Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

251LING2033.Contrastive grammar of English and Chinese (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)In this course we will compare the grammar of English and Chinese. We will find some surprisingsimilarities as well as interesting differences. You will have a firmer grasp of the structure of bothlanguages by the end of the course. In addition, you will be in a better position to undertake bilingualresearch or to become effective language instructors or translators.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2034.Psycholinguistics (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is an introduction to psycholinguistics and will examine issues concerning how language isacquired and processed in the mind. Essential concepts of the mental processes involved in languagecomprehension and production and contemporary research will be covered in this course. There willalso be practical laboratory classes.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2035.Neurolinguistics (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course will introduce students to the study of the representation and processing of language in thebrain. Recent literature regarding language organization in the cortex, language disorder, and thebilingual brain will reviewed.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2036.Child language (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)The focus of this course is on language acquisition, including a consideration of the stages of languagedevelopment, biological basis, language disorders, dyslexia, and the differences in learning to speak andread in Chinese and English.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2037.Bilingualism (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is a general introduction to the study of bilingualism from a psycholinguistic perspective,with emphasis on various aspects of bilingual behavior, such as code-switching and language mixing.Age-related differences, the influence of the first language, the role of attitudes, motivation and learningcontexts will be examined.Assessment: 100% coursework.