Postgraduate Course: Language and Communication (EDUA11240)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will introduce participants to key issues in relation to language learning and deafness. It should enable participants to take an informed view of what remains a controversial area within Deaf Education. The course will focus on the deaf individual&©s linguistic potential and the practical ways of enabling linguistic access. The course will examine the nature and acquisition of both signed and spoken language and their use within Deaf Education. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 3, Wednesday, 10:00 - 16:00, Zone: Moray House. TBA |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, course members should be able to demonstrate:
1. An awareness of the linguistic potential of deaf pupils and the possible barriers to linguistic access;
2. An understanding of key differences and similarities between spoken and signed language;
3. An understanding of the processes of signed and spoken language acquisition;
4. An informed understanding of the different approaches to language within Deaf Education, including monolingual and bi/multi-lingual approaches;
5. A critical awareness of different types of linguistic assessment; the ability to interpret the results of such assessments and some ability to carry out some forms of assessment and to make use of linguistic observations;
6. A familiarity with approaches, techniques and resources, including technological resources, which can support the deaf child&©s language use.
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Assessment Information
| Course members will produce one assignment of 4,000 words or two assignments, each of 2,000 words / 25 minutes of signing. Each assignment will involve a case study of a deaf pupil or student. The case studies will make use of a range of observational and assessment evidence, some of which ideally should be collected or administered by the teacher. The evidence is also likely to include reports from speech and language therapists, educational psychologists, classroom teachers and/or teachers of deaf children. Each account will evaluate individual&©s current level of communicative competence (including both comprehension and production) and suggest actions which may be taken to support future linguistic development. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Ms Rachel O'Neill
Tel: (0131 6)51 6429
Email: rachel.oneill@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk |
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