CJJ42 Bilingualism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Alicja Ewa Leix, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Wednesday 12:00–13:40 B2.34
Prerequisites
Study or/and personal interest
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The seminar reacts to dynamic changes in our society accompanied by a bigger number of relationships between people coming from various linguistic backgrounds. The aim of this course is not only to provide the students with information concerning bi- and multilingualism but also to make them aware of how multilingualism can influence different dimensions of everyday life. Special attention will be paid to analysing particular examples of bilingualism and multilingualism in specific language combinations – how languages influence each other (language development) and how they influence the development of a person (psycho-social development). The seminar is aimed at students from various linguistic and pedagogical areas and for foreign students with a very good knowledge of Czech.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be familiar with elementary terminology and theories of bilingualism and multilingualism, he will know how bilingualism emerges and how it cannot be created even if we wanted. He will know how languages can develop and influence each other (with examples of specific language combinations), he will perceive more what difficulties has a person whose mother tongue is not Czech in a foreign language environment, he will be able to adapt his teaching to pupils and students from various linguistic backgrounds and support their linguistic development.
Syllabus
  • Elementary terms and definitions, language acquisition vs. language attrition, bi- and plurilingual families, specific neurological, psychological and sociological aspects of bilingualism – language centers, impact on intelligence, learning other languages, the emergence of neurodegenerative diseases, monolingual society’s approach to bilingual speakers, etc., the influence of more languages from the linguistic and psychosocial aspect in short- as well as long-term perspective – case studies Czech vs. other languages (teachers, students, guests), bilingualism and success at school – the situation in Czech school, recent trends abroad.
Literature
  • CUMMINS, Jim. Language, power, and pedagogy : bilingual children in the crossfire. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 2000, viii, 309. ISBN 1853594733. info
  • Language and literacy in bilingual children. Edited by D. Kimbrough Oller - Rebecca E. Eilers. Buffalo: Multilingual Matters, 2002, vii, 310 p. ISBN 1853595705. info
  • PACHOLÍK, V., LIPNICKÁ, M., MACHŮ, E., LEIX, A. & NEDĚLOVÁ, M. Děti z jazykově odlišného prostředí: specifika edukace v českých mateřských školách z pohledu teorie a praxe. In Specifika edukace dětí se speciálními... Zlín, UTB, 2015.
  • LEIX, Alicja, WIEGEROVÁ, Adriana. Język angielski w przedszkolach: dylematy psychologiczne i pedagogiczne. In Studia Pedagogiczne. Problemy spoleczne, edukacyjne i artystyczne, 2014, vol. 24, no. 24, pp. 345-355.
  • The Oxford handbook of language attrition. Edited by Monika S. Schmid - Barbara Köpke - Mirela Cherciov - Tuğba Karayayla. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, xxviii, 62. ISBN 9780198793595. info
  • YANG, Charles D. The price of linguistic productivity : how children learn to break the rules of language. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2016, xii, 261. ISBN 9780262035323. info
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie : proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2015, 575 stran. ISBN 9788026207146. info
  • MORGENSTERNOVÁ, Monika, Lenka ŠULOVÁ and Lucie SCHOLL. Bilingvismus a interkulturní komunikace. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, 125 stran. ISBN 9788073576783. info
  • HARDING-ESCH, E. and P. RILEY. Bilingual family. Praha: Portál., 2008. info
  • BARRON-HAUWAERT, S. Language Strategies for Bilingual Families. Great Britain: Cromwell Press Ltd., 2004. info
  • International handbook of bilingualism and bilingual education. Edited by Christina Bratt Paulston. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988, xi, 603. ISBN 0313244847. info
  • FUCHSOVÁ, Dana. Bilingvismus a výuka cizích jazyků. Edited by Vladimír Jůva. 1983, 78 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, studying, discussion, students‘ presentations, guests‘ presentations.
Assessment methods
For successful completion of this subject regular attendance, active participation, and task fulfillment, specified at the beginning of the semester, are requested. The subject is completed by written colloquium verifying the orientation in basic linguistic and psychological-pedagogical aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism covered during the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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