Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
1. Bilinguals and bilingualism
- Definitin
- The complementarity of languages
2. Factors influencing bilingualism
- Quantity and quality of interactions
- Choice of languages and parenting strategies
- Variability of linguistic sources
3. Learn to speak and communicate in two languages
- "Normal" development
- Development within the framework of a pathology
4. Learn to read and write in two languages
- "Normal" development
- Development within the framework of a pathology
5. Language awareness and school learning
- the different types of education
- the special case of students from immigrant backgrounds
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Kowledge of the main language learning characteristics and systems
- Indentifying in the scientific literature information on important variables in language acquisition (in a natural and educational environment)
- To take a critical position based on common assertions regarding the acquisition of foreign languages
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
PSYC5868 : Psychologie de la cogition et du langage
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face theoritical lessons
Recommended or required readings
Books and ducuments
Online copy of the slides
Comblain, A. (à paraître). Bilinguisme et apprentissage précoce des langues. Un petit tour des idées reçues. Presses universitaires de Liège (open access)
Bibliography to go further (not necessary required)
Paradis, J., Genesee, F., & Crago, M. (2011). Dual language development & disorders. A Handbook on bilingualism and second language. Paul Brookes Publishin Co.
Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. (2013) How languages are learned. Oxford University Press
Bijlevekd, H-A., Estienne, F, & Vander Linden, F. (2014). Multilinguisme et orthophonie. Elsevier-Masson
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
None
Contacts
a.comblain@uliege.be