ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Social, Basic and Methodological Psychology, External department linked to the degrees
Areas: Basic Psychology, Área externa M.U en Psicoloxía
Center Faculty of Psychology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
• To familiarize students with the scientific study of bilingual processing.
• To learn about models and/or theoretical hypotheses on bilingual processing based on both empirical data and neuroscience.
• To learn about cutting-edge results of the research done on the various processing levels of bilingual processing, both in the written and oral modalities.
• To acquire research skills in the domain of Psycholinguistics.
1. Basic aspects of bilingualism
• What is bilingualism?
• The scope of bilingualism
• Types of bilingualism
• Research paradigms and procedures in bilingualism
• Advantages and disadvantages of being a bilingual
2. Second language (L2) and foreign language (FE) acquisition
• Acquisition of new vocabulary
• Factors affecting L2/LE learning
• Teaching methods
3. Speech and written language processing
• Speech perception and comprehension
• Speech production
• Representation and processing in the bilingual lexicon
o Lexical access
o The cognitive neuroscience of bilingualism: Models of lexical representation
o Semantic processing
o Sentence processing in bilinguals
Basic bibliography:
Reference Works:
Grosjean, F. y Li, P. (2013). The psycholinguistics of bilingualism. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell. (e-book available)
Additional required reading:
Comesaña, M., Fraga, I., Perea, A., & Pinheiro, A. (2008). O léxico bilingue: Um léxico ou dois? Eis a questão… En C. Flores (Ed.), Temas em Bilinguismo (pp. 15-60). Braga: Hespérides.
Li, P. (2013). Computational modeling of bilingualism: How can models tell us more about the bilingual mind? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16, 241–245.
Complementary bibliography:
Abdelilah-Bauer, B. (2007). El desafío del bilingüismo. Madrid: Morata.
Bhatia, T. K., & Ritchie, W. C. (Eds.). (2013). The handbook of bilingualism and multilingualism. Oxford, England: Wiley Blackwell.
Hawkins, R. (2018). How second languages are learned: An introduction. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. (2013). How languages are learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Méndez Santos, M.C. & Duñabeitia, J.A. (Eds.) (2021). Factores cognitivos y afectivos en la enseñanza del español LE/L2. London/New York: Routledge.
Pavlenko, A. (2014). The bilingual mind. Nueva York, Estados Unidos: Cambridge University Press.
BASIC AND GENERAL
BC9. To be able to effectively communicate conclusions, as well as the reasons and knowledge supporting them, both to specialized and non-specialized audiences.
BC10. To possess the learning skills needed to make progress autonomously in the future.
GC1. To be able to analyze reality based on the criteria and scientific knowhow of Psychology.
GC2. To be able to choose an appropriate strategy in order to tackle the problems in the field.
GC3. To be able to set specific goals which are ethically acceptable, doable and susceptible to future evaluation.
GC4. To be able to formulate valid research proposals based on the knowledge of the field, of professional practice and of social needs, as well as to implement them in an innovative, scientific way.
TRANSVERSAL
TC1. To be able to exhibit an adequate handling of documental sources, selection, analysis and synthesis of relevant information contained in scientific texts.
TC3. To have an ability to apply deep, critical reasoning.
TC4. To be able to work in a team and collaborate with others.
SSPECIFIC
SC3. To know how to identify and select techniques and instruments specific to the areas of specialization of the master in accordance with the chosen objectives.
• Lesson-explanation
• Workshops
• Lab work
• Reading and analysis of texts and documents
• Elaboration and presentation of reports and essays
Preparing for this course will require constant work on the part of the student. The instructors will guide, supervise, and continuously assess this work in the lectures and interactive sessions. Systematic work, active participation in the seminars, and the quality of the seminars will be evaluated. Therefore, attendance is mandatory and will be recorded using a signature list for each session.
In the interactive sessions, students must select, plan, and develop a systematic review or experimental pilot study on one of the topics offered based on their academic interests. This work will be presented in the final session. Assessments will include the ability to organize and integrate information, clarity of presentation, and mastery of the discipline's terminology.
Continuous assessment will contribute up to 30%, and coursework up to 70%, of the final grade.
Regarding class attendance and the possibility of exemption, the course program will comply with the provisions of the Regulations for Class Attendance in Official Undergraduate and Master's Degree Programs at the University of Santiago de Compostela (approved by the Governing Council on November 25, 2024). Likewise, the justification for absence from any session must comply with the provisions of said Regulations. We understand that exemption from attendance is only acceptable as a temporary solution in cases of extreme difficulty in continuing with in-person teaching. Students with an official exemption must complete the required work by other means and may resort to tutorials to resolve any questions. Furthermore, they must present it with their classmates at the last interactive session. Once the course has begun, students exempted from class attendance must contact the professors within the first two weeks.
Expository classes: 8 hours
Interactive seminars: 6 hours
Course tasks: 4 hours
Task presentations: 4 hours
Individual (or small-group) tutoring: 3 hours
Students’ own work: 50 hours
We advice students to revise basic readings on the processing of language from previous stages of their education.
Isabel Fraga Carou
Coordinador/a- Department
- Social, Basic and Methodological Psychology
- Area
- Basic Psychology
- Phone
- 881813787
- isabel.fraga [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Monserrat Comesaña Vila
- Department
- External department linked to the degrees
- Area
- Área externa M.U en Psicoloxía
- montserrat.comesana [at] usc.es
- Category
- External area professional_máx. 30 h
| Thursday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Seminar for the Basic Psychology Area |