80500
Studies in Bilingualism

COURSE OFFERING
Fall 2006
Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences
Graduate Center  of The City University of New York

80500 Studies in Bilingualism
Thu 11:45-1:45pm

Instructor: Martin Gitterman
mgitterman@gc.cuny.edu
 

This course will involve reading and analyzing articles/chapters representative of the various areas of the discipline of bilingualism. Students will be expected to develop not only an understanding of the work of the major researchers/scholars working in bilingualism, but to offer their insights regarding the major controversies in the field. Weekly sessions will generally be devoted to an in-depth analysis of pre-assigned readings. Among the many questions to be considered are:

1. How does one define bilingual? bidialectal?
2, How, if at all, do the languages we speak affect the way we think/perceive?
3. How do children and adults differ in language learning?
4. How are languages organized in the brain?
5. What is bilingual education? How does it differ from ESL instruction? Which program(s) should be required of students?
6. What insights are gained by studying bilingualism within an international framework?

Required Textbooks:

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