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| Name: |
Language Development and Language Behavior
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Code: |
LING8004 |
| Instructor: |
L.H. Tan, C. Perry |
Semester: |
1 |
| Credit: |
6 |
Assessment: |
100% Coursework |
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| Description: |
The aims of this course
are to introduce students to some research methods employed
in the study of language acquisition and language behavior,
and to assess the significance of research results in these
fields. The main topics to be covered include: stages of language
development, reading acquisition, second language learning,
language and reading disorders, and the influences of writing
systems on language processing.
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| Reference: |
- Rayner, K.K. and A. Pollatsek. The Psychology of Reading. Upper Saddle River, NJ, US: Prentice Hall, Inc. 1989.
- Hoff, E. Language Development. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 2001.
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| Syllabus: |
| Topic 1 |
Word Recognition: The Mental
Lexicon |
| Topic 2 |
Sentence Comprehension: Syntactic
and Semantic Processing |
| Topic 3 |
Language and Thought |
| Topic 4 |
Language and the Brain |
| Topic 5 |
Language development: Phonological,
lexical, and syntactic aspects |
| Topic 6 |
Reading acquisition |
| Topic 7 |
Second Language Learning |
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