Subject: APPLICATION for DEVELOPING and TEACHING a COURSE in A

Subject: APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPING AND TEACHING A COURSE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Name of applicant: Marta Medved Krajnovic, PhD Institution: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciencies, University of Zagreb

Course title: MONOLINGUALISM, BILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM: DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE

Language: English

Number of hours per semester: 30 hours - the course can be organised throughout a semestar (2 hours per week) or as a concentrated 3-week module (10 hours per week)

ECTS: 4 credits

Level: The course can be tailored to suit graduate and undergraduate level.

Course content: During 15 teaching units students will get familiar with the processes of first, second and foreign language acquisition, use and maintenance. Several leading theories that are trying to explain these processes will be presented and discussed. Special focus will also be put on the dynamic interaction among an individual’s languages and characteristics of a successful second / foreign language user in a global, multilingual society. Students will also be informed about research methods in language acuqisition sciencies. UNIT 1 – introduction; defining first, second and foreign language acquisition/learning; historical overview of the respective research disciplines UNIT 2 – the course and milestones in 1st language acquisition UNIT 3 - theoretical explanations of 1st language acquisition UNIT 4 – revision: student presentations and discussion UNIT 5 – the process of second language acquisition: development of a learner’s language UNIT 6 – crosslinguistic interaction and multicompetence UNIT 7 – theoretical explanations of 2nd language acquisition (from 1970s – 1990s) UNIT 8 – theoretical explanations of 2nd language acquisition (from 1990s – present day) UNIT 9 – revision: student presentations and discussion UNIT 10 – the process of foreing language learning: the role of input and interaction UNIT 11 – individual differences in language acquisition (cognitive factors and the age factor) UNIT 12 – individual differences in language acquisition (affective factors and strategies) UNIT 13 – research methods in language acquisition studies UNIT 14 – revision: student presentations and discussion UNIT 15 – multilingual individual in a multicultural world: opportunities and challenges

General and specific competencies: Students will get familiar with a fast developing field of language acquisition studies and gain new insights into the nature of human language capacity. The aim is also that throughout the course students develop a better understanding of their own language acquisition and language use processes, and of what is needed for a successful communication and functioning in a bilingual / multilingual environment. The students will also have an opportunity to further develop their presentation and debating skills.

Type of teaching: seminar classes (up to 20 studends) Type of student evaluation: Students will be assessed on the basis of three sources of data: attendance and active participation in the seminar sessions; a 5 minute written test (administered at the beginning of each new unit) checking their basic understanding of the main issues covered in the previous unit; a 10-minute presentation of readings and a discussion related to a relevant topic.

Type of course evaluation: Course evaluation process will be two-fold: 1. during Units 4, 9 and 14 students will be asked to write a personal opinion paper about the clarity and relevance of the topics presented during previous sessions; 2. University administered course evaluation questionnaire

Literature: (obligatory readings – selected chapters) Aronin, L., Hufeisen, B. (2009) The Exploration of Multilingualism. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Auer, P., Wei, L. (ed.) (2007) Handbook of Multilingualism and Multilingual Communication. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Baker, C. (2000) The Care and Education of Young Bilinguals: An Introduction for Professionals. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd. Baker, C. (2006) Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (4th ed.) Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd. Bhatia, T. K., Ritchie, W. C. (ed.) (2007) The Handbook of Bilingualism. Blackwell Publishing. Kroll, J. F., De Groot, A. M. B. (ed.) (2005) Handbook of Bilingualism: Psycholinguistic Approaches. Oxford: OUP. Lightbown, P., Spada, N. (2006) How Languages are Learned (3rd ed.) Oxford: OUP. Saville-Troike, M. (2006) Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: CUP.

(optional readings: chapters from books and articles from journals – to be chosen on the basis of students’ language biographies and academic interests) Cook, V. (ed.) (2002) Portraits of the L2 User. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd. Doughty, C. J., Long, M. H. (ed.) (2003) The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Blackwell Publishing. Gass, S. M., Selinker, L. (2008) Second Language Acquisition: An introductory course (3rd ed.). New York and London: Routledge. Gleason, J. B., Ratner, N. B. (2008) Psycholinguistics (3rd ed.) Wadsworth: Thomson Learning. Han, Z. (2004) Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd. Herdina, P., Jessner, U. (2002) A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism: Changing the Psycholinguistic Perspective. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd. Jarvis, S., Pavlenko, A. (2008) Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition. New York: Routledge. Long, M. (2007) Problems in SLA. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Schmid, M., Kopke, B., Keijzer, M., Dostert, S. (ed.) (2007). Language Attrition: Theoretical Perspectives. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Singleton, D., Ryan, L. (2004) Language Acquisition: The Age Factor. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Wei, L., Moyer, M. G. (2008) The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Journals: Applied Linguistics, Applied Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Brain and Language, International Review of Applied Linguistics, Journal of Child Language, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language Learning, Modern Language Journal, Second Language Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, TESOL Quarterly

