PSYC5835-1 : Perception and production of speech

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PSYC5835-1

Perception and production of speech

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		3
Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Steve Majerus, Dominique Morsomme

Coordinator :

Steve Majerus

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course provides an introduction into the cognitive mechanisms underlying the perception and production of the sounds and groupings of sounds (words) of the human language. The normal and abnormal development of these mechanisms will also be discussed, from infancy to late adulthood.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The student will get familiarized with the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the (receptive and productive) processing of phonetic, phonological, prosodic and lexical aspects of human speech. The student will get familiarized with recent theoretical models of speech perception. The student will get familiarized with the factors that underlie the development of speech perception and production, including vocal production. Finally, the student will be trained in the use of psycholinguistic databases.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Psychologie du Langage

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

- Ex-cathedra classes - Practical work and exercises: use of psycholinguistic databases, use of sound processing software, analysis of spectrograms, phonetic script and transcription training

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

2nd quadrimester