"Babel inside and out. Multiple perspectives on languages from babies’ babbling to Esperanto"
Aims and objectives:
- Provide multiple perspectives on languages from various fields such as history, geography, sociology, psychology, genetics, etc.
- Give an insight into ongoing debates and develop critical thinking on languages’ uses and learning processes.
Course outline
1. Birth, Evolution and Disappearance of Languages
2. Writing and alphabets
3. How do we learn to speak?
4. Language and society
5. Other languages
6. The English language, past and present
Aims and objectives:
- Provide multiple perspectives on languages from various fields such as history, geography, sociology, psychology, genetics, etc.
- Give an insight into ongoing debates and develop critical thinking on languages’ uses and learning processes.
Course outline
1. Birth, Evolution and Disappearance of Languages
2. Writing and alphabets
3. How do we learn to speak?
4. Language and society
5. Other languages
6. The English language, past and present
- Enseignant UEVE: CLARA BOUVERESSE
Année: 23/24