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Course                             : Psycholinguistics

Credit                               : 2

Semester                          : VIII

Lecturers                          : Yudi Juniardi, M.Pd./ Rosmania Rima, M.Pd.

E-mail                              : rosmania86@yahoo.com

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides an introduction to the field of psycholinguistics, which is the discipline that explores the psychological processes underlying the acquisition, production, and comprehension of language.

Focus questions include:

How do we acquire our native language? Considering the limited input, how do children learn to make the most subtle grammatical distinctions? Is language an exclusively human phenomenon? If not, to what extent do other species exhibit linguistic systems? If so, what is it about human psychology and biology that distinguishes linguistically our species from others? What is the relationship between language and thought? Is there a “universal grammar” common to all human language? If so, what are the underlying psychological processes? If not, what are alternative explanations for the demonstrated similarities between languages? What are the differences in our processing of oral and written stimuli? How does our perception of language change depending upon whether the input is oral or visual?

B. COURSE OBJECTIVES

The main course objectives include:

a. Understand current theories of human language use.

b. Understand many of the current methodologies used to study language.

c. Understand how language processing relates to other fields of psychology.

d. Develop writing skills through short-answer questions on exams and through a written paper.

C. ASSESSMENT

Students are expected to attend lectures and participate in class discussion. There will be assignment, test, discussion and term paper. Therefore, students are scored in terms of

1. Midterm test (Seat in)                            : 25%
2. Assignments (Assignment and Discussion) : 25%
3. Final test (Term paper)                           : 50%

Presence (75%) is prerequisite for joining final test.

Discussion

Active participation is the central requirement for the class. Students will be expected to participate in a variety of ways, including several written and oral presentations and discussions. If you are going to miss a class, then you will miss an opportunity for participation.

Assignment

At the end of the sessions (last 30 minutes), each student is supposed to write and submit a summary of the discussion in 150-200 words length.

Exams

There will be one exam. The exam will cover a half of the course. There will no makeup exam without a valid excuse. 

Term Paper

You will be required to write a term paper of about 2000 to 3000 words, which will be due the day of the final exam. The goal of the paper is to explore a topic of your interest in more depth than was possible during the semester. This will give you an opportunity to display evidence of your own skills in summarizing and critically reviewing the readings of your choice.

D. Class Schedule

WEEK	TOPIC	DURATION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Introduction: Syllabus, Contract, Assessment, etc. How children acquire their native language The deaf and language Wild and isolated children, and the critical period Animals and language learning Second language learning in children and adults Psycholinguistics and language teaching MID TERM EXAM Bilingualism and learning strategies Language, thought, and culture Where does language knowledge come from? Language and the brain Natural Grammar Language disorder : Aphasia Language disorder : Dyslexia FINAL EXAM (TERM PAPER DUE)	90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’ 90’

E. TEXTBOOKS AND REQUIRED READINGS

Aitchison, Jean. 1998. The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Fourth Edition. London: Routledge.

Dardjowidjoyo, Soenjono. 2000. Echa: Kisah Pemerolehan Bahasa Anak Indonesia. Jakarta: Grasindo.

Garnham, Alan. 1985. Psycholinguistics: Central Topics. London: Routledge.

O’Grady, William, et.al. (Ed.). 1996. Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Pateda, Mansoer. 1990. Aspek-aspek Psikolinguistik. Flores: Penerbit Nusa Indah.

Steinberg, Danny D, etc. 2001. Psycholinguistics: Language, Mind and World. Second Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Cook, Vivian. 1994. Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. Great Britain: The Macmillan, Ltd.

Gass, M. Susan and Selinker, Larry. 1993. Second Language Acquisition. An Introductory Course. USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Hadley, Alice O, eds. 1995. Research in Language Learning.USA: National Textbook Company.

Littlewod, William. 1984. Foreign and Second Language Learning. Great Britain: Cambridge University Press.

Scovel, Thomas. 2004. Psycholinguistics. China: Oxford University Press.

Suparman, Ujang. 2010. Psycholinguistics: The Theory of Language Acquisition. Bandung : Afrino Raya

PAPER  REQUIREMENTS

(Group discussion)

1. In a group of 4 to 5, write a paper at least 10 pages length on the field of psycholinguistics (research or library study).

2. Read and make a report in the following format :

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I  INTRODUCTION

A. Background

B. Identification of Problems

C. Limitations of Problems

D. Objectives

CHAPTER II FRAME OF THEORIES

A.

B.

CHAPTER III DISCUSSION

A.

B.

CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

3. Quotations and reference citations refer to APA style.

4. Well typed using A4 paper, Times New Roman 12, 1.5 spaced

5. Margin 4 cm left, 3 top, right, bottom

6. White cover

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

1. You should provide copy of your paper to other groups.

2. There will be a moderator (from another group) who manages the presentation.

3. Each group will have 60 minutes: 15 minutes for presentation, 45 minutes for discussion session.

4. The presentation will be scored based on the paper and individual participation.

Note :

At the end of the sessions (last 30 minutes), each student is supposed to write and submit a summary of the discussion in 150-200 words length.

PAPER REQUIREMENTS

(Individual)

1. Write a paper in 2000-3000 words length on the field of psycholinguistics.

2. Term paper topics may focus on a particular issue or question in psycholinguistics or language acquisition, or may address different perspectives and/or controversies regarding a specific finding in these fields.

Examples of topics:

(a) Critical Periods in First Language Acquisition (or in Second Language Acquisition).

(b) Chinese (or any other language) and the Brain.

(c) Slips of the Tongue and Levelt’s Speech Model.

(d) The Effects of Pausing in Speech Production.

(e) Pinker’s Mentalese.

(f) The Right Hemisphere and the Lateral Shift Hypothesis.

(g) Broca’s and Wernicke’s Aphasias (or other types of aphasias).

(h) Immersion L2 Acquisition vs. Instructed L2 Acquisition.

(i) Communicative Language Teaching and SLA.

3. Make a report in the following format :

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I  INTRODUCTION

E. Background

F. Identification of Problems

G. Limitations of Problems

H. Objectives

CHAPTER II FRAME OF THEORIES

A.

B.

CHAPTER III DISCUSSION

A.

B.

CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

4. Quotations and reference citations refer to APA style.

5. Well typed using A4 paper, Times New Roman 12, 1.5 spaced

6. Margin 4 cm left, 3 top, right, bottom

7. White cover

8. The due is the date of final exam.

Please keep in mind that:

ü Your references must include refereed journal articles and/or books (three to five different sources).

ü These can be supplemented with Internet sources.

ü When you have a tentative topic, check with me.

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