3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1023795ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
This course provides students with the basis for all further lectures in which multilingualism is discussed. After an introduction to some basic principles of the study of multilingualism, four intensive block sessions follow on the social aspects of multilingualism (including code switching/translanguaging and multilingual communication), the internal linguistic consequences of language contact (including transfer and borrowing) the way in which these social and linguistic aspects of multilingualism are present in the Brussels learning and living environment (Brussels as a 'living lab' for multilingualism research), and the challenges of a multilingualism policy in Brussels and beyond (including language planning and language policy, minority languages, 'heritage languages', language shift and language maintenance).
Information for 2023/2024:
This course is taught by a team of professors, each focussing on their area of linguistic expertise.
This course is taught in English; examples may be given from all languages offered in the Linguistcs and Literary Studies programme.
Digital course material will be made available via the digital learning platform.
Students will have a clear understanding of the basic concepts of multilingualism research and will be able to apply them to concrete case studies.
Students also have insight into the social and internal linguistic consequences of language contact. They can link that knowledge to the multilingual environment in which they study and live in Brussels. Finally, they will also have a basic understanding of the policy challenges that characterise multilingual communities and regions.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The written examination is a multiple choice exam. 'Guessing correction' or 'Higher threshold' are NOT applied.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-English
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-German
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-French
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-Spanish
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: English-German
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: English-French
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: English-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: English-Spanish
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-French
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-Spanish
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: French-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: French-Spanish
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Italian-Spanish