| Study programme competencies |
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Code
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Study programme competences / results
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| A1 |
E01 – Familiarity with the main research models in linguistic research. |
| A4 |
E04 – Familiarity with cognition and processing studies within the scope of research into English linguistics. |
| B6 |
G01 –The capacity to delve into those concepts, principles, theories or models related with the different fields of English Studies is a necessary skill, as is the ability to solve specific problems in a particular field of study via appropriate methodology. |
| B10 |
G05 – Skills related to research and the handling of new knowledge and information in the context of English Studies are to be acquired by students |
| B15 |
G10 – The ability to present and defend a research project using adequate terminology and resources appropriate to the field of study is a skill which should be acquired. |
| Learning aims |
| Learning outcomes |
Study programme competences / results |
| This course constitutes an introduction to psycholinguistics and language processing. Psycholiguistics is the discipline that studies how the human mind (and, ultimately, the human brain) stores and uses language on-line. The course seeks to provide students with basic knowledge about the psychological reality of language and of the way in which the mind makes use (or not) of grammatical knowledge in ordinary language use. |
AR1
AR4
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BR6
BR10
BR15
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| Contents |
| Topic |
Sub-topic |
1. Introduction to psycholinguistics: aims, scope and methods.
2. Experience or genes. Innateness.
3. The biology of language. Acquisition.
4. Words in the mind.
5. Syntactic comprehension.
6. Language production |
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| Planning |
| Methodologies / tests |
Competencies / Results |
Teaching hours (in-person & virtual) |
Student’s personal work hours |
Total hours |
| Seminar |
A1 A4 B6 B10 B15 |
14 |
60 |
74 |
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| Personalized attention |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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| (*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
| Methodologies |
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Methodologies |
Description |
| Seminar |
Lectures and seminars, combined with online coursework. |
| Personalized attention |
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| Description |
Class attendance is complusory.
The teacher is available in office hours, and also via e-mail.
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| Assessment |
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Methodologies
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Competencies / Results |
Description
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Qualification
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| Seminar |
A1 A4 B6 B10 B15 |
Attendance to class is compulsory.
Active participation in class: 20%
Course assignments: 60%
Oral and written skills; correct structuring and presentation of the course assignments: 20%
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100 |
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Assessment comments |
Given that this degree programme is
part distance learning, part actual attendance, students are required to attend
the compulsory sessions, unless they have applied for exemption within the time
period specified by the Academic Commission of the degree, and this exemption
has been granted. This exemption will be valid provided students comply with
the rules on attendance in force in the three universities participating in the
programme, and provided they comply with the assessment systems which are
specified in the teaching guides for each module. Students should be aware,
however, that not attending certain classroom sessions may affect their final
grades. Students
who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations,
will be assessed according to the criteria applied to the July opportunity. Students
who do not submit a supervised project, or who fail
to submit at least 50% of the other tasks for assessment, will be graded as
absent from assessment (NP: no presentado). Students
who do not pass in the first opportunity will be able
to re-sit in July, when they will be required to demonstrate that they have
acquired the skills for each module via two types of assessment: a supervised
project with the same percentage value and characteristics as in the first
opportunity, plus the exercises agreed upon with the lecturer(s) as a
substitute for the other activities of the module. |
| Sources of information |
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Basic
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Aitchison, J. 2008. The Articulate Mammal. London: Unwin Hyman.
Aitchison, J. 2001. Language Change: Progress or Decay? Cambridge: C.U.P.
Aitchison, J. 2003. Words in the Mind. Oxford: Blackwell.
Aitchison, J. 1996. The Seeds of Speech. Cambridge: C.U.P .
Altman, G. 1997. The Ascent of Babel. Oxford: O.U.P.
Carroll, D.W. 2008. Psychology of Language. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole.
Field, John. 2004. Psycholinguistics: a resource book for students. London: Routledge.
Field, John. 2005. Language and the mind. London: Routledge.
Garman, M. 1990. Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: C.U.P .
Jackendoff, R. 1993. Patterns in the Mind. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Jackendoff, R. 2002. Foundations of language. Oxford: O.U.P.
Pinker, S. 1994. The Language Instinct. London: Penguin.
Steinberg, D. 1993. An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Harlow, Essex: Longman. |
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Complementary
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| Recommendations |
| Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
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| Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously |
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| Subjects that continue the syllabus |
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