COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND SPEECH DEVELOPMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3072 LANGUAGE AND SPEECH DEVELOPMENT 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 teach students the basic concepts of language and speech development, development areas, factors affecting development and periods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be able to comprehend the difference between language and speech
2   2. Learning speech and language development.
3   3. Distinguish between normal and non-normal speech and language development
4   4. Knowing the various factors that affect language development
5   5. Learning the periods of receptive and expressive language skills of healthy children

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Language and Speech
2 2 Speech production and perception
3 3 Language, speech and brain development
4 4 Components of language
5 5 Phonological Acquisition in Children
6 6 Individual and Linguistic Differences
7 7 Phonological Developmental Stages in Children
8 8 Midterm
9 9 Morphological Development in Children
10 10 Syntactic Development in Children
11 11 Semantic Development in Children
12 12 Pragmatic Development in Children
13 13 Reading and Writing Development in Children
14 14 Causes of problems in language and speech development
15 15 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Lightbrown,M.Patsy.,Spada,Nina 2006. How Languages are Learned Oxford:Oxford University Press
Brown,H.Douglas. 2000. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching Pearson
Krashen, S. 1982.Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

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 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.35555555
LO.45555555
LO.55555555

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