COSD
421
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS
- Catalog Entry
COSD 421. Language Development: Birth to Five Years
Three hours lecture (3).
Prerequisite: COSD 315 or enrollment in the Teacher of Hearing
Impaired certification program.
A study of normal language development from birth through
five years of age.
- Detailed Description of Content of Course
The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with the
complex and interwoven social, cognitive, and semiotic aspects
of language development during the first five years. Topics
will include the properties and components of language and
communication; the factors that interact in the process of
language acquisition; the sequential development of speech
and language; aspects of the development of language form (syntax,
morphology, phonology), content (semantics), and use (pragmatics);
and, socio-cultural variations in language acquisition. Additionally,
assessment of normal language development via language sampling
will be included.
- Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Information is presented through lecture, video taped samples,
and multimedia presentations. Language analysis assignments
are designed to illustrate the applications of linguistic theory.
- Goals and Objectives of the Course
Goals and objectives of the course are for students to:
l. list and define the properties and components of language
and communication.
2. identify the variety of factors that interact when children
are learning language.
3. describe the sequential nature of speech and language
acquisition.
4. use a variety of resources to access information about
normal speech and language characteristics of children.
5. demonstrate an understanding of cultural variations in
language and speech use.
6. describe emerging literacy and its relationship to language.
- Assessment Measures
Examinations, language sampling assignments, and a final
examination will be used to assess student performance.
- Other Course Information
None.
- Review and Approval
DATE ACTION APPROVED BY
January 2003 Change number from 321 to 421 Raymond Linville,
Chair |