COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4071 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Russian Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TAMILLA ALIYEVA

Offered to

Russian Language and Literature

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine the subjects such as historical development and progress of the area of psycholinguistics, language acquisition processes, language and mind, the comprehension and production of speech, language and speech disorders.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 Identify the concept of psycholinguistics
2   2 Explain and define the fields of psycholinguistics
3   3 Evaluate the relation between language and mind
4   4 Express the stages of mother language acquisition
5   5 Compare and contrast the difference between language and speech disorders
6   6 Identify the speech disorders

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 History of psycholinguistics 11 Language and brain
2 2 Working areas of psycholinguistics and Interdisciplinary cooperation 12 Language and speech
3 3 Language and thought/mind 13 Language and speech disorders
4 4 The properties of language, animal communication and human language, wild children and language, critical language hypothesis 14 Psycholinguistic studies
5 5 Language learning theories 15. General review
6 6 Language competence 16. Finel exam
7 7 Language competence in Turkish
8 8 Mid-term exam
9 9 Bilingualism
10 10 Sign language

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.
Massaro, D. W. (Ed.). (2014). Understanding language: An information-processing analysis of speech
perception, reading, and psycholinguistics. Academic Press.
McNeill, D. (1970). The acquisition of language: The study of developmental psycholinguistics.
Peterson, C. (2013). Developmental psycholinguistics: Three ways of looking at a child s narrative.
Rommetveit, R. (2014). Words, Meaning, and Messages: Theory and Experiments in Psycholinguistics.
Academic Press.
Springer Science & Business Media.
Smith, F. (1973). Psycholinguistics and reading. Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Steinberg, D. D., Nagata, H., & Aline, D. P. (2013). Psycholinguistics: language, mind and world.
Routledge.
Steinberg, D. D., & Sciarini, N. V. (2013). An introduction to psycholinguistics. Routledge.
Traxler, M., & Gernsbacher, M. A. (Eds.). (2011). Handbook of psycholinguistics. Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Power-point presentations
2. Explanation and explanation with examples
3. Question and answer
4. Research activities via library and internet.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 6 will be evaluated via the presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 80% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Attendance to the classes and presentations will be taken into consideration during the evaluation process.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eda.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555