|
PSY-3010: Language Learning Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Language of instruction
English.
Exam: Norwegian or english. | Objectives
The goal of this course is to introduce students to basicresearch on the psychology of language learning and to explore the application of this research to practice. By the end of the course students should: (1) be familiar with the main domains of language research in psychology (e.g., language comprehension and memory, language production and conversational interactions, language acquisition, reacquisition and attrition, and second language learning), and (2) have an understanding of how the principles in those domains are applied in practice (e.g., native or foreign language teaching). | Contents
Overaching research themes in the field (language comprehension and memory, language production and conversational interactions, language acquisition and second language learning) and their use in applied contexts. | Form of teaching
36 hours of varied instructional forms (lectures, seminars, students work groups and student presentations). | Coursework requirements
To kortere oppgaver.
| Exam and assessment
The final written exam will be a research proposal (with a full introduction, a methods section with a discussion of the methods of analysis that would be used to analyze the data), an ethics review board application and a budget (10 pages total).
Two assignments are required to be completed during the semester in order to be able to turn in the final exam by the end of the course. Their purpose is to help facilitate the development of the final written exam and the work will be graded as accepted/not accepted. Students whose assignments are completed but not accepted have one week to redo the assignment. | Recommended reading/syllabus
A general textbook (e.g., Carroll, D. W. (2004). Psychology of language (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.), a compendium of supplemental articles plus students’ own readings for their final written exam. |
Teaching spring 2007
Fagansvarlig: Tove Irene Dahl
Første forelesning: onsdag 10.01.07 Kl. 12.15 - 14.00, rom |
|
