SPAN 300 12 - Spanish Bilingualism

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This course will focus on the linguistic aspects of language acquisition and bilingualism, with a focus on Spanish and Spanish-English bilingualism. Topics to be covered include how humans acquire language, how humans acquire a second language, how learning language in adulthood compares and contrasts with learning a language as a child, how humans process language cognitively, what it means to be bilingual, and how bilinguals’ language processing may differ from that of monolinguals. Spanish will be the language of instruction and communication in the course. Students will be expected to prepare for class and participate in class discussions. Students will be evaluated based on their preparation and participation, as well as their performance on quizzes, tests, and a final project. Prerequisites: SPAN 350 or permission of the instructor. (Group I)