6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4001325FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Linguistics and Literary Studies
Educational team
Philippe Paquier (course titular)
Stefanie Keulen
Activities and contact hours

13 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
171 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

 

This course aims to introduce students to the relevant terminology pertaining to the domain of psycholinguistic research (including paradigms, models, experimental research techniques). Within psycholinguistic research, a range of speech and language disorders (in children and adults) are covered, to which these models and concepts are directly relevant. The students will gain insights in (a) the psychological/cognitive processes that are at the basis of generating speech and language, and (b) the anatomical areas of the brain involved in these processes. 

Additional info

Guest professors/speakers may be invited to give a lecture.

Extra-muros activities can be possible (mentioned on time, in class)

This course consists of a combination of "HOC": lectures & "WPO": practical assignment (see below)

 

Contact information:

Stefanie.Keulen@vub.be

Philippe.Paquier@vub.be

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The students know and can define (a) all theoretical concepts related to psycholinguistic research (e.g., models and/or experimental paradigms and techniques), and (b) speech and language disorders covered in the context of the course.

 

The students know, and are able to locate, the different areas of the brain that are relevant to the processing of speech and language, including those areas relevant to the discussed speech and language disorders. 

 

The students should be able to apply the discussed psycholinguistic models to explain speech and language disorders. 

 

The students recognize the different types of psycholinguistic research methods and paradigms when incorporated into peer-reviewed articles.

 

The students are able to find research on a specific theme related to the speech and language disorders covered in the course. The students can report on their insights and findings based upon a systematic literature review in the form of a scientific paper, written in an appropriate register of a standard variety of English and with an accurate use of the acquired terminology.

 

The students are able to report on their research findings in the form of an oral presentation.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 75% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 25% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 75% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • practical assignment with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Final mark = 75% Theory (HOC) + 25% Practical assignment (WPO).  

A pass mark is awarded if the end score comprising of the sum the weighed scores of the two components (75% oral exam+ 25% practical assignment) is equal to or above 10/20. Students who failed one of the two components but who got a final mark 10/20, will not be allowed to take the failed exam component again.

 

If a student does not participate in all of the evaluation criteria of the course (HOC/WPO), the student will be marked “absent” for the course as a whole.

 

Late submissions of papers will *not* be accepted. All deadlines hold for both digital as well as paper copies.

 

Second session: students who scored below 10/20 during the first exam session, will have to redo the component or components they failed. If the failing mark concerns the group paper and presentation (practical assignment), an individual adaptation of the paper and an individual presentation will be required. 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages