MLO 2: Linguistics
Course Description: This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistics, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects. Students will examine the most important concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs (e.g., immersion programs) and important political matters connected to them.
Reflective Narrative:
In this course, I learned how we acquired our language, including in childhood and adulthood, and the characteristics of bilingualism of the Hispanic population in the United States. Through videos and readings, we saw how being bilingual helps us communicate with our peers that share this linguistic skill. We examined various myths about the acquisition of the languages of English and Spanish and how languages connect when learning it. Additionally, through my own research of “bilingualism” I learned that there is not a specific age to learn a new language and being bilingual for some means being able to speak, understand, write or read more than one language and for others it means having fluency in all categories of speaking, writing and reading in two languages. Monolingual and bilingual speakers agree that being bilingual has more advantages than disadvantages because the population is growing and . Now knowing that we all have an accent helps me to feel confident about my own way of speaking. I can put in practice my learning because I can see how some students gain a new language easier than others. Moving forward I would like to further investigate bilingualism and its challenges not just for Spanish speakers, but for other foreign speakers. As a future educator I want to make sure they feel comfortable speaking their language and embrace their culture because bilingual students have the opportunity to share their language and cultures with new generations and preserve it for future generations.
In this course, I learned how we acquired our language, including in childhood and adulthood, and the characteristics of bilingualism of the Hispanic population in the United States. Through videos and readings, we saw how being bilingual helps us communicate with our peers that share this linguistic skill. We examined various myths about the acquisition of the languages of English and Spanish and how languages connect when learning it. Additionally, through my own research of “bilingualism” I learned that there is not a specific age to learn a new language and being bilingual for some means being able to speak, understand, write or read more than one language and for others it means having fluency in all categories of speaking, writing and reading in two languages. Monolingual and bilingual speakers agree that being bilingual has more advantages than disadvantages because the population is growing and . Now knowing that we all have an accent helps me to feel confident about my own way of speaking. I can put in practice my learning because I can see how some students gain a new language easier than others. Moving forward I would like to further investigate bilingualism and its challenges not just for Spanish speakers, but for other foreign speakers. As a future educator I want to make sure they feel comfortable speaking their language and embrace their culture because bilingual students have the opportunity to share their language and cultures with new generations and preserve it for future generations.
Evidence: Bilingualism
lengua_dialecto_y_habla.pdf
lengua_dialecto_y_habla.pdf