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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. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof Tim McNamara |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the sixth week of semester |
Subject Description | This subject is an 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. The variability and individual differences in relation to current theoretical models of language acquisition and cognitive and social development will also be examined. 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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