ALM5230 - Bilingualism

Leader: Dr Anna Margetts

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Language contact theory and its application in Australia; transference and code-switching; definitions of bilingualism; advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism; types and goals of bilingual education; the distribution and use of community languages in Australia; language maintenance and shift; language policy, including school language policy; field work.

Assessment

Two assignments (3000 words each): 60%
Open-book test (4000 words): 40%