LING219-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Language Acquisition

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 22 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 October 2011

Description

This course deals with key aspects of how human language is acquired by children, from infancy to adolescence. Selected topics in bilingual and second language development are also covered.

This course is designed to provide you with an overview of what we understand about the nature of, and explanations for, language acquisition in children. By the end of the course you should have a fairly detailed understanding of the path of typical and atypical monolingual language development in children, as well as an understanding of how that path compares with children developing bilingually. You will also have some understanding of why that developmental path is as it is, and how it varies between different learners in different circumstances.

Prerequisites

LING101 or LING111 or ENGL123 or ENGL112 or relevant background in EDUC or EDED or PSYC with the approval of the HOD.

Restrictions

CMDS221, LING205

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Susan Foster-Cohen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Take-home tests (2 best of 3), 30% ea 60%
In-class test 13 Oct 2011 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Course readings will be made available through Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $595.00

International fee $2,588.00

* 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 Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All LING219 Occurrences

  • LING219-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011