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The Bilingual Brain
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 15 hours
  • Course by University of Houston
  • Offered by

About

This course explores the brain bases of bilingualism by discussing literature relevant to differences in age of initial learning, proficiency, and control in the nonverbal, single language and dual-language literature. Participants will learn about the latest research related to how humans learn one or two languages and other cognitive skills.

Modules

Week 1

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 1 Quiz

7 Videos

  • Office Hours 1
  • 1-1 Introduction
  • 1-2 Familiarity and Its Neural Instantiation
  • 1-3 Age of Acquisition
  • 1-4 Beyond Language
  • 1-5 Plan for this course
  • 1-6 Toward a Bilingual Metaphor

Week 2

    • 8 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 2 Quiz

8 Videos

  • Office Hours 2
  • 2 The Nature of Learning
  • 2-1 AOA In A Single Language
  • 2-2 AoA and Sensitive Periods
  • 2-3 AoA and Language
  • 2-4 Digging into the Depth of Language
  • 2-5 Building a Grammar
  • 2-6 The Sensorimotor Nature of AoA

Week 3

    • 11 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 3 Quiz

11 Videos

  • Office Hours 3
  • 3 Laying Down Two Languages Across Time
  • 3.1 Let There Be Sound
  • 3.2 Phonology in a Second Language
  • 3.3 Grammar
  • 3.4 Critical Periods in a Second Language
  • 3.5 AoA and Orphaned Language
  • 3.6 Grammatical Proccessing and AoA
  • 3.7 Isolating AoA
  • 3.8 Grammatical Gender
  • 3.9 Camparing First and Second Language

Week 4

    • 8 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 4 Quiz

8 Videos

  • Office Hours 4
  • 4 Proficiency, Efficiency and Expertise
  • 4.1 Expertise
  • 4.2 Perceptual Expertise
  • 4.3 What Makes Expertise
  • 4.4 Deliberate Practice and Language
  • 4.5 Learning Without Knowing
  • 4.6 Expertise and Language Proficiency

Week 5

    • 14 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 5 Quiz

14 Videos

  • Office Hours 5
  • 5 Practice What You Speak
  • 5.1 Language Loss
  • 5.2 Catastrophic Loss
  • 5.3 Can a Lost Language be Found
  • 5.4 Plasticity and Language Acquisition
  • 5.5 Restructuring Plasticity
  • 5.6 The Dichotic Nature of Language
  • 5.7 What is Predicted by Language Proficiency
  • 5.8 From Everyday to Academic Language
  • 5.9 Academic and Everyday Grammar
  • 5.10 Language and Memory System
  • 5.11 Speech in a Second Language
  • 5.12 Language Learning as a Building Process

Week 6

    • 9 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 6 Quiz

9 Videos

  • Office Hours 6
  • 6 Controlled Adjustments
  • 6.1 Control and the Brain
  • 6.2 How Do We Learn Control?
  • 6.3 Brain Development and Control
  • 6.4 From Control to Flexibility
  • 6.5 Changes in Task Switching Across Development
  • 6.6 Aging and the Eroding Prefrontal Cortex
  • 6.7 Control And Language

Week 7

    • 9 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 7 Quiz

9 Videos

  • Office Hours 7
  • 7 Control, Flexibility and the Two Language Dilemma
  • 7.1 The Language Switch
  • 7.2 In Search of the Language Switch
  • 7.3 The Bilingual Advantage
  • 7.4 The Bilingual Disadvantage
  • 7.5 A Couple of Caveats
  • 7.6 Bilingual Control and Language Proficiency
  • 7.7 Beyond Control

Week 8

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 8 Quiz

7 Videos

  • Office Hours 8
  • 8 The Final Frontier
  • 8.1 AoA, Proficiency and Control Interact
  • 8.2 The Nonlinear Dynamics of Bilingualism
  • 8.3 From Cognitive Principles to Brain Principles
  • 8.4 Metaphors of the Mind
  • 8.5 The Bilingual Brain

Final Exam

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  • Final Exam

Auto Summary

Explore the fascinating world of bilingualism with "The Bilingual Brain." This foundational course delves into the brain's mechanisms behind learning multiple languages, examining factors like age, proficiency, and cognitive control. Led by Coursera, it features the latest research on language acquisition and cognitive skills. With a 900-minute duration, learners can choose between Starter and Professional subscription options. Ideal for those interested in personal development and understanding the cognitive aspects of bilingualism.

Arturo E. Hernandez
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Arturo E. Hernandez