This course offers an introduction to bilingualism, a topic closely associated with the field of language acquisition. Bilingualism can be defined and studied in different ways, focusing on either bilingual individuals, bilingual communities or bilingual societies. We will look at all of these, including the multiple societal and cognitive aspects of bilingualism, its relationship with biculturalism, as well as current developments in bilingual education. The course is recommended to both bilingual and monolingual students alike as well as those who plan to live or work in a multilingual/multicultural environment.
Course picture credits: Mu, Han and Wen (2025) "Language portraits going digital and multimodal: deciphering the translanguaging space and linguistic repertoires among multilinguals", p. 153
- verantwortliche Lehrperson: Nuria Hernandez y Siebold