COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 3007 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine the subjects such as historical development and progress of the area of psycholinguistics, language acquisition processes, language and mind, the comprehension and production of speech, language and speech disorders.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the concept of psycholinguistics,
2   Explain and define the fields of psycholinguistics,
3   Evaluate the relation between language and mind,
4   Express the stages of mother language acquisition
5   Compare and contrast the difference between language and speech disorders,
6   Identify the speech disorders.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of psycholinguistics
2 Working areas of psycholinguistics
3 Interdisciplinary cooperation of psycholinguistics
4 Linguistics and psycholinguistics
5 Language and thought/mind
6 Language acquisition and language learning theories
7 Language competence. Expressive and recipient language
8 Mid-term exam
9 Obtaining speech. The senses serving to speech
10 Auditory disorders and sign language
11 Language and speech disorders
12 Types of language and speech disorders
13 Second language acquisition/learning
14 Psycholinguistic studies in criminology

Recomended or Required Reading

1. TRAXLER, M., GERNSBACHER, M. (2006). HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLINGUISTICS. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
2. Field, J. (2005) Psycholinguistics . Taylor & Francis e-Library.
3. Caims, H. S.; Caims, C. E. (1976). Psycholinguistics: A Cognitive View of Language. Holt, Rinehart & Winston of Canada Ltd.
4. Foss, D.J.; Hakes, D.T. (1978). Psycholinguistics: An Introduction to the Psychology of Language. Prentice Hall
5. Slobin, D.I. (1971). Psycholinguistics. New York: Scott Foresman & Co.
6. Steinberg, D. D.; Sciarini; N. V. (2006). An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Pearson Education.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Question and answer
5. Research activities via library and internet.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 6 will be evaluated via the presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1- 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. 2- Attendance to the classes and presentations will be taken into consideration during the evaluation process.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours




Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.334
LO.434
LO.555
LO.64