Studies in Language Development

Course aim

Provide students with knowledge and understanding of the development of language across the human lifespan.

Course content

This course explores typical speech and language development across infancy, early, middle and late childhood, adolescence and adulthood. This forms the basis of the speech pathologists’ professional role in identification of atypical development (disordered language skills). Bilingualism, working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and the multi-cultural classroom are discussed. Observing, describing, analysing and documenting speech, language and communication behaviours is a focus of this topic. Students will reflect on the process of observing language in naturally occurring contexts.

Textbook(s)

Owens, R.E. 2020, Language development: an introduction, 10th ed., Pearson

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 1061	Introduction to Human Communication Science

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Linguistics exercise, Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.