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175-009 First Language Acquisition | |
Note | Formerly available as 175-200. Students who have completed 175-200 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Assoc.Prof.Tim McNamara |
Prerequisites | Completion of 175-105 (175-004) Introduction to Language, or 175-106 (175-005) English: Its Structure and History, or departmental approval. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the middle week |
Subject Description | Overview of some principal issues in first language acquisition, including children's language development (from pre-speech onwards), grammatical, semantic and pragmatic development, and the continued development of language through the school years. Variability and individual differences in relation to current theoretical models of language acquisition and cognitive and social development. Focus is on the acquisition of English, but cross-cultural material will be included for comparison. |
Assessment | Two assignments of 1000 words each, and a 2000-word essay. |
Prescribed Texts | Materials prepared by the department. |
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