ALM5230 - Bilingualism

Leader(s): Dr Anna Margetts

Offered

Clayton First semester 2009 (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

Written Work (9,000 words in total): 100%