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Syllabus PSYCHOLINGUISTICS - 51958
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Last update 15-10-2016
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: psychology

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Inbal Arnon

Coordinator Email: inbal.arnon@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 11-12

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Inbal Arnon

Course/Module description:
How do we manage to produce and understand language so accurately and rapidly? How do kids learn to talk, and why is it so much harder for adults to learn a second language? In this course we learn about the processes underlying speech perception, lexical access, and sentence production and comprehension. We will discuss the relation between language and thought, examine the parallels between processing language and processing musical and visual stimuli and see how psycholinguistic findings can inform theoretical debates.

Course/Module aims:
To teach students about the major debates in the field and the main findings. Give them an understanding of how to do an experiment and how to critically read scientific articles.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understand current debates
Plan a psycholinguistic experiment

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Classes will be led by Dr. Arnon. Each class will end with a short discussion of one of the assigned readings, led by the students.

Course/Module Content:
Issues in language processing, speech perception, lexical processing, syntactic processing, language and thought. How cognitive biases affect cross linguistic generalizations.

Required Reading:
see syllabus on moodle

Additional Reading Material:

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 25 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 60 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
Presentations will be a 20-minute critique of an assigned reading
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
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