COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RDE 5018 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Russian Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLMIRA KURUOĞLU

Offered to

Russian Language and Literature

Course Objective

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   Identify the concept of psycholinguistics
2   Explain and define the fields of psycholinguistics
3   Evaluate the relation between language and mind
4   Express the stages of mother language acquisition
5   Compare and contrast the difference between language and speech disorders
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 History of psycholinguistics Language and speech disorders
2 Working areas of psycholinguistics Types of language and speech disorders
3 Interdisciplinary cooperation of psycholinguistics Second language acquisition/learning
4 Linguistics and psycholinguistics Psycholinguistic studies in criminology
5 Language and thought/mind
6 Language acquisition and language learning theories
7 Language competence. Expressive and recipient language
8 Mid-term exam
9 Obtaining speech. The senses serving to speech
10 Auditory disorders and sign language

Recomended or Required Reading

Various Russian, Turkish and English sources.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced.

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.12
LO.2
LO.31
LO.41
LO.5
LO.6