COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to identify and examine the subjects such as, the concept of neurlinguistics and its area of study, the psychological and neurological features of language and speech progress, the interrelation between the language and the mind, the relation between language and the brain, the localisation of language in the brain, the localization of mother and second language in the brain and the problems of language arising from brain damages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ahlsén, E. (2006). Introduction to Neurolinguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
2. Mind, brain, and language: multidisciplinary perspectives /edited by Marie T. Banich, Molly Mack, (2003) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
3. Albert, M.L; Obler L.K.; Obler A. (1978).The Bilingual Brain: Neuropsychological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism Academic Press
4. Luria, A.R. (1976) Basic Problems of Neurolinguistics. Mouton.
5. Studdert M. (1983). Psychobiology of Language. Cambridge: MIT Press, Mass.
6. Stemmer, B.; Whitaker, H.A. (1998). Handbook of Neurolinguistics. Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Power point presentations
2. Lectures and explanations via examples.
3. Questions and answers
4. Research activities via library and internet.
5. Watching the sample videos of patients who have language problems since they had brain damage; watching a documentary about the patients of schizophrenia who have language and thinking disorders.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 4-6 will be evaluated via the presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes