DELS+123+-+Psycholinguistics+-+Unit+Overview

= **Welcome to DELS 123: Psycholinguistics** =

Instructor: Maandera, I. Bona Office Hours: By appointment

Objectives of the Course Unit:
By the end of this Unit students should be able to:
 * 1) explain psycholinguistics and its significance in English Language studies, and for the English Language Teacher
 * 2) identify and explain theories of first language acquisition and second language learning and their implications to English Language Teaching (ELT) in varying contexts
 * 3) explain / spell out the stages of first language acquisition & discuss their possible implication for ELT in their contexts
 * 4) explain and apply Error Analysis (EA): theory and concepts in relation to their implication for ELT in their contexts
 * 5) explain and apply Contrastive Analysis (CA): the theory and concepts in relation to ELT in their contexts


 * __Content__**:
 * Introductory: Psycholinguistics
 * Theories of language acquisition
 * Second Language learning
 * Error Analysis
 * Contrastive Analysis

Schedule
(see unit outline distributed in class)

Graded course components
NB: Attendance is required. Your contribution in discussions contributes to part of your assignment marks. Besides, some of the assignments are assessed during presentation.
 * Core**: Assigned tasks and discussions.

Assignments
Assignments constitute 40% of your grade. We will have two main assignments before your final exams. These assignments take 80% of the assignment marks). They are tentatively scheduled for i) the second week of the official opening of Semester II and ii) a date to be announced later in class and in the [|LMS site]. The remaining 20% of your marks will come from your class contributions.

Examinations
The date and time for the final exam will be communicated to you by the registrar's office, as and when Kyambogo University releases the timetable. The final exam will constitute 60% of your grade marks.

Mode of delivery
This course unit will be delivered in a blend of face-to-face classes, in this wiki platform and in a related [|moodle site]. We shall have two hours of face-to-face classes once every week ONLY. This means that a significant amount of the required work will be done by you at a time decided by you. In between classes you should ...
 * prepare for the classes: see schedule
 * make contributions to the discussion(s) in the wiki
 * carry out the assigned tasks/activities

Much of our class time will be spent working in teams and individually on the outlined aspects. We will be using this wiki to carry out some of the tasks. For an introduction to the topic, Psycholinguistics, please go here. Otherwise,