SPAN 345: Bilingism in the Hispanic World
Course Description:
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistics, 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.
Reflective Narrative
In this course, was teaching by Dr. Pablo Oliva. Most of the course, due to COVID-19, was via Confer Zoom. I was able to learn about language acquisition, the various components to linguistics, and language development. I was also able to learn about the many components of grammar and speech development in the children and bilingual speakers. We discussed the many dialects of Spanish all over the world, the use of code-switching amongst bilingual speakers and some injuries one can endure and how those injuries affect speech development and production. I loved to do an interview to ten monolingual and multilingual speakers to better understand the importance on bilingual education. We also analyzed the psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism. The topics “the bilingualism in the United States and the weakening and incomplete acquisition of the first language” were a very interesting and in-depth study which also helped with my research for my Capstone, which was about “The Perceptions of Spanish Speaking Heritage Students on their Experiences Studying the Language”. This course fulfills with MLO2.
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistics, 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.
Reflective Narrative
In this course, was teaching by Dr. Pablo Oliva. Most of the course, due to COVID-19, was via Confer Zoom. I was able to learn about language acquisition, the various components to linguistics, and language development. I was also able to learn about the many components of grammar and speech development in the children and bilingual speakers. We discussed the many dialects of Spanish all over the world, the use of code-switching amongst bilingual speakers and some injuries one can endure and how those injuries affect speech development and production. I loved to do an interview to ten monolingual and multilingual speakers to better understand the importance on bilingual education. We also analyzed the psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism. The topics “the bilingualism in the United States and the weakening and incomplete acquisition of the first language” were a very interesting and in-depth study which also helped with my research for my Capstone, which was about “The Perceptions of Spanish Speaking Heritage Students on their Experiences Studying the Language”. This course fulfills with MLO2.