COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5091 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The course aims to provide students with an overview of the field of psycholinguistics, its aims, scope, main questions, its research methods and increase students understanding of how language is acquired, produced and understood and how it is supported by human brain.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the main objectives of psycholinguistic and language acquisition research and it connections with other related fields
2   Evaluate the relation between language and mind
3   Define the main concepts and theories concerning language acquisition and production
4   Recognize processes of Turkish language acquisition
5   Identify language and speech disorders
6   Evaluate and criticise a scientific research
7   Write an original article

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of Psycholinguistics
2 Research Interests in Psycholinguistics
3 Language and Thought
4 Wild and isolated children, and the critical period Animals and language learning
5 Language Acquisition Theories
6 Stages of First Language Acquisition and Language Development
7 Stages of Turkish Language Acquisition
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Bilingualism and Multilingualism
10 Sign Language
11 Language Organization in the Brain
12 Language and Speech
13 Language and Speech Disorders
14 Researches in Psycholinguistics

Recomended or Required Reading

Clark, H. H., & Clark, E. V. (1980). Psychology and language. An introduction to psycholinguistics.
Christiansen, M. H., & Chater, N. (Eds.). (2001). Connectionist psycholinguistics. Greenwood Publishing
Group.
Field, J. (2004). Psycholinguistics: The key concepts. Psychology Press.
Foss, D. J., Hakes, D. T., & Psycholinguistics, A. (1978). an Introduction to the Psychology of
Language. PrenticeHall, EnglewoodCliffs NJ.
Greene, J. (1972). Psycholinguistics: Chomsky and psychology.
Garnham, A. (2013). Psycholinguistics (PLE: Psycholinguistics): Central Topics. Psychology Press.
Hatch, E. M. (1983). Psycholinguistics: A Second Language Perspective. Newbury House Publishers, Inc.,
Rowley, MA 01969.
Kutas, M., & Van Petten, C. (1994). Psycholinguistics electrified. Handbook of psycholinguistics, 83-143.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1- Lecture
2. 2- Presentation
3. 3- Question and answer
4. 4- Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1- Learning outcomes 1,2,3 and 4 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2- Learning outcomes 5, 6 and 7 will be evaluated via homework assignment/Project

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1- 80% class attendance is obligatory.
2. 2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. 3- Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 36 36
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555
LO.7555