ENG329 : Psycholinguistics

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in English

Type

Elective

Credits

02

Prerequisite

ENG223

Overview

After introducing and explaining the idea of psycholinguistics, students are introduced to the vital foundations of social human behavior and students are also introduced to how to receive speech, vocabulary and meanings from a simple, primitive system to a complex one.

Intended learning outcomes

This course aims to:

1. allow the student to demonstrate his/her knowledge of psycholinguistics and the biological foundations of human behavior and communication.

2. explain the concept of psycholinguistic research and how it can serve as a window into the functioning of the human mind.

3. explain how to understand the language, whether spoken or written.

4. discuss the acquisition of the language, whether it is a mother, second or foreign language.

5. learn about language problems and disorders, such as congenital speech defects, or language defects that occur as a result of injury to an organ of speech, hearing, vision, or associated nerves, or devices in the language centers of the brain.

Teaching and learning methods

The course will be presented to the student through lectures, panel discussions, or assignments and exercises, discussion and dialogue

Methods of assessments

Methods of evaluating students in this course:

(class work 40% & final 60%)

Class work is divided into written midterm, assignments and tasks.

Final exam is in a form of written exam.

References.

Psycholinguistics. Jean Berko Gleason & Nan Bernstein Ratner (Editors). 2.Harcourt Brace College Publishers.Scovel, T. 1998. Psycholinguistics. Oxford Introductions to Language Study. Oxford University Press

Main contents of the course
Content (topic) per week	The week	Readings / References / Notes
An introduction to Psycholinguistics	1
The Biological bases of Human	2
The Biological bases of Human	3
Communicative Behavior	4
Communicative Behavior	5
Words and Meaning from Primitive to	6
Complex Organization	7
Sentence Processing	8
Sentence Combined: Text and Discourse	9
Sentence Combined: Text and Discourse	10
Speech Production	11
Language Acquisition	12
A Psycholinguistic Account of Reading	13
A Psycholinguistic Account of Reading	14

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Fundamentals of Education (EPSY101)
Phonetics1 (ENG106)
Writing 1 (ENG105)
Listening&Speaking 1 (ENG104)
Reading Comprehension 1 (ENG103)
Grammar 1 (ENG102)
computer 1 (CS100)
Arabic language 1 (AR103)
Computer 2 (CS101)
General Teaching Methods (EPSY 201)
Arabic language 2 (AR104)
English Grammar 2 (ENG107)
Reading Comprehension 2 (ENG108)
Listening & Speaking 2 (ENG109)
Writing 2 (ENG110)
Phonetics 2 (ENG111)
Developmental Psychology (EPSY 203)
Educational Psychology (EPSY 200)
Basics Of Curriculums (EPSY 202)
Principles of statistics (ST100)
Theoretical Linguistics 1 (ENG217)
writing 3 (ENG215)
Listening&Speaking 3 (ENG214)
Reading Comprehension 3 (ENG213)
English Grammar 3 (ENG212)
Arabic language 3 (AR105)
Measurements and Evaluation (EPSY 302)
Research Methods (EPSY301)
Creative writing 1 (ENG327)
Quranic Studies 1 (AR101)
English Grammar 4 (ENG218)
Reading Comprehension4 (ENG219)
Listening & Speaking 4 (ENG220)
English Literature 1 (ENG222)
Theoretical Linguistics 2 (ENG223)
Applied Linguistics 1 (ENG328)
Quranic studies2 (AR102)
Arabic language 4 (AR106)
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Teaching learning Aids (EPSY 303)
Grammatical Structures1 (ENG324)
Advanced Reading 1 (ENG325)
Academic Writing (ENG440)
Advanced Listening&Speaking 1 (ENG326)
Methods of Teaching (ENG334)
Computer Assisted Language Learning (ENG340)
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Grammatical Structures 2 (ENG330)
Advanced Reading 2 (ENG331)
Creative Writing 2 (ENG333)
Applied Linguistics 2 (ENG335)
Strategies1 (ENG336)
Vocabulary Development (ENG344)
Teaching English Language Skills (ENG341)
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Translation (ENG446)
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English Literature2 (ENG342)
Strategies 2 (ENG442)
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