Year
2012
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 90-minute lecture weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial weekly
Assessment
Assignments: Tests: Tutorial participation
Topic description
This topic will examine the normal development of communication and language in young children. It will consider the effects of various disabilities on language development, as well as the theoretical and practical considerations in designing programs to teach language to people with special needs. The aims of this topic are to develop an understanding by students of the normal development of communication and language, and how a disability can affect that process.
Educational aims
The aim of this topic is to develop an understanding by students of the normal development of communication and language, and how a disability can affect that process.
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic students will be able to:
- provide succinct descriptions of communication, language, and speech
- provide a clear description of normal language acquisition
- demonstrate the relationship between motor and language development
- define receptive and expressive language
- describe the relationship between receptive and expressive language
- define the stages in the development of expressive language
- describe, with examples, the components of language (form, content, & use)
- describe the development of literacy skills
- define and demonstrate, with examples, different methods of evaluating communication and language skills
- relate the knowledge of normal language development to people with disabilities
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2012 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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