Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / PSİ 357 - PSYCHOLOGY

Code: PSİ 357 Course Title: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PSYCHOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-I, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-II,
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BURCU SOY TELLİ (burcusoytelli@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to comprehend language development stages and to recognize language development difficulties.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Knows the stages of language development. PO-1 Knows the basic concepts related to psychology.
Examination
LO-2 Categorizes the general features of language development difficulties PO-1 Knows the basic concepts related to psychology.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, the language acquisition and development studies of children in infancy and primary school years are included. It also covers the examination of the child's perception of language, comprehension, production and discourse strategies. The psycholinguistic study of grammar is an introduction to fields that focus on the biological foundations of language, speech, comprehension, speech production, language acquisition, and the relationship between language and thought.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the course; the content of the lesson and the way it is taught
2 Properties and components of language
3 Linguistic theory
4 Neurological bases of speech and language
5 Cognitive, perceptual, and motor bases of early language and speech
6 The social and communicative bases of early language and speech
7 Language-learning and teaching processes in young children
8 mid-term exam
9 First words and word combinations in toddler talk
10 Preschool pragmatic and semantic development
11 Preschool development of language form
12 Early school-age language development
13 School-age literacy development
14 Adolescent and adult language
15 Bilingualism
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Owens, Robert E. Language Development: An Introduction.
Required Course instruments and materials
Book Video Presentation Article

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 1 14 14
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 0
mid-term exam 0
Own study for final exam 0
final exam 0
0
0
Total work load; 112