COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEUROLINGUISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3058 NEUROLINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MURAT ÖZGEN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to identify and examine the subjects such as, the concept of neurlinguistics and its area of study, the psychological and neurological features of language and speech progress, the interrelation between the language and the mind, the relation between language and the brain, the localisation of language in the brain, the localization of mother and second language in the brain and the problems of language arising from brain damages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To have knowledge about the anatomical features of the human brain
2   2. Having comprehensive knowledge about localization of language in the brain
3   3. Learning the studies on the language system affected by brain injury
4   4. Obtaining information on diseases that affect the functioning of the language system
5   5. Obtaining information on disorders affecting the functioning of the language system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Neurolinguistics History of Neurolinguistics Research Topics in Neurolinguistics
2 Language, Speech and Communication
3 Brain Regions and their Functions
4 Brain Screening Techniques
5 The Reading and Writing Brain
6 The Bilingual Brain
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Malapropism and Dysphemia
9 Aphasia, Apraxia, Dyspraxia, Dysarthria
10 Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia
11 Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
12 Schizophrenia
13 Autism
14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ahlsén, E. (2006). Introduction to Neurolinguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
2. Ingram, John C. L. (2007) Neurolinguistics: An Introduction to Spoken Language Processing and its Disorders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Stemmer, B. & Whitaker, H. A. (1998). Handbook of Neurolinguistics. San Diego & London: Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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. Mid-term exam 40%
2. Final exam 60%

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.karaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 159

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.45555
LO.55555

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