Language Acquisition

Code:

CL002

Acronym:

AQUL

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	23	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	2	-	6	4
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	3	-	6	4
EPL	1	Study Plan	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To make students aware of basic, introductory aspects of psycholinguistics; to develop students’ critical reasoning.

Program

1. Biological foundations of oral and written language.
2. The critical period of language acquisition.
3. Cognitive aspects of language acquisition and development.
3.1. Cognitive and modular approaches.
4. The constructivist approach to language acquisition.
4.1. Brief approach to the acquisition of different linguistic subsystems.
5. Oral and written language learning.
5.1. An introduction to CALE.
5.2. Indirect and direct silent reading.
5.3. The pedagogy of immediatism.
5.4. Disorthography and the typology of spelling errors for its identification.

Mandatory literature

Pinto, M. da G. L. C. ; Abordagem a alguns aspectos da compreensão verbal na criança, INIC, 1988
Clark, H. H.; Clark, E. V. ; Psychology and language, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979
Pinto, M. da G. C. ; Desenvolvimento e distúrbios da linguagem, Porto Editora, 1984
Girolami-Boulinier, A.; Les niveaux actuels dans la pratique du langage oral et écrit, Masson, 1984
Sinclair-de Zwart, H. ; Acquisition du langage et développement de la pensée, Dunod, 1967
Girolami-Boulinier, A. ; L’apprentissage de l’oral et de l’écrit, PUF, 1993
Piaget, J. ; A formação do símbolo na criança, Zahar, 1975
Pinto, M. da G. C. ; Saber viver a linguagem. Um desafio aos problemas de literacia, Porto Editora, 1998
Sinclair, H. et coll.; La production de notations chez le jeune enfant, PUF, 1988
Slobin, D. I. ; Psycholinguistics, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1979
Piaget, J.; Inhelder, B. ; La psychologie de l’enfant, PUF, 1975
Lenneberg, E. H.; Fundamientos biológicos del lenguaje, Alianza, 1975
Pinto, Maria da Graça L. C.; Da Psicolinguística: um verbete que se tornou ensaio. , Faculdade de Letras da UP/Col. CAPFLUP, 2009
Girolami, Andrée; Controle das Aptidões para a Leitura e a Escrita, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2006

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Written test	Exame	4,00		2013-07-17
Exercises	Teste	51,00		2013-07-17
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Supervise study	Estudo autónomo	51	2013-07-17
	Total:	51,00

Eligibility for exams

Number of absences from class, tutorials and laboratory practice must not exceed the number stated in the course regulations and other applicable regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average of all assessment components.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to course regulations and other applicable rules.

Classification improvement

According to course regulations and other applicable rules.