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Marta Medved Krajnović Date of Birth: 20 April 1973 Place of Birth: Senj, Croatia Nationality: Croatian Marital status: Married, three children Address: Vrtlarska 2A, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia (home) Faculty of Philosophy, I. Lučića 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia (office) Telephone: +385 1 6120051 (office) E-mail address: [email protected]

EDUCATION:

2004 Ph.D in Applied Linguistics, University of Zagreb Thesis title: Development of Croatian (L1)- English (L2) Bilingualism at an Early Age. 2001 MA in Linguistics University of Zagreb Thesis title: The role of storytelling in developing and measuring linguistic and communicative competence of young EFL learners. 1996 BA in English Language and Literature and Italian Language and Literature, University of Zagreb

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

2005 - Assistant Professor, SLA and TEFL Section Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb 2004-2005 Senior teaching and research assistant, SLA and TEFL Section Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb 2001 - 2004 Teaching and research assistant, SLA and TEFL Section Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb 1996 – 2001 Junior teaching and research Assistant, SLA and TEFL Section Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb 2005 – 2007 Lecturer at the Faculty of Pedagogy, University of Bihac September 2001 - September 2002 Visiting Academic, Trinity College Dublin. . Ph.D research period (field: second langauge acquisition and bilingualism) 1997 Lecturer at the Teacher Training Faculty, University of Zagreb

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

. 1996 to present: collaborator on several Ministry of Science, Sports and Technology research projects (field: applied linguistics and psycholinguistics) . 2004 to present: collaborator on several national and international projects aiming at the Croatian primary, secondary and tertiary education curriculum reforms; . suprevisor of postgraduate thesis for the PhD students of applied linguistics and SLA . reviewer for Strani jezici, Lahor and SRAZ . reviewer of the ESP teaching material for the Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Architecture, Police Academy . reviewer of the English langauge teaching material for several Croatian publishing houses . 2003-2007 Secretary of the EUROSLA (European Second Language Association) . member of the 15th annual EUROSLA conference organizing committee . member of EUROSLA, AILA, ESSE and J-SLA . presenter at around 30 national and international conferences

AWARDS

2006 . University of Zagreb award for the development and fostering of international cooperation (award presented to all the members of TEFL and SLA section of the Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy)

LANGUAGES:

. Fluent English and Italian . Working knowledge of German . Basic French and Hungarian

