CMDS221-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Linguistics and Language Acquisition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 17 May 2013

Description

Introduction to 1) the structure of the English language, with an emphasis on developing practical analytical skills; and 2) speech and language development in typically-developing children, with a focus on the preschool years.

Co-requisites

CMDS231 or LING207

Course Coordinator

Ondene Van Dulm

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
English grammar test 27 Mar 2013 35% This test will assess students' (i) understanding of the structural characteristics of English, and (ii) ability to analyse sentences at the clause, phrase and word levels. The test will contain (i) a number of short questions about the nature and function of certain sentence elements, and (ii) a number of sentence analysis tasks of the same kind as the class exercises.
Child case study 15 May 2013 30% For the child study, each student will record, transcribe, and analyse a sample of a preschool child's conversational language using SALT software, and report on the child's language development.
Language acquisition test 29 May 2103 35% This test will cover the content of the lectures on language acquisition, and will assess students' understanding of the theories, processes, and stages of language development, and of the social and cognitive factors that may impact the process of language acquisition.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Crystal, David; Rediscover grammar ; 3rd ed; Pearson Longman, 2004 (Multiple copies available in library, will be used in 2014).

Owens, R.E; Language development: an introduction ; 8th; Allyn and Bacon, 2011 (Multiple copies available in library, will be used in 2014).

Recommended Reading

Greenbaum, S., & Quirk, R; A student's grammar of the English language ; London: Longman, 1990 (Multiple copies available in library, will be used 2014).

Sheridan, Mary D. , Cockerill, Helen; From birth to five years : children's developmental progress ; 3rd ed. ; Routledge, 2008 (Electronic copy available via library, will be used in 2014).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $803.00

International fee $4,025.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Communication Disorders .

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