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Aim of the course
Last update: Mgr. Tamah Sherman, Ph.D. (21.09.2020)
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with issues of bi- and multilingualism on the individual, group, organizational and societal levels, in the context of both territorial linguistic diversity and international migration.
Students will build upon the analytical skills they have acquired in other courses from areas including (but not limited to) sociolinguistics and the sociology of language (including language management and language communities), pragmatics, social psychology, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, and language pedagogy.
Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: Mgr. Tamah Sherman, Ph.D. (21.09.2020)
Requirements: 1) Attendance (at a minimum of 10 out of 13 meetings) and active participation 2) 8 reading reaction texts of approximately 300 words each 3) “Guaranteed reading” of texts – based on number of class participants, to be discussed during the first meeting
Teaching methods - Czech
Last update: Mgr. Tamah Sherman, Ph.D. (02.10.2021)
This course will be taught in person. Some classes will take place online based on external circumstances, and information will be provided in advance.
Syllabus
Last update: Mgr. Tamah Sherman, Ph.D. (21.09.2020)
Program and rough topic outline: 1) Intro meeting 2) Concepts of bilingualism and multilingualism 3) Multilingual communication, code-switching and mixing, translanguaging and crossing 4) Types of bilingual/multilingual situations, diglossia, language maintenance and shift 5) Multilingualism in the workplace, in organizations and families 6) Language diversity, linguistic minorities and language rights 7) Multilingualism in the EU and in the world, autochthonous minorities vs. international migration 8) Acquisition of bilingual competence, language attrition 9) Multilingualism and cognitive development, the multilingual brain 10) Bilingual education 11) Selected topics based on student interest 1 12) Selected topics based on student interest 2 13) Wrapping up
