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Content: The module provides a detailed grounding in the development of communication and cognition, including an introduction to the experimental methods employed in this area. It provides an overview of children’s language, cognitive, and social development at different stages, including discussion of the processes by which these skills are acquired. It examines psycholinguistic and cognitive theories of development and lays the foundations for understanding and undertaking research in these areas.Ìý

Teaching Delivery: In person, 2-hour weekly lectures that often include discussion.

Indicative Topics: Methods in infancy research, vocabulary development, cognitive and social development, literacy/numeracy development, morphology/syntax/pragmatics, critical periods in language acquisition, difficulties with language acquisition, computational models of language acquisition

Module Aims: This module aims to provide students with the ability to:

1) Describe typical processes of language, cognitive, and social development and how these can differ in children with developmental disorders;

2) Explain theories of language and cognitive development and how they can be help us to understand behaviour;

3) Critically evaluate theories of language development and how these relate to social/cognitive development;

4) Apply theories of language development to interpret real language learning dataÌý