COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

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   To be able to define psycholinguistics and its fields of study
2   To be able to evaluate the relationship between language and thought
3   To be able to explain the stages of language acquisition and production
4   To be able to compare language and speech disorders
5   To be able to discuss and criticize studies on psycholinguistics in the literature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Psycholinguistics and Its History
2 Research areas of psycholinguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies
3 Language and Thought Relationship
4 Animal communication and Human Language
5 Wild Children and Language, Critical Age Period
6 Developmental Stages in Language Acquisition
7 Language Development of Turkish Speaking Children
8 Midterm
9 Bilingualism, Multilingualism
10 Sign language
11 Language and brain
12 Language and speech
13 Language and speech disorders
14 Studies on psycholinguistics
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Steinberg, D. D., & Sciarini, N. V. (2013). An introduction to psycholinguistics. Routledge.
Traxler, M. J. (2011). Introduction to psycholinguistics: Understanding language science.
Aitchison, J. (2011). The articulate mammal: An introduction to psycholinguistics. Routledge.
Garman, M. (1990). Psycholinguistics. Cambridge University Press.

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

English

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)

eda.can@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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.55555

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