2019-2020 / PSYC5868-1

Psychology of cognition and language Part I

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy4 crédits 
 Bachelor in psychology and education : general4 crédits 
 Master in education (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Serge Brédart, Martine Poncelet

Coordinator

Martine Poncelet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Subjects (partim I)
Cognition
1. Definition of cognitive psychology.
2. Perception.
3. Attention
4. Concepts and categorization
Language
1. Characterizing and describing human language
2. Speech production and perception.
3. Language development and second language acquisition.
4. Learning to read.
5. Language and the brain.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Introduce the student to main concepts as well as to diverse domains within psychology of cognition and language

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Theoretical basis of psychological sciences (PSYC5866-1)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

"ex-cathedra" teaching

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

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

"Cognition" part : Slides of the course on MyUlg.
"Language" part :  Course summaries (pdf files) on MyUlg + Required reading : Field, J. (2005). Language and the Mind. NY: Routledge.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination (MCQ)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

second quadrimester

Students are authorized to record lectures strictly for their personal use, in the context of an academic purpose, but the reproduction and the distribution of these recordings are forbidden.
Students will have the opportunity to see their examination papers on June 30, 2020 from 11 to 12 a.m. at Professor M. Poncelet's office (B-33, first floor, room 1/29).
Students are invited to register by sending an email to the following address: Martine.Poncelet@uliege.be

Contacts

"Cognition" part : Serge.Bredart@ulg.ac.be "Language" part : Martine.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be
 

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

The courses on Cognition have been given before the lockdown.
The courses on Language are given via ecampus in the form of a narrative Power Point.

Assessment subjects

 Content for the Cognition part (S. Brédart)
Introduction: Slides 1 to 19.
Perception 1: Slides 1 to 65
Perception 2: Slides 1 to 25
Perception 3: Slides 1 to 16, and slides 18 to 25
Face perception: Slides 1 to 30
Attention: slides 1 to 32
Categorisation: slides 1 to 5 and 8 to 18

 Content for the Language part (M. Poncelet)
Chap 1 to 5 :
in the PPT, the parts "TO READ" are not to be studied.  

Assessment methods

distance MCQ (via e-campus)

Contacts

"Cognition" part : Serge.Bredart@ulg.ac.be "Langage" part : Martine.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be
 

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Content for the Cognition part (S. Brédart)
Introduction: Slides 1 to 19.
Perception 1: Slides 1 to 65
Perception 2: Slides 1 to 25
Perception 3: Slides 1 to 16, and slides 18 to 25
Face perception: Slides 1 to 30
Attention: slides 1 to 32
Categorisation: slides 1 to 5 and 8 to 18
Content for the Language part (M. Poncelet)
Chap 1 to 5 :
in the PPT, the parts "TO READ" are not to be studied.

Assessment methods

Distance MCQ (ecampus)

Contacts

Partie "Cognition" : Serge.Bredart@ulg.ac.be Partie "Langage" : Martine.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be