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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences : Language Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (LASC11114)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course provides an introduction to current linguistic and cognitive research on child bilingualism.
Course description This course introduces students to current research on language and cognition in child bilingualism - the simultaneous or successive learning of two (or more) languages in early childhood. The first part of the course focuses on linguistic aspects and the second on psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects. Particular attention will be paid to data analysis and interpretation.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. understand current issues in the research on child bilingual language development
  2. understand the relationship between a bilingual child's two languages
  3. understand the role of input in bilingual acquisition
  4. understand the effects of bilingualism on general cognition
  5. understand the relationship between language and cognition in bilingualism
Reading List
There are no fixed textbooks for the course, but students who wish to read an introductory textbook can consult the following:

Bialystok, E. (2003). Bilingualism in Development: Language, Literacy and Cognition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

De Groot, A. (2011). Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and Multilinguals. Hove: Psychology Press.

De Houwer, A. (2009). Bilingual First Language Acquisition. Channel Books.

Grosjean, F. (2010). Bilingual: Life and Reality. Harvard University Press.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Attend all lectures and tutorials as scheduled
Keywordsbilingualism,language,cognition
Contacts
Course organiserProf Antonella Sorace
Tel: (0131 6)50 3493
Email: A.Sorace@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk
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