ELT542 BILINGUALISM AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION
| Course Code: | 8200542 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. SULTAN ÇİĞDEM SAĞIN ŞİMŞEK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course is designed to introduce students to various issues of bilingualism with a cross-disciplinary perspective. The course aims to cover a wide range of topics at the individual and at the societal level: the linguistic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. The course starts with how bilingualism is defined and measured, the development of bilingualism, linguistic behaviors of bilinguals, psycholinguistic and cognitive bases of bilingualism which are essential to understand bilinguals. The second part of the course will draw attention to societal bilingualism and its effects discussing the topics such as language contact, language maintenance, biculturalism, and the relationship between bilingualism and identity development.
Course Content
Issues of Bilingualism with across-disciplincry perspective.Linguistic, psychalinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of bilingualism
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students are expected to have a good grounding in bilingualism theories and a critical understanding of their relevance to research, language in society and education.
- understand and discuss different definitions of bilingualism;
- explore and evaluate different methods of 'measuring' bilingualism;
- understand the basics of how bilinguals learn and use their languages in different situations;
- understand cognitive differences and similarities between bilinguals and monolinguals;
- understand how society can contribute to, or hinder, bilingualism.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution