BCSC 152: Lecture Schedule (Tentative)
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Week
Date
Topic
Readings
1
08/31
Course requirements;
Introduction
2.1
09/05
What is psycholinguistics?
Ch. 1. p. 3-16,
22 (themes &
controversies) -27
2.2
09/07
Design features of
language; human vs. animal
communication
Ch. 3. p. 52 - 65
3.1
09/12
A crash course on linguistic
descriptions (part 1: sounds)
Ch. 2. p. 30-37
3.2
09/14
Brain and language
Ch. 3. p. 67 (Biological
basis) – 77
4.1
09/19
Brain and language
Aphasia
Aphasia
Ch. 3. p. 67 (Biological
basis) – 77
Ch. 13. p. 433-443 Supplemental readings
Ch. 13. p. 433-443 Supplemental readings
4.2
09/21
Quiz 1 (week 1 - 3.2)
Language production
Language production
Ch. 13. p. 396 - 409
5.1
09/26
Homework 1 due 9/27
Language production
Language production
Ch. 13. p. 410-415, 426
(Phonological encoding)
- 432
5.2
09/28
Speech perception and
Spoken word recognition
Ch. 9. p. 258 - 270
6.1
10/03
Spoken word recognition
Ch. 9. p. 270 - 281
6.2
10/05
Neurolinguistic findings of
speech perception
Supplemental readings
7.1
10/10
Quiz 2 (week 4.1 - 6.1)
Neurolinguistic findings of speech perception
Neurolinguistic findings of speech perception
Supplemental readings
7.2
10/12
Homework 2 Due
Visual word recognition
Visual word recognition
Ch. 6. p. 167
- 178
8.1
10/17
Fall break
8.2
10/19
Visual word recognition and
dyslexia
Ch. 6. p. 183
– 192, Ch.
7. p. 220
- 225
9.1
10/24
Midterm review
9.2
10/26
MIDTERM
10.1
10/31
A crash course on linguistic
descriptions (part 2: syntax)
Ch. 2. p. 37-42
10.2
11/02
Sentence processing
Ch. 10. p. 287-298
11.1
11/07
Homework 3 due
Comprehension
Comprehension
Ch. 12. p. 360 - 370
11.2
11/09
Quiz 3
Comprehension and understanding discourse
Comprehension and understanding discourse
Ch. 12. p. 371 - 375 &
Ch. 14. p. 450 - 458
12.1
11/14
Comprehension (cont'd)
First language acquisition
First language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 104 – 114, 119 -
124
12.2
11/16
First language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 125 – 128, 136
– 143, Ch. 3. p. 78 - 83
13.1
11/21
Homework 4 due
First language acquisition
Second language acquisition
First language acquisition
Second language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 125 – 128, 136
– 143, Ch. 3. p. 78 - 83
13.2
11/23
Thanksgiving (No Class)
14.1
11/28
Cognitive processes and
second language acquisition
Findings from neuroimaging research
Findings from neuroimaging research
Ch. 5. p. 153 – 159, Ch.
15. p. 460 – 463, 468 -
472
14.2
11/30
Quiz 4
Individual differences in second language acquisition
Individual differences in second language acquisition
Darcy, Park & Yang
(2015)
15.1
12/05
ASL processing
15.2
12/07
Wrap up and review
16.1
12/12
Final exam: 12:30–1:45pm