Module Identifier ED31020  
Module Title FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION  
Academic Year 2003/2004  
Co-ordinator Mr Robert Morris Jones  
Semester Semester 2  
Pre-Requisite ED10310  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   10 Hours 10 x 2 hours  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment Course Work: 2 written assignments c 2,500 words each  100%
Supplementary Assessment All failed or missing elements of assessment to be re-taken or made good. 
Further details http://www.aber.ac.uk/education/Undgrad/Modsae/Ed31020/ed31020.html  

Learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students should:


Brief description

This module presents a description and discussion of first language acquisition, examining descriptive facts ("what" happens "when"?), methodology of investigation ("how" do we collect and analyse data?) and explanations of acquisition ("how" and "why" does acquisition take place as it does?).

Aims

Content

The lectures of the module are based on the following:

Tutorial / seminar work will be based:

Reading Lists

Preliminary Readings
Ingram, David (1989) First Language Acquisition Cambridge: CUP

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6