REFERENCES: . available on request

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Books: Medved Krajnović, M. (2010). Od jednojezičnosti do višejezičnosti: istraživanje procesa ovladavanja drugim jezicima. Zagreb: Leykam. Foster-Cohen, S., Medved Krajnović, M., Mihaljević Djigunović, J. (ed.) (2006). EUROSLA Yearbook. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Research papers: Medved Krajnović, M. (2009) SLA ili OVIJ: Što se krije iza skraćenice? Lahor IV / 7, 95-109. Medved Krajnović, M. i Letica, S. (2009). Učenje stranih jezika u Hrvatskoj: politika, znanost i javnost. U: Granic, Jagoda (ur./ed.). Jezicna politika i jezicna stvarnost / Language Policy and Language Reality. Zagreb: HDPL, 598-607. Medved Krajnović, M., Juraga, I. (2008) Perception of influence of FLL on personality. Studia Romanica et Aglica Zagrabiensia 53, 349-372. Medved Krajnović, M., Opić, I. (2008). An Insight into Foreign Language Learning Styles. Strani jezici 37, 1, 17-26. Medved Krajnović, M. (2008). Language Attrition in Bilingual Children: Implications for Early Foreign Language Teaching. U: Sarter, H. (ur.), Teacher Competences and Successful Learning in Early Foreign Language Classrooms. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 103- 112. Medved Krajnović, M. (2007). Kako hrvatski učenici govore engleski?/How well do Croatian learners speak English. Metodika, 14, 173-190. Medved Krajnović, M., Šamo, R. (2007). Testing Foreign Language Proficiency - What Verbal Protocols Reveal. Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia LII., pp. 283- 299. Medved Krajnović, M. (2006). Dynamism of Successive Childhood Bilingualism. Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia. L. 25-38. Medved Krajnović, M. (2006). Jezična svjesnost i rana dvojezičnost. Dijete i jezik danas: Dijete i višejezičnost. U Vodopija, I. (ur.). Osijek: Sveučilište J.J. Strossmayera. 211-219. Medved Krajnović, M., Mihaljević Djigunović, J. (2006). Razvoj samovrednovanja jezične kompetencije u dječjoj dobi. Dijete i jezik danas: Vrjednovanje i samovrjednovanje u nastavi hrvatskoga i stranog jezika za učenike mlađe školske dobi.. U Vodopija, I. (ur.). Osijek: Sveučilište J.J. Strossmayera. 211-219. Medved Krajnović, M., Vilke, M. (2005). Govorite li hrengleski? Jezik i mediji: Jedan jezik-više svjetova. Granić, J. (ur.). Zagreb-Split: HDPL. 479-487. Medved Krajnović, M. (2005.) Primjer ranog leksičkog razvoja u drugom jeziku. U Granić, J. (ur.) Semantika prirodnog jezika i metajezik semantike, 479-487. Zagreb-Split: HDPL. M. Medved Krajnović, J. Mihaljević Djigunović, Language Teaching Methodology and Second Language Acquisition, in Linguistics : Nature, History, Scope and Broad Applications, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net] Medved Krajnović, M. (2004). First language-second language: Friends or enemies? U: Suarez, A. M. L., Ramallo, F., Rodriguez-Yanez, X. P. (ur.) Bilingual socialization and Bilingual language acquisition, 291-303. Vigo: Servicion de Publicacions da Universidade de Vigo Medved Krajnović, M. (2003). The Nature and Role of Code-switching in Developing Bilingualism. Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia, XLVIII -XLVIII, 311-334. Medved Krajnović, M. (2003). Pričat ću ti priču – Narativna sposobnost kao pokazatelj uspjeha u usvajanju stranoga jezika. U Stolac, D., Ivanetić, N., Pritchard, B. (ur.) Psiholingvistika i kognitivna znanost u hrvatskoj primijenjenoj lingvistici, 473-480. Zagreb-Rijeka: HDPL. Medved Krajnović, M. (2002). Primjer ranog leksičkog razvoja u hrvatskom jeziku. U: Stolac, D., Ivanetić, N., Pritchard, B. (ur.) Izazovi primjenjene lingvistike na početku XXI stoljeća, 337-346. Zagreb-Rijeka: HDPL. Medved Krajnović, M. (2001). The lexical approach in early foreign language learning. U Vrhovac, Y. (ur.). Children and Foreign Languages III, 43-56. Zagreb: Filozofski fakultet. Medved Krajnović, M. (1999). Pragmatika i komunikacija u razredu - surađuju li nastavnici i učenici? U Stolac, D., Ivanetić, N., Pritchard, B. (ur.) Teorija i mogućnosti primjene pragmalingvistike, 497-504. Zagreb-Rijeka: HDPL. Medved Krajnović, M. (1999). Učeničke strategije i testovi stranih jezika. Strani jezici, XXVIII, 149-155. Medved Krajnović, M. (1999). Vrednovanje znanja i učenje stranih jezika. U Vrhovac, Y. et al. (ur.), Strani jezik u osnovnoj školi, 68-80. Zagreb: Naprijed. Medved Krajnović, M. (1998). Pitanja standarda i nestandarda u nastavi općeg engleskog jezika. U Stolac, D., Ivanetić, N., Pritchard, B. (ur.) Jezična norma i varijeteti, 325-335. Zagreb-Rijeka: HDPL. Vilke, M., Mihaljević Djigunović, J., Medved Krajnović, M. (1998). The Faces of Janus in English Language Learning as Culture Learning. British Cultural Studies: Cross- Cultural Challenges, 359-371. Zagreb: The British Council. Medved Krajnović, M. (1996). Tipologija uloge nastavnika u nastavi engleskog jezika u nižim razredima osnovne škole. Strani jezici, XXV, 65-73.

Professional papers: Medved Krajnović, M. et al. (2006). Moj prvi europski jezični portfolio. Zagreb: Školska knjiga. Medved Krajnović, M. (2002). Interview s profesorom Davidom Singletonom. Strani jezici 31, 7-14. Medved Krajnović, M. (2001). First Year English Final Test, grade 4. Zagreb: Naklada Ljevak. Medved Krajnović, M. (1999). Blagdani i svetkovine u nastavi engleskog jezika u prvom i drugom razredu osnovne škole. U Vrhovac, Y. et al. (ur.), Strani jezik u osnovnoj školi, 253-256. Zagreb: Naprijed. Medved Krajnović, M. (1998). Peter Medgyes, The Non-native Teacher. Strani jezici, XXVII, 55-56. Medved Krajnović, M. (1997). Dnevnik učenja – učeći četvrti strani jezik. Strani jezici, XXVI, 32-41.