course title was what brought my attention to taking this class. Bilingualism was something I enjoyed learning about since it was always a fascinating and enlightening experience to find reason and research backing the experiences I had in my own life, through being a Bilingual myself. I had, quite frankly, expected something more hands on, as to exploring the world of bilinguals. However, this course turned out to be very much based on the research and the experiments done on individuals of all ages with relation to the interworking of the brain and the whole language development sector or the learning process.
Although it deferred from my assumptions, the course was very fascinating. It was heavy with reading and discussion, but it was necessary to aptly ascertain the depth and complexity of language production and comprehension.
As previously mentioned, the course was lidded with reading materials and lots of discussions. Unfortunately, it took a turn, with the unexpected turn to being taught in Alternate Modality due to the dangers of social interaction we came upon in Spring 2020. Due to this change it became even more challenging to undertake this course, but it proved to be an enlightening challenge. Since the material was so complex, I highly valued the regular times of discussion that we had through Zoom, to allow us to go over the material a second time with the aid of others.
Included is an assignment that we completed early on in the semester that considered the perspectives and knowledge of a small group of surveyed individuals about bilinguals.
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects. Students will examine the most important concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs (e.g., immersion programs) and important political matters connected to them.
Credit to CSUMB Catalogue.
COURSE NARRATIVE:
This course was taken my final semester in CSUMB as part of the linguistic requirement for the World Language and Cultures department. This course title was what brought my attention to taking this class. Bilingualism was something I enjoyed learning about since it was always a fascinating and enlightening experience to find reason and research backing the experiences I had in my own life, through being a Bilingual myself. I had, quite frankly, expected something more hands on, as to exploring the world of bilinguals. However, this course turned out to be very much based on the research and the experiments done on individuals of all ages with relation to the interworking of the brain and the whole language development sector or the learning process.
Although it deferred from my assumptions, the course was very fascinating. It was heavy with reading and discussion, but it was necessary to aptly ascertain the depth and complexity of language production and comprehension.
As previously mentioned, the course was lidded with reading materials and lots of discussions. Unfortunately, it took a turn, with the unexpected turn to being taught in Alternate Modality due to the dangers of social interaction we came upon in Spring 2020. Due to this change it became even more challenging to undertake this course, but it proved to be an enlightening challenge. Since the material was so complex, I highly valued the regular times of discussion that we had through Zoom, to allow us to go over the material a second time with the aid of others.
Included is an assignment that we completed early on in the semester that considered the perspectives and knowledge of a small group of surveyed individuals about bilinguals.
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