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

Evaluation methods

Evaluation in session
- written exam
- 40 multiple choice questions: 4 options, 1 correct alternative (17/20 points). To obtain half on this part (8,5/17), 25 out of the 40 questions should be answered correctly.
- 1 open question (3/20 points)

Other information

The course is given in French, but a set of English slides is available for international students:

• no

The core reading for the course is in French, but equivalent core reading is available for international students in English

• no

The standard exam is a written exam in French. However, international students taking this course:

• Will be allowed to use a dictionary when taking the written exam in French:
  yes
• Will be allowed 33% more time when taking the written exam in French:
  yes
• Are provided with the opportunity to take the written exam in English:
  no
• Are provided with the opportunity to take an alternative oral exam in English :
  no

Bibliography

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

Faculty or entity

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