COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND SPEECH DISORDERS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZCAN VURAL

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge and attitudes about the clinical and educational classification and causes of communication, language and speech disorders.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Exploring communication, language and speech processes
2   Understanding the difference between language and speech
3   Clinical classification of communication, language and speech disorders
4   Classifying communication, language and speech disorders from an educational perspective
5   Explain the meaning of collaboration and teamwork with different disciplines, the role and limits of work of other experts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Communication
2 Communication - Language - Speech relationship
3 Explanation of the features and components of the language
4 Factors affecting language development
5 Classification of Communication, Language and Speech Disorders
6 Causes of Language and Speech Disorders
7 Mid-Term
8 ASHA (American Speech-language-hearing union)Classification
9 Symptom based classification
10 Process based classification
11 Childhood language disorders
12 Childhood language disorders
13 Acquired language disorders
14 Acquired language disorders
15 Article review about Speech and language disorders
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Topbaş SS. (Editör). Dil ve Kavram Gelişimi. Kök yayıncılık, 5. Baskı. 2011, Ankara.
Seikel JA, King DW, Drumright DG (Eds). Anatomy & Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing, 4th edition, USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Discussion
3. Question & Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2 will be evaluated with a midterm exam and 3-4-5 with a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance at 80% of the classes is mandatory.
2. Participation in the midterm and final activities will be taken into account in the evaluation.
3. Attempts to cheat and plagiarize in the midterm and final exams will be evaluated as "0" (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555555
LO.25555555
LO.35555555
LO.45555555
LO.55555555

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