Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor and main lecturer
Linda Cupples
Contact via Email
AHH, Level 3 North, Room 517
By appointment
Tutor
Caroline Moir
Contact via Email
By appointment
Tutor
Jo Fitzgibbon
Contact via Email
By appointment
Tutor
Thembi Dube
Contact via Email
By appointment
Administration
Margaret Wood
Contact via Email or Phone 9850 8740
C5A 502
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
LING110 or LING111 or [(PSY104(P) or PSYC104) and (PSY105(P) or PSYC105)]
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
LING214
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces a psychological perspective into the study of language. We explore models of the perceptual and cognitive processes that are involved in acquiring and using linguistic knowledge, considering evidence from typical language users and people with language disorders. Specific topics include: word recognition and understanding; sentence comprehension; language production; aphasia; skilled reading and reading development; acquired and developmental reading disorders; acquired spelling disorders; and first language acquisition.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Please note that all assignments (assessments 1 to 3 above) must be submitted electronically via the LING214 iLearn website by midnight on the due date.
Although no mark is assigned for participation in this unit, attendance at tutorials is expected and class rolls will be taken. Please note that the information provided to you and the activities in which you will engage during tutorial classes are directly related to successful completion of assessment tasks 1 to 3.
There are several points to note in regard to late submission of assignments:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Assessment 1 | 20% | No | Thursday 7 September |
Assessment 2 | 5% | No | Thursday 12 October |
Assessment 3 | 30% | No | Thursday 2 November |
Assessment 4 | 45% | No | Exam period |
Due: Thursday 7 September
Weighting: 20%
A written critique of a published research paper. The paper to be critiqued for this assignment will be made available to students in week 2. The critique should be a maximum of 1,000 words (double-spaced and printed in a 12-point font with 2.54 cm margins). The word limit includes in-text referencing but does not include the title page or the reference list at the end.
Due: Thursday 12 October
Weighting: 5%
A brief outline (maximum of one double-spaced A4 page) of the structure and content of the introduction to your research report, which should contain: (1) four topic sentences, one for each paragraph of the introduction; (2) a clear statement of the hypotheses; and (3) a list of references you intend to incorporate in your final report. Note that you will receive 5% of your mark in the unit for submitting this assignment. Class-based formative feedback will be provided in the lecture and tutorials in the week following submission.
Due: Thursday 2 November
Weighting: 30%
A research report based on a class experiment. The data for this assignment will be made available to students by week 8. The report should be a maximum of 2,400 words (double-spaced and printed in a 12-point font with 2.54 cm margins). The word limit includes in-text referencing but does not include the reference list at the end, nor the tables and figures, abstract, title page or appendices.
Due: Exam period
Weighting: 45%
A closed-book end-of-year exam comprising multiple-choice and short-answer questions and covering both lecture and tutorial content.
Lectures: Students attend one 2-hour lecture per week for this unit, which is scheduled for Wednesdays from 2 pm to 4 pm in C5C T1 (Theatre). The lecture programme is outlined in this guide.
Tutorials: There is one 1-hour tutorial per week for this unit. Tutorials begin in the second week of semester. Seven optional tutorial times are offered as indicated below.
Note: Students will be able to access the recording of the lecture through iLearn, but are expected to attend tutorial classes, which relate directly to successful completion of assessment tasks 1 to 3.
Tutorial Options | |||
Day | Start Time | Room | Tutor |
Wednesday | 4 pm | W6B 345 | Jo Fitzgibbon |
Wednesday | 5 pm | X5B 039 | Jo Fitzgibbon |
Thursday | 10 am | E7B 264 | Jo Fitzgibbon |
Thursday | 11 am | W6B 345 | Caroline Moir |
Thursday | 12 pm | E4B 316 | Caroline Moir |
Thursday | 2 pm | E3B 217 | Thembi Dube |
Thursday | 4 pm | W5A 101 | Thembi Dube |
The prescribed text for this unit is: Harley, T. A. (2014). The psychology of language: From data to theory (4th edition). Hove, East Sussex: Psychology Press Ltd. It is available in hardcover, paperback, or a Kindle edition. One electronic copy of this text is available in the library reserve section.
See the unit website for details of other required readings for tutorials and assessment exercises.
The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au
Week | Lecture Topic |
Textbook Chapter |
1 | What is psycholinguistics? Course outline. | 1-3 |
2 | Language comprehension: Recognising words | 6 |
3 | Language comprehension: Understanding words | 11 |
4 | Language comprehension: Understanding sentences | 10, 12 |
5 | Language comprehension: Understanding sentences | 10, 12 |
6 | Language production, typical and disordered | 13 |
7 | Skilled language processing: Revision, practice test | N/A |
Mid-semester Break (2 weeks) | ||
8 | Skilled adult reading and writing and acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia | 7 |
9 | Typical reading development | 8 |
10 | Developmental disorders of reading | 8 |
11 | Reading development in special populations | N/A |
12 | Language development in infancy | 4 |
13 | Later language development | 4 |
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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The University Examination period in Session 2, is from 13 November to 1 December 2017.
You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations.
http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/exam
The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Special Consideration. Information about unavoidable disruption and the special consideration process is available at http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/support/process_special.htm
If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Special Consideration process, the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period. The format of a supplementary examination is at each unit convener’s discretion and is subject to change from the original final examination.
Supplementary Exams are only offered to students who have completed all other assessments for the unit and were unable to sit the final exam because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption.
Instructions on applying for sitting of a supplementary exam are available from the website, http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/support/process_special.htm. It is the student’s responsibility to follow the steps outlined in this website. Students awarded a supplementary will NOT be sent a letter. It is the student’s responsibility to check the web and their student email to see whether a supplementary exam has been granted. Students who are granted to sit for a supplementary exam must make themselves available to sit for the supplementary exam on the specified date. There will be only one alternative time. It is the student’s responsibility to email the unit convenor to confirm attendance at the supplementary exams.
You are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching session, which is the final day of the official examination period.
Academic honesty is an integral part of the core values and principles contained in the Macquarie University Ethics Statement. The Policy covering Academic Honesty is available on the web at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Plagiarism is an example of dishonest academic behaviour and is defined by the Policy on Academic honesty as: “Using the work or ideas of another person and presenting this as your own without clear acknowledgement of the source of the work or ideas”.
Plagiarism is a serious breach of the University's rules and carries significant penalties. The Academic honesty Procedure is available at http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/procedure.html
This procedure notes the following responsibilities for students:
The penalties which can be applied for academic dishonesty are outlined in the Academic Dishonesty – Schedule of Penalties which can be found at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/schedule_penalties.html
The penalties range from applying a fail grade for the assessment task or requiring the student to re-submit the assessment task for a mark no greater than 50 to applying a fail grade to the unit of study and referral to the University Discipline committee.
You must read the University's Policy and Procedure on Academic Honesty.
In summary, remember that you, as a good student, are responsible for ensuring academic integrity practices are followed at all times. Your first step is to read the University's Academic Honesty Policy, and make sure you know what constitutes good practice. Then make sure you know how to reference and cite correctly. There are other practices we need to consider, and one of these is the potential for collusion.
Informal study groups are encouraged as a good way to assist your learning, but please remember that all your independently assessed assignments must be totally independently completed. Unless you are doing a group project where each member contributes to producing one piece of work, for which you get the one mark, using part or all of someone else's work constitutes collusion and breaches the University's Academic Honesty policy.
Do not collude with any other student by selling, giving, lending, explaining or showing all or parts of your independently assessed work/answers/past or current assignments, and do not ask to buy, borrow, see and use all or parts of the work of another student.
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