MULTI4170 – Multilingualism Specialisation B

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.

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

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.

Prerequisites

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

Submit assignments in Inspera

You submit your assignment in the digital examination system Inspera. Read about how to submit assignments in Inspera.

Use of sources and citation

You should familiarize yourself with the rules that apply to the use of sources and citations. If you violate the rules, you may be suspected of cheating/attempted cheating.

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.

Explanations and appeals

Resit an examination

Special examination arrangements

Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.

Facts about this course

Credits
10
Level
Master
Teaching

The course is offered irregularly.

Teaching language
Norwegian