ELS 4: Language and the Mind (Psycholinguistics) F25.001
| Nummer: | PLU.EN01.10-S1.F25.001 |
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| Veranstalter: | PLU.Fach und Unterricht |
| Leitung: | Dieter Bitterli |
| ECTS-Punkte: | 2 |
| Datum: | 24.02.2025 - 02.06.2025 |
| Raum: | UP HS 06 |
| Unterrichtssprache: | Englisch |
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Ziele und Inhalte
This course explores the relationship between language and the human mind. It aims to provide students with a broad understanding of what enables humans to acquire language. It seeks to develop students' knowledge of the psycholinguistic factors involved in the processes of language acquisition and use.
Topics covered include
• First language acquisition
• Theories of language learning
• Animals and human language
• Language and the brain
• Language deprivation and the critical period hypothesis
• Child bilingualism
• Second language acquisition
• The reading process
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
• show familiarity with some key issues and theories in the production and comprehension of human language.
• demonstrate knowledge of how we acquire our first and subsequent languages
• identify some of the cognitive operations involved in language processing in the brain
• apply the key findings of the course to the field of education and language teaching.
With reference to the "Referenzrahmen" of the PH Luzern, the module prepares students for the following "Handlungsfelder":
D Providing learning opportunities
E Accompanying and assessing learning processes.
The module also serves to develop the following professional competences:
04 Diagnostic and assessment competence
08 Reflective competence
10 Professional ethical competence
Lehr- und Lernformen
Lectures, in-class exercises, discussions
Form des Leistungsnachweises
Written in-class exam in week 13 (multiple choice and open questions).
Obligatorische Literatur bzw. Medien
George Yule, The Study of Language. 7th ed. (or later) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.