175-009 First Language Acquisition

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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
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr Gillian Wigglesworth
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Two hours of lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials 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	Written work totalling 4000 words.
Prescribed Texts	Materials prepared by the department.

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