SEMINAR IN BILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT
| Title | ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟ ΔΊΓΛΩΣΣΗΣ ΑΝΆΠΤΥΞΗΣ / SEMINAR IN BILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT |
| Code | ΘΕΓ857 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | Philology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016056 |
Programme of Study: Glōssologías
Registered students: 2
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THeōrītikī kai Efarmosménī Glōssología | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | Winter/Spring | - | 5 |
| Istorikī kai Valkanikī Glōssología | Mandatory Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 1 |
| Total Hours | 20 |
| Class ID | 600127677
|
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600127677
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes for the students are:
(a) To deeply understand scientifica papers which present an empirical pice of work
(b) To be able to use methodological tools that are being employed in the field of bilingual acquisition
(c) To get familiarized with data coding and analysis
(d) To conduct an experimental study
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course in a vriety of topics regarding bilingual acquisition. More specifically, empirical studies on bilingual acquisition are outlined and extensively discussed. Moreover, the methodological tools used in bilingual research are presented in detail, while the various ways of data coding analysis are exemplified.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Laboratory Work | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Project | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 20 |
Student Assessment
Description
The students were assessed by means of (a) oral presentations and (b) a small-scale project they undertook.
Student Assessment methods
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Andreou, M. & Tsimpli, I.-M. (2017). Aspectual distinctions in the narratives of bilingual children. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 55(3), 305-324.
Dosi, Ι. (2016). The verbal aspect in bilingual children: The effect of linguistic, cognitive and environmental factors. PhD dissertation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Dosi, I. (2017). Asymmetries in grammatical aspect in (non-)heritage Greek-English bilingual children: Evidence from comprehension and production tasks” In Studies in Greek Linguistics 37, 213-226. Thessaloniki: Institute of Modern Greek Studies.
Dosi, I., Papadopoulou, D., & Tsimpli, I.-M. (2016a.) Issues in the acquisition of grammatical aspect in Greek-English bilingual children. In M. Howard & P. Leclercq (eds.), Studies in Bilingualism,Tense-Aspect-Modality in a Second Language: Contemporary Perspectives 50, (pp. 75–102). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Dosi, I., Papadopoulou, D., & Tsimpli, I.-M. (2016b). Linguistic and cognitive factors in Elicited Imitation Tasks: A study with mono- and biliterate Greek-Albanian bilingual children. In Proceedings of the 40th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, edited by Jennifer Scott and Deb Waughtal (pp. 101-115). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Kaltsa, M., Prentza, A., Papadopoulou, D., & Tsimpli, I.-M. (2017). Language external and language internal factors in the acquisition of gender: the case of Albanian-Greek and English-Greek bilingual children. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2017.1385591
Prentza, A., Kaltsa, M., Tsimpli, I.-M., & Papadopoulou, D. (2017). The acquisition of Greek gender by bilingual children: The effects of lexical knowledge, oral input, literacy and bi/monolingual schooling. International Journal of Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1177/13670069.17733066
Papadopoulou, D. (2005). Reading-time studies of L2 ambiguity resolution. Second Language Research, 21(2), 98-120.
Papadopoulou, D. (υπό δημοσίευση). Reference patterns in language comprehension & production: the “Greek case”. In C. Bongartz & J. Torregrossa (Eds.), What’s in a narrative?. Berlin: Peter Lang.
Tsimpli, I.-M., Papadopoulou, D., Dosi, I., & Andreou, M. (2015). Sentence repetition tasks in bilingual children: are they measures of language processing or working memory abilities?. Paper presented at the 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB10), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Unsworth, Sh. (2015). Quantity and quality of language input in bilingual language development. In E. Nicoladis & S. Montanari (eds.), Lifespan perspectives on bilingualism (pp. 136-196). Mouton de Gruyter/APA.
Last Update
03-02-2020
