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Institut für Anglistik Institut für Anglistik, Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg

Julia Davydova Julia Davydova

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609603E4b2
(Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg)

PS The Acquisition of English in a Multilingual Context

PS 2

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Englisch

In this course, students will develop a good understanding of the major aspects of societal and individual bilingualism/multilingualism.

The course provides an introduction to the sociopsychological, structural, and psycholinguistics aspects of bilingualism. The topics treated in the course include: 1. Language maintenance and shift 2. Language attitudes and ideologies 3. Social motivations of language use and intercultural communication 4. Lexical and grammatical borrowing 5. Implicit and explicit language learning 6. Cognitive aspects of bilingualism

This is a course with continuous assessment. The credit point requirements for this course include: 1. 100% attendance and active participation in in-class discussions. 2. Delivering a group presentation in the form of a radio broadcast. 3. Writing a research summary. Details will be announced in class.

Ellis, Nick. 2015. Implicit and explicit knowledge about language. In Cenoz et al. (eds.) Language Awareness and Multilingualism (Encyclopedia of Language and Education), 1-11. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Myers-Scotton, Carol. 2006. Multiple Voices. An Introduction to Bilingualism. Malden [etc.]: Blackwell.

good knowledge of English (B2+) interest in language-related topics