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Caulfield First semester 2007 (Evening)
Caulfield First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Evening)
Singapore First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Singapore Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
This unit will explore a variety of current and controversial issues within the domain of Psycholinguistics through student presentations and class discussion. The fundamental issue for the psycholinguist is what it is that we as language users do that enables us to comprehend and produce meaningful language in its various forms and increasingly, what goes wrong when language fails. Each seminar covers a different topic selected from: the acquisition of language, the mysteries of reading and spelling; language and the deaf; bilingualism and a range of developmental, acquired and progressive disorders of language (including dyslexia, SLI, stuttering, autism, aphasia, and dementia).
On completion of this unit students will have:
Presentation of discussion paper (35%), Essay related to discussion paper topic - 1,500 words (35%), Participation in class discussion (30%).