Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
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
- Language prerequis
- Phonological development
- Lexical development.
- Morphosyntactic development.
- discursive development.
- Pragmatic development.
- Theoretical approaches regarding language acquisition
- Individual differences
- Support to language development
Education in Speech and Language Therapy is based on a repertoire of individual skills. This course supports SLT education.
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
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
1er semester : 1H45 each monday 8h-10h (B31 de Mean) + 15 min online exercices on e-campus. A podcast will be available.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
In-person instruction
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Daviault, D. (2011). L'émergence et le développement du langage chez l'enfant. Chenelière Education.
Kern, S. (2019). Le developpement du langage chez le jeune enfant. Editions De Boeck.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
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 (correct response: +1, false response: -1 , no response: 0)
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@uliege.be
Other teachers : Aline Tossut (HEL) & Elise Brassart (HERS)