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LING463 Bilingualism, Education and Society

Updated: 17 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites LING450 or LING451
Restrictions LING363
Notes None
Combined Units LING363 - Bilingualism, Education and Society
Coordinator(s) Liz Ellis (eellis4@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit introduces students to the study of bilingualism and multilingualism in individual, educational and societal contexts. Students learn about simultaneous and consecutive bilingualism and how bilingual families function. Case studies of multilingual societies are examined with a focus on how they manage linguistic diversity in the education system. The spread of English as a world language is considered with its implications for the status and teaching of other languages, for World Englishes and for linguistic human rights. Current research on English language teaching in development will be reviewed. Web access is essential.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Bibliographic search 10%
Assessment Notes
Bibliographic search
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2 and 4-6
Essay 40% 2000
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2,and 4-6
Language Autobiography 25% 1500
Assessment Notes
Language autobiography
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2 and 4-6
Mandatory Quizzes 10%
Assessment Notes
2x Mandatory Online quizzes (5% each)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2 and 4-6
Online Participation 15%
Assessment Notes
Assessed online activities and participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4-6 and 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. identify how people become bilingual or multilingual, and the implications thereof for the individual's language, communication and identity;
  2. discuss different kinds of bilingual families and their approaches to language maintenance;
  3. discuss and critique the choice of language(s) as official, national, language(s) of education and of wider communication in selected sites, and appraise possible reasons for such choices;
  4. outline different approaches to bilingual and multilingual education in one or more countries;
  5. trace the development of English language teaching as a worldwide phenomenon and discuss critically the implications for the status and teaching of local, foreign and second languages. The higher level of critical skills at LING463 level relate to the greater essay length and higher interpretative requirements of the autobiography task (see assessment tasks).

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will deepen their knowledge and understanding of the major facts about bilingualism and multilingualism in individual, educational and societal contexts. It is taught by directed study and reading, practised in online tutorial and exercises, and assessed via all assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students are expected to practise effective communication through selective and informed contribution to bulletin board discussions, and through demonstration of the ability to compose a reasoned written argument drawing on published sources. Both of these will be assessed. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
This unit teaches subject matter on bilingual issues around the world, and students are required to examine such issues in depth in one selected site. They also need to demonstrate an understanding of the use and implications of English as a global language and its effects on intercultural communication. 		True False True
4 Information Literacy
As a result of completing this unit students will develop a high degree of competence in finding and evaluating complex information from various sources, with an emphasis on electronically-available sources. This skill is assessed through the essays. 		False True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The assessment activities in this unit ask the student to use newly-acquired analytical abilities to focus on their own work or life context, thus enabling them to see it in a new light. Ongoing reflection on one?s work is a key part of lifelong learning. 		False True True
6 Problem Solving
In this unit you will be required to apply critical thinking to linguistic issues, and to solve data based problems critically and intelligently and is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
A number of issues in the unit necessitate students negotiating their own ethical stance and learning to appreciate the point of view of linguistically ?othered? and disadvantaged groups. These are prerequisites for developing socially responsible attitudes. 		True False True
8 Team Work
Participation in online discussions requires engagement and interactivity with other students in developing collaborative skills and building group knowledge and is assessed via this component. 		False True True
   

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