Psycholinguistics and Language Learning

Code:

MLIN15

Acronym:

PAL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Linguistics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MLIN	6	MLIN - Study Plan	1	-	6	55	162
MPLE	16	MPLE - Study Plan	1	-	6	55	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To develop students’ critical reasoning so that they can attain better skills as teachers of Portuguese as a Second/Foreign Language, 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. 4.1. Bilingualism as a continuum 4.2. Classical models of bilingualism and the models of the bilingual’s memory. 4.3. Lexical representation in bilinguals. 5. Different environments in L2 acquisition. 5.1. Critical periods in the acquisition/learning of L2 and in comparison with L1 acquisition. 5.2. Contextual and physiological implications of such acquisition/learning and its mode of processing. 5.3. The bilingual’s dominant language and its meaning as for articulation and working memory. 5.4. The influence of L1 proficiency on L2 proficiency. 5.5. 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.

Mandatory literature

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., Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2007
Albert, M. L.; Obler, L. K. ; The bilingual brain. Neuropsychological and neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism, Academic Press, 1978
Ellis, R. ; The study of second language acquisition, Oxford University Press, 1994
Köpke, B. –; Neurolinguistic aspects of attrition. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 17, 1, 2004, pp. 3-30, Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2004
Pinto, M. G. L. C.; Saber viver a linguagem. Um desafio aos problemas de literacia , Porto Editora, 1998
Palij, M.; Aaronson, D. ; The role of language background in cognitive processing. In: Harris, R. J. (ed.) – Cognitive processing in bilinguals, pp. 63-87., North Holland-Elsevier , 1992
Pinto, M. G. L. C.; Desenvolvimento e distúrbios da linguagem, Porto Editora, 1994
Zobl, H. (1995). Converging evidence for the ‘acquisition-learning’ distinction. Applied Linguistics, 16, 1, pp. 35-56.
Seliger, H. W.; Vago, R. M. (Eds.) – ; First language attrition, Cambridge University Press, 1991
Pinto, M. da G. C. ; Só me faltava a psicolinguística... Da(s) memória(s) no processamento da linguagem: algumas notas sensíveis à aprendizagem. In: Fonseca, F. I.; Duarte, I. M.; Figueiredo, O. (orgs.) – Actas do Colóquio A linguística na formação do professor de português, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2001
Pinto, M. da G. L. C. ; 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 , Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2005
Grosjean, F. ; Another view of bilingualism. In: Harris, R. J. (ed.) – Cognitive processing in bilinguals, pp. 51-62., North Holland-Elsevier, 1992
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; O plurilinguismo: um trunfo?, 2013
OPi; Bilinguismo e cognição. Como explicar os desempenhos em tarefas de repetição de dígitos e de frases?
Pinto Maria da Graça L. 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	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	66,00
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 component.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the applicable norms.

Classification improvement

According to the regulations for post-graduate programmes at the UP, students will not have a chance to improve their final marks.