MULTI4170 – Multilingualism Specialisation B
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The academic theme of this course changes from semester to semester, but all specialisations provide students with deeper knowledge of the fundamentals of recent research on cognitive and psychological approaches language and communication, with a special focus on multilingualism. This will include one or more research fields, such as cognitive approaches to language acquisition, language processing, statistical modeling of linguistic processes, clinical linguistics, language assessment or other current trends in research.
Spring 2024:"Specialization in early language development". In this course we will examine the main milestones in early language acquisition - from 0 to 36 months of age - , factors that shape the development (the role of parental/language input, for example), and methods/tools that can be used to assess early language development.
Learning outcome
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of one or more specialised approaches to research on multilingualism
- Explain the central theories and concepts of these specialised approaches
- Critically consider the relevance of these approaches to an area of research that students are may explore in their thesis
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Recommended previous knowledge
No formal requirements. It is an advantage if students have completed MULTI4100 Theoretical Foundations of Multilingualism; and/or LING4140 Research Methods for Language. If space is available, it is possible to take the course without this background however.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with ILNMULTI4130 – Linguistics Specialization B (discontinued).
Teaching
10 double lectures
Students should participate actively in all sessions. Students must attend a minimum of 75% of sessions in order to receive credit for the course.
Examination
Term paper: Each student writes an assignment of approximately 10 pages in length (2300 characters without spaces per page); details of the assignment will be provided in class
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.