PSYC2142-1 : Language Development

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PSYC2142-1

Language Development

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a second language (120 ECTS)		4
Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		3
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Christelle Maillart

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course is an introduction to developmental psycholinguistics, i.e. the field which deals with the way children learn the language. It is built around the following sections :

Introduction
Prelinguistic development
Phonological development
Lexical development.
Morphosyntactic development.
Pragmatic and discursive development.
Theoretical approaches regarding language acquisition
Individual differences
Atypical language development
Developments in the adult years

At the University of Liège, education in Speech and Language Therapy is based on a repertoire of individual skills. This course supports SLT education by utilising the following resources : Targeted knowledge :

knowledge of stages in the development of oral language ;

Targeted know-how:

use of an existing or adapted observation checklist ;
working up an etiological evaluation regarding a complaint ;
clear and correct communication in oral and written language ;
communication of clinical evidence as interpreted ;
mastery of research methodology ;

Targeted professional attitudes:

intellectual curiosity;
critical thinking;

Learning outcomes of the course :

At the end of the session, students will be able

to describe the developmental trajectory of language;
to determine the language abilities of a child at a specific age ;
to identify the verbal or non verbal communication means used by a child ;
to recognize different experimental methods used in developmental psycholinguistics ;
to compare different theoretical frameworks used in language acquisition ;
to analyze research about child language acquisition;

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

PSYC0016: Language psychology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

1er semester : 2H each monday 8h30-10h30. At each class meeting, 15 minutes will be reserved for the analysis of video documentation in order to introduce students to the methodology of observation in the area of language and communication

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

In-person instruction