Psycholinguistics and the Teaching of Languages

Code:

MEPLAT004

Acronym:

PEL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Didactics

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Teaching Portuguese in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEBI	2	MEBI - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
MEI	3	MEI - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
MEIEFA	5	MEIEFA - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
MEP	3	MEP - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
MEPIEFA	1	MEPIEFA - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
MEPLAT	1	MEPLAT - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To develop students’ critical reasoning so that they can attain better skills as teachers of Portuguese, based on the topics dealt with during the seminar sessions.

Learning outcomes and competences

 

To enable the students to deal critically with topics related to this curricular unit and to write academic works with the rigor required at this level.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Preliminary remarks concerning the central topic of Psychology, Psychology of Language and Psycholinguistics. 2. Acquisition and learning in the framework of L2 3. Second language or foreign language? 4. Bilingualism/Plurilingualism from the perspective of Psycholinguistics. a. Bilingualism as a continuum b. Classical models of bilingualism and the models of the bilingual’s memory c. Lexical representation in bilinguals. 5. Different environments in L2 acquisition. a. Critical periods in the acquisition/learning of L2 and in comparison with L1 acquisition. b. Contextual and physiological implications of such acquisition/learning and its mode of processing c. The bilingual’s dominant language and its meaning as for articulation and working memory. d. The influence of L1 proficiency on L2 proficiency. e. Attrition in L1. 6. Information processing and individual differences regarding foreign language as a variable. 7. Brief neuropsychological reference to the multilingual speakers’ brain organization. 8. Teaching styles and learning styles. 8.1 The development of educational strategies.

Mandatory literature

Albert, M. L.; Obler, L. K. – The bilingual brain. Neuropsychological and neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1978.
Odisho, E. Y. – A multisensory, multicognitive approach to teaching pronunciation. Linguística. Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto. Vol. 2, N.º 1, 2007, pp. 3-28.
Pinto, M. da G. L. C. – Desenvolvimento e distúrbios da linguagem. Porto, Porto Editora (Colecção “Linguística”, n.º 3), 1994.
Pinto, M. da G. L. C. – Saber viver a linguagem. Um desafio aos problemas de literacia. Porto, Porto Editora (Colecção “Linguística”, n.º 11), 1998.
Grosjean, F. – Another view of bilingualism. In: Harris, R. J. (ed.) – Cognitive processing in bilinguals. North-Holland, Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 1992, pp. 51-62.
Seliger, H. W.; Vago, R. M. (Eds.) – First language attrition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Pinto, M. da G. C. – Só me faltava a psicolinguística... In: Fonseca, F. I.et al. orgs. Actas do Colóquio A linguística na formação do professor de português, FLUP, 135-15
Felder, R. A. – Reaching the second tier. Learning and teaching styles in clooege science education. J. College Science Teaching 23 (5), 1993, 286-290. Disponível na web em http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Secondtier.html (7 págs.)
Pinto, M. da G. L. C. 2005. Da Psicolinguística: um verbete que se tornou ensaio. Estudos em homenagem ao Professor Doutor Mário Vilela, coord. por G. M. Rio-Torto, O. M. Figueiredo e Fátima Silva, organizado pela Secção de Linguística e pelo Departamento de
Pinto, M. G. C. – The Orient-Express or Inter-Rail: A brief metaphorical look at foreign language learning as part of general learning process. In P. Ilieva-Baltova et al eds– Psycholinguistic studies. Riva Publishers, 127-150
Köpke, B. – Neurolinguistic aspects of attrition. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 17, 1, 2004, pp. 3-30.
Pinto, Maria da Graça L. C.; A linguagem ao vivo. Textos seleccionados. Organizado por Isabel Margarida Duarte, Olívia Figueiredo e João Veloso, Cadernos de Apoio Pedagógico da FLUP, C06. Porto: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2009
Pinto, Maria da Graça L. Castro; Plurilinguismo: um trunfo?, Letras de Hoje, PUCRS, 2013
Pinto, Maria da Graça Castro; Bilinguismo e cognição. Como explicar os desempenhos em tarefas de repetição de dígitos e de frases?, 2013

Comments from the literature

Complementary bibliography will be supplied during the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	66,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	42,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend a minimum number of classes and sessions, as provided for in the Course Regulations and other Faculty Regulations in force.

Calculation formula of final grade

Result of the adopted assessment components.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.