PSY4303 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION &DEVELOPMENT
| Course Code: |
2334303 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
7.0 |
| Department: |
Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
The course will include major approaches to the study of child language acquisition and development during infancy and elementary school years. The course explicitly aims at integrating student`s knowledge in cognitive mechanisms with those known about linguistic functioning and language acquisition. Language perception, comprehension, production and the development of discourse strategies will be discussed.
