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Høst 2023

ENG-3019 Psycholinguistics and Neurocognition of Multilingualism - 10 stp


The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is mandatory for students in the MA programme in English Acquisition and Multilingualism. This course may also be taken as an elective course by students in the MA programme in Theoretical Linguistics and MA programme in Teacher Education year 8-13 (lektor i språk og samfunnsfag trinn 8-13, studieretning engelsk, jf. progresjonskrav for år 4). This course may be taken as a single course by students who qualify for admission to the MA programme in English Acquisition and Multilingualism.

Course contents

This course provides an introduction to the psycho/neurolinguistic and neurocognitive study of multilingualism. In doing so, it first covers the structures and processes underlying the production and comprehension of language in general before moving onto the specificity of how this is studied when an individual has two (or more) languages. The course covers aspects of specific domains of language processing, cognitive mechanisms involved in the processing of language (e.g., language and executive control systems), neuroanatomy/physiology, the more commonly used research methods for studying the (cognitive) neuroscience of multilingualism and potential secondary effects to domain general cognition as a result of bi-/multilingual language experience.

Admission requirements

A bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in English language, or a degree combining English language and literature (minimum 80 ECTS in English). Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent issued in Europe, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand: An average grade equivalent to C or better is required. Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent issued in countries other than the above-mentioned region/countries: An average grade equivalent to B or better is required.

ENG-2019 is recommended as a previous course for internal applicants but is not required.

Application code: 9371 - Enkeltemner på masternivå (Nordic applicants).


Objective of the course

By the end of the course, the students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with established results in this area from the fields of linguistics, psychology and neuroscience. By the end of the course, the students will have gained:

Skills

By the end of the course, the students have acquired the following basic skills:


Language of instruction

Both instruction and examination for the course will be in English.

Teaching methods

The course will consist of lectures, discussion of specific readings and project work.

All courses will be evaluated once during the period of the study program.