Module Identifier | ED31020 | ||
Module Title | FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mr Bob Morris Jones | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Pre-Requisite | ED10310 | ||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours 10 x 2 hours | |
Assessment | Course work | 2 written assignments c 2,500 words each | 100% |
Further details | http://www.aber.ac.uk/education/Undgrad/Modsae/Ed31020/ed31020.html |
Brief description
This module presents a description and discussion of first language acquisition and development, examining desciptive facts, methodology of investigation, and explanations of acquisition. The descriptive approach establishes 'what happens when?', the explanatory approach attempts to answer 'how' and 'why' acquisition takes place as it does. At all stages, methodology of analysis is also considered.
Aims
Syllabus
The lectures of the module are based on the following:
Tutorial / seminar work will be based:
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students should:
Reading Lists
Books
Crystal, David. (1986)
Listen to Your Child. Harmondsworth: Penguin
Ingram, David. (1989)
First Language Acquisition. Cambridge: CUP
Bloom, Lois.
Language Development from Two to Three. Cambridge: CUP
Elliot, Alison J.. (1981)
Child Language. Cambridge: CUP
Fletcher, Paul. (1985)
A Child's Learning of English. Blackwell
Fletcher, Paul & Michael Garman (eds.). (1986)
Language Acquisition. 2. Cambridge: CUP
Peccei, Jean Stillwell. (1994)
Child Language. Routledge