Oral language acquisition

Teacher(s)

Szmalec Arnaud;

Language

French

Main themes

·         Communication development
·         Phonological development
·         Lexical and semantic development
·         Syntactical development
·         Pragmatic development
·         Theoretical approaches to language acquisition
·         Normal variations in spoken language development
·         Atypical spoken language development
·         Spoken language development during the school years
·         Second language acquisition (bilingualism)
·         Spoken language development in the adult years
·         The effects of aging on spoken language

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	To obtain a general view on the ontogenesis of spoken language both from a descriptive perspective as well as in terms of the involved cognitive processes. With respect to the reference list of academic competences, this course primarily aims to bring the students to : A1. master the knowledge that allows to explain and understand an individual, a group or an organisation E2. identify the contribution and added value of psychological scientific research in the understanding of given situations Secondly, this course aims to bring the students to: A2. analyse, criticise in a motivated way and model a situation (individual, group or organisation) with reference to theories, empirical results, methods and tools relevant for psychology E1. master the stages, methodologies and tools of psychological and educational scientific research

Content

Spoken language acquisition
- The prelinguistic period
- Acquisition of the early lexicon
- Acquisition of phonology
- Acquisition of the lexicon
- Acquisition of morphology
- Acquisition of semantics
- Acquisition of syntax
- Acquisition of discourse
- Acquisition of pragmatics
- Individual differences
- Theoretical approaches and pathology

Teaching methods

Lectures
Due to the exceptional COVID-related circumstances, the lectures will use a comodal format combining simultaneously classroom and online instruction. Depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains possible that teaching evolves to a purely distantial, online format.

Evaluation methods

Caution: Depending on the evolution of the sanitary situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, this exam can be in presential or in distantial (online) format. 
Evaluation in session
- written exam
- 40 multiple choice questions: 4 options, 1 correct alternative
- the minimum mastery of learning outcomes (corresponding to a score of 10/20) for this exam is set at 25 correct answers out of 40
Depending on the evolution of the sanitary situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exam will be in presential or distantial (online) format. 

Bibliography

Daviault, D. (2011). L’émergence et le développement du langage chez l’enfant. Montréal, QC: ChenelièreEducation.

Faculty or entity

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