Language Development: Birth to Five Years

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Instructional Method: Three hours lecture. This course will acquaint students with the complex and interwoven biological, cognitive, socio­cultural, and perceptual factors that contribute to language development in the first five years of life. Topics will include the properties and components of language and communication; the factors that interact in the process of language acquisition; the sequential development of speech and language; aspects of the development of language form (syntax, morphology, phonology), content (semantics), and use (pragmatics) with a strong focus on cultural and linguistic diversity. REAL Area A Note(s): Cultural or Behavioral Analysis designated course.