Slavic 792

Winter 2004

Slavic 792, call # 17342-1

credits: 3-5

M W 2:30-4:18

(room - to be announced)

Instructor: Dr. Ludmila Isurin

Office hours: M W 1:00- 1:45 p.m. and by appointment

Office: Cunz#337, phone # (614) 247-6179, isurin.1@osu.edu

Syllabus

2. Packet of selected readings (to be purchased at the Slavic department, Cunz#232)

The goal of the seminar is to discuss the main issues in the field of bilingualism from the psycholinguistic perspective. The selected readings will reflect current findings in studies on bilingual populations of various linguistic backgrounds. One week of the quarter will be devoted to each topic. The instructor will begin each topic by introducing students to the main concepts relevant to the discussed topic and by giving an outline of the research interests pertaining to the subject. Students are expected to do all assigned readings, participate in and significantly contribute to class discussions, present two readings, and submit a mini-research paper on the topic of their choice in the field of bilingualism. Attendance is mandatory.

The final grade will be calculated as following:

For those students who enrolled for 3 credits:

• Participation in class discussion 40%
• Presentation of two readings of a student's

choice (not from the list of readings, each reading should come from a different topic and be presented at the time assigned in the schedule for a topic) 60% (30 % each)

Total: 100%

• Participation in class discussions 20%
• Presentation of two selected readings 20% (10% each)
• Presentation of the research proposal 10%
• Research paper 50 %

Total: 100%

Presentation of the research proposal should reflect general ideas (abstracts) of , at least 3 new articles (3pts) and the experimental/ research design pertaining to the selected topic, i.e. subjects, method, stimuli, type of analysis - qualitative or quantitative-, etc. (5 pts.), handout (2pts).

Research paper (due 03.22.04)

By the second week of the quarter, students are supposed to choose one of the topics of the seminar for their research paper. If they want to research a bilingualism area that is not reflected in the topics of the seminar, they should first discuss it with the instructor. The research paper should be of the following format:

• Introduction 10%
• Literature review/ research background with your critique

(based on, at least, 3 new articles not discussed in class) 50%

3. Proposed experimental/ research design to contribute to the field 40%

Total: 100%

The length of the paper is 8-10 pages (double spaced)

List of Required Readings

• Michael Palij & Doris Aaronson, The Role of Language Background in Cognitive Processing, in: Cognitive processing in Bilinguals, R.J. Harris (Ed.), 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers, North-Holland, pp. 63-91.
• Francois Grosjean, Another View of Bilingualism, in: Cognitive processing in Bilinguals, R.J. Harris (Ed.), 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers, North-Holland, pp. 51-62.
• topic#2 Lexical Access in Bilinguals
• Chapter 5 (textbook)
• Jonathan Grainger & Ton Dijkstra, On the Representation and Use of Language Information in Bilinguals, in: Cognitive processing in Bilinguals, R.J. Harris (Ed.), 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers, North-Holland, pp. 207-235.
• Annette de Groot, Lexical Representation and Lexical Processing in the L2 user, in Portraits of the L2 User, V. Cook (Ed.), Multilingual Matters Ltd, Clevedon, 2002, pp. 32-63.
• topic#3 Bilingual Memory
• Chapter 6 (textbook)
• Jeanette Altarriba, The Representation of Translation Equivalents in Bilingual Memory, in: Cognitive processing in Bilinguals, R.J. Harris (Ed.), 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers, North-Holland, pp.157-174.
• Gordon Brown & Charles Hulme, Cognitive Psychology and Second Language Processing: The Role of Short Term Memory, in: Cognitive processing in Bilinguals, R.J. Harris (Ed.), 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers, North-Holland, pp.105-121.
• topic#4 Language Processing in Bilinguals
• Chapter 10 (textbook)
• Rafael Diaz & Cynthia Klingler, Towards an explanatory model of the Interaction Between Bilingualism and Cognitive Development, in: Language Processing in Bilingual Children, Ellen Bialystok (Ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991, pp. 167-192.
• Ellen Bialystock,"Cognitive Processes of L2 Users", in Portraits of the L2 User, V. Cook (Ed.), Multilingual Matters Ltd, Clevedon, 2002, pp.145-165.
• topic#5 Language Production and Code-Switching in Bilinguals
• Chapter 7 (textbook)
• Abdelali Bentahila & Eirlys Davies, Code-switching and Language Dominance, in: Cognitive processing in Bilinguals, R.J. Harris (Ed.), 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers, North-Holland, pp. 443-458.
• topic#6 First Language Change/Loss in Bilinguals
• Kenji Hakuta & Daniel D'Andrea, Some Properties of Bilingual Maintenance and Loss in Mexican Background High-School Students, Applied Linguistics, 1992, 13(1), pp. 72-99.
• Scott Jarvis, Probing the Effects of the L2 on the L1: A Case Study, in: Effect of the Second Language on the First, V. Cook (Ed.), Multilingual Matters Ltd., Clevedon, 2003, pp. 81-102.
• Norman Segalowitz, Does Advanced Skill in a Second Language Reduce Automaticity in the First language?, Language Learning 41:1, 1991, pp. 59-83.
• topic #7 Autobiographical Memory in Bilinguals
• Viorica Marian & Ulric Neisser, Language-Dependent Recall of Autobiographical Memories, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 129 (3), 2000, pp. 361-368.
• Viorica Marian & Margarita Kaushanskaya, Autobiographical Memory and Language in Bicultural Bilinguals, Proceedings of the 4 th International Symposium on Bilingualism, 2003, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 2004 (in press).

topic#8 Emotions in Bilinguals

• Jeanette Altarriba, Does Cari ño Equal 'Liking'? A theoretical Approach to Conceptual Nonequivalence Between Languages, International Journal of Bilingualism, 2003 (in press).
• Jean-Marc Dewaele & Aneta Pavlenko, Emotion Vocabulary in Interlanguage, Language Learning 52:2, 2002, pp. 263-322.
• topic#9 Language and Thought in Bilinguals
• Chapter 12 (textbook)
• Aneta Pavlenko, Conceptual Change in Bilingual Memory: A NeoWhorfian Approach, in: Advances in the Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism, Fabbro (Ed.), University of Udine, IRCCS"E.Medea", Italy, 2002, pp. 69-94.

Schedule of classes (subject to change)

Sign-up Sheet for Readings Presentation

Sign-up Sheet for Research Paper Presentation