FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
| Title | ΑΠΟΚΤΗΣΗ ΜΗΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ / FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION |
| Code | Γλ2-480 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600006573 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600227734
|
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600227734
- At the Website of the School: http://www.enl.auth.gr/course.asp?Id=23
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will:
- be able to analyze real data from children's language
- become familiar with measuring the mean length of utterance (MLU), which is an internationally accepted appropriate indicator for assessing a child's language age
- have been exposed to quantitative and qualitative data analysis from at least two stages of development
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course belongs to the field of Psycholinguistics and specializes in first language acquisition in children with typical and non-typical language development. Students are presented with theories of language development which disagree with respect to the basic principles of the acquisition of language as a cognitive system, and then are familiarized with data on the development of language behavior since birth till the age of 5 years. Cases of typical language development are compared to cases of disorders to identify the facets of language that are more severely affected.
Keywords
language acquisition, lexicon, syntax, language disorders
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 108 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Final written exam.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
M.T. Guasti (2002) Language Acquisition: The Growth of Grammar. MIT Press.
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Last Update
20-11-2023
