LOGO5005-1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

	Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language (120 ECTS)	5 crédits
	Master in linguistics (120 ECTS)	5 crédits
	Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy	3 crédits
	Master in education (120 ECTS)	4 crédits
	Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)	3 crédits

Lecturer

Christelle Maillart, Ginette Zanelli

Coordinator

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

Learning unit 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

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 learning unit

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

Assessment methods and criteria

A written examination will take place in January. The grade will include the following components :

20% - analysis of language data
30% - selected questions covered during the course (definition of concepts, question about comprehension, etc.)
50% true or false questions

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course and podcasts are available on e-campus.

Contacts

Pr. Christelle Maillart
Research Unit on Childhood B38 Clinical Speech Therapy Unit
Quartier Village 2 30, rue de l'aunaie B-4000 Liège (Sart Tilman) christelle.maillart@ulg.ac.be

Ginette Zanelli
ginette.Zanelli@hel.be

Speech development