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Objectives and competences

The objective of this course is to systematically deal with the processes: language comprehension, language production and language acquisition in order for the student to best understand them and successfully apply them in process of teaching.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Psycholinguistics is a option of study which deals with the relationship between the human mind and language while analyzing processes taking place in the brains during written and oral communication. Psycholinguistics involves: • Analysis of adult and child speech • Ways of storing lexemes in the brain • Processes pertaining to memory which take part in the perception and interpretation of texts • Identification of speech errors/disorders • Processes of comprehension and formation of written and spoken texts • Development of child language • First language and foreign language acquisition and learning • Forms of bilingualism (especially in the case of children)

Learning and teaching methods

• lectures (method of explanation and clarification with final discussion) • tutorial (verifying theoretical issues on practical examples), group-work, pair-work • problem solving tasks • homework assignments

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and understanding: On completion of this course students will be able to: • The production and identification of speech • Perception of words, letters/ sounds, sentences • Learning processes and recalling of information • Ways of improving texts to enhance comprehension • Functioning of the brain in the production of speech • Causes and effects reading disabilities and difficulties • Processes involved in bilingualism in the child, first language acquisition and early foreign language learning.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Transferable/Key Skills and other competences: • What we need to know to be able to speak a language? • Which cognitive processes are involved in language use?

Readings

Garman, M. 1990. Psycholinguistics. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Carroll, D. W. 1998. Psychology of Language. 2. izd. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Monterey, Canada Traxler, M. 2012. Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Understanding Language Science. Wiley-Blackwell Whitney, P. (1998) The Psychology of Language. Boston, Houghton Mifflin

Prerequisits

Attendance of 80% and regular completion of coursework are required for taking the exam.

  • doc. dr. KLEMENTINA PENELOPE JURANČIČ

  • Pisni izpit: 60
  • Domače naloge: 20
  • Aktivno sodelanje pri pedavanjih in vajah: 10
  • Prisotnost na predavanjih in vajah: 10

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