Module Identifier |
ED31020 |
Module Title |
FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION |
Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
Co-ordinator |
Mr Robert Morris Jones |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Pre-Requisite |
ED10310 |
Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2 hours |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
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. | |
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Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students should:
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be aware of the principles and the methods of first language acquisition;
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be able to apply these principles and methods to the analysis of data;
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be aware of explanations of explanations of how a first lanaguage is acquired, and be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches;
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be aware of different views on influences of first language acquisition and development, and be able to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
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
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To develop an awareness of the various features of first language acquisition on a descriptive level.
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To appreciate the methods and principles that are used to analyse language acquisition, and thus develop specific analytic skills to explore its characteristics.
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To use their descriptive knowledge and analytic skills to assess explanations of how children acquire language, and to assess any influences on first language acquisition.
Content
The lectures of the module are based on the following:
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An Introduction.
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Methodological considerations.
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The development of pronunciation
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Word meaning: comprehension.
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Word meaning: production.
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Early multi-word utterances.
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Later multi-word utterances.
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Developmental paths.
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Theoretical explanations of first language acquisition.
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Influences on first language acquisition.
Tutorial / seminar work will be based:
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partly on additional themes which individual students will investigate and present to the rest of the class,
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and partly on pursuing in further detail selected themes form the lectures
Reading Lists
Books
** Supplementary Text
Crystal, David Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
edition 2r.e. . Camb.U.P. 521550505
Elliot, Alison J. Child Language
Camb.U.P. 521295564
Peccei, Jean Stilwell Child Language
edition 2r.e. . Routledge 415198364
Crystal, David "Child Language,Learning and Linguistics"
E.Arnold 713158913
Fletcher, Paul Child's Learning of English
Blackwell 631142827
Harris, John Early Language Development
Routledge 415014174
Clark, Eve V. First Language Acquisition
Camb.U.P. 521629977
Golinkoff, Roberta Michnik and Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy How babies talk: the magic and mystery of language in the first three years of life
Dutton 525944559
Foster-Cohen, Susan H. Introduction to child language development
Addison Wesley Longman 582087295
Crystal, David Listen to Your Child
edition n.e. . Penguin 140110151
Pinker, Steven Language Instinct
edition n.e. . Penguin 140291237
Bloom, Lois Language Development from Two to Three
edition n.e. . Camb.U.P. 521435838
Lock, Andrew Language Development
Croom Helm 709919328
Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika Language Development
Brooks-Cole 534202926
Pierce, Amy E. Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory
Kluwer Acad.Publrs. 792315537
Guasti, Maria Teresa Language Acquisition
MIT P. 026207222X
Goodluck, Helen Language Acquisition
Blackwell 631173862
Fletcher, Paul Language acquisition
edition 2nd . Cambridge University Press 521277809
Radford, Andrew Syntactic Theory and the Acquisition of English Syntax
Blackwell 631163581
Karmiloff, Kyra Pathways to Language
Harvard U.P. 674004760
Boysson-Bardies, Benedicte De How Language Comes to Children
Bradford Books,U.S. 262024535
Ingram, David First language acquisition
Cambridge University Press 51349168
Brown, Roger First Language
edition n.e. . Penguin 140810544
Gleason, Jean Berko Development of Language
edition 4r.e. . Allyn & B. 205198856
Hopper, Robert Children Learning Language
edition n.e.of 3r.e. . Singular Publishing Group,U.S. 1565938569
Fletcher, Paul Child Language Acquisition
Arnold 340645938
Preliminary Readings
Ingram, David (1989) First Language Acquisition
Cambridge: CUP
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6