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175-009 First Language Acquisition | |
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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 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Gillian Wigglesworth |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorial in the first 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 | A 1000-word data collection exercise, 1000-word presentation and 2000-word essay. |
Prescribed Texts | Materials prepared by the department. |
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