Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 10 x 2 hour lectures |
Seminars / Tutorials | 1 x 2 hour seminar |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 2000 word essay | 25% |
Semester Assessment | Report on verbal IQ profile; 500 words | 15% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours Examination | 60% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours If students fail the module overall, any failed component must be re-sat or determined as the Examination Board sees fit. | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate thorough understanding of the psychological methods used to research language development in infants, toddlers and young children.
2. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the cognitive mechanisms underpinning the development of communication and language in humans.
3. Critically evaluate contemporary theories of lexical acquisition.
4. Score and evaluate the outcomes of psychometric tests used to assess language skills in individuals aged between 2 and 16 years.
5. Identify and explain the cognitive underpinnings of language disorders.
Brochure Text
Brief description
The module will look at pre-verbal communication in infancy and the development of verbal communication during toddlerhood. It will cover major and contemporary theories of lexical acquisition, and teach about the nature and application of psychometric testing in the assessment of language. The module will also take a look at developmental disorders of language, and how language research is conducted when typical and clinical populations are compared.
Content
- Psychological research methods in child language development.
- Preverbal communication: Developmental milestones.
- Major and contemporary theories of lexical acquisition.
- Psychometric testing of language skills.
- Developmental disorders of language.
- Comparisons of typical and clinical populations in language research.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | |
Communication | The essay and report, as well as the exam, will engage students in thinking about how to best summarise, evaluate and present their findings following literature reviews – in written form. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Throughout the module students will be stimulated to develop their own taking on published research and theory in child language. Further developing analytical skills will contribute to students’ intellectual development and performance in examinations. |
Information Technology | Word processing for the submission of coursework; electronic data base searching, e.g. Web of Science, Pubmed, PsycArticles. |
Personal Development and Career planning | The module's coursework components will further develop students' communication and time-management skills. In addition, learning how to administer, score and evaluate psychometric tests will provide students with a highly valuable and transferable skill that has applications in educational and clinical settings, as well as in private sector employment. |
Problem solving | Problem solving and developing analytical, independent intellectual thinking are key goals of this module. Throughout the module students will be encouraged to think critically about the ways in which psychologists have gone about researching language development in young children, and about the ways in which methods used in particular studies could have been improved. |
Research skills | The essay will reflect students' independent research skills, including reviewing literatures and the use of psychology and medical databases (e.g. PsycArticles; Pubmed). |
Subject Specific Skills | A unique component of this module is the learning of how to use psychometric tests. |
Team work | The seminar involves group discussions on the use and scoring of psychometric tests. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6