This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects. Students will examine the most important concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs (e.g., immersion programs) and important political matters connected to them.
Course Narrative In Bilingualism in the Spanish Speaking World I was able to learn about code switching and how there are people who are code switching without realizing they are switching from language. In this class we were given an assignment to go out and interview people around the CSUMB campus. It was interesting seeing how some answers of the five people that I interviewed were really similar for two questions even if they were monolingual or bilingual. Another assignment that we had was to do some research on a dialect and my group and I pick the dialect of Quechua. This presentation that we did left me wanting to learn more about Quechua, which is why I decided to do my capstone project this dialect.