PLING301 - Development of Speech Production and Perception

Outline (more details can be found on the Life Sciences Faculty Courses Database)

This module will examine the development of speech perception and speech production during first language acquisition. In speech perception, it will review: - experimental methods used for testing speech perception in infants and older children - theoretical models of speech perception development - experimental findings regarding speech perception development in the first year of life - experimental findings regarding later development - speech development in children with hearing loss In speech production, it will review: - techniques for eliciting speech data in children - models of speech production development - experimental findings of speech production studies in children - issues of individual variability in speech production in children. The module will be delivered by a combination of lectures, seminars and practical sessions. The course will be supported by a Moodle site which will give access to lecture handouts and further supporting materials, quizzes and a discussion forum.

Taught by:

• Valerie Hazan