Schedule

BCSC 152: Lecture Schedule (Tentative)

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Week
Date
Topic
Readings
1.1
08/27
Course requirements; Introduction
 
1.2
08/29
What is psycholinguistics?
Ch. 1. p. 3-16, 22 (themes & controversies) -27
2.1
09/03
Design features of language; human vs. animal communication
Ch. 3. p. 52 - 65
2.2
09/05
A crash course on linguistic descriptions (part 1: sounds)
Ch. 2. p. 30-37
3.1
09/10
Brain and language
Ch. 3. p. 67 (Biological basis) – 77
3.2
09/12
Brain and language
Aphasia
Ch. 3. p. 67 (Biological basis) – 77
Ch. 13. p. 433-443 Supplemental readings
4.1
09/17
Quiz 1 (week 1.1 - 3.2)
Language production
Ch. 13. p. 396 - 409
4.2
09/19
Homework 1 due
Language production
Ch. 13. p. 410-415, 426 (Phonological encoding) - 432
5.1
09/24
Speech perception and Spoken word recognition
Ch. 9. p. 258 - 270
5.2
09/26
Spoken word recognition
Ch. 9. p. 270 - 281
6.1
10/01
Quiz 2 (week 4.1 – 5.2)
Neurolinguistic findings of speech perception
Supplemental readings
6.2
10/03
Neurolinguistic findings of speech perception
Visual word recognition
Supplemental readings
Ch. 6. p. 167 - 178
7.1
10/08
Midterm review
Homework 2 Due
 
7.2
10/10
Midterm (week 1.1 – 7.1)
 
8.1
10/15
Fall break
 
8.2
10/17
Visual word recognition
Ch. 6. p. 167 - 178
9.1
10/22
Visual word recognition and dyslexia
Ch. 6. p. 183 – 192, Ch. 7. p. 220 - 225
9.2
10/24
A crash course on linguistic descriptions (part 2: syntax)
Ch. 2. p. 37-42
10.1
10/29
Sentence processing
Ch. 10. p. 287-298
10.2
10/31
Homework 3 due 11/1
Comprehension
Ch. 12. p. 360 - 370
11.1
11/05
Quiz 3 (week 8.2 -10.2)
Comprehension and understanding discourse
Ch. 12. p. 371 - 375 & Ch. 14. p. 450 - 458
11.2
11/07
Comprehension (cont'd)
First language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 104 – 114, 119 - 124
12.1
11/12
First language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 125 – 128, 136 – 143, Ch. 3. p. 78 - 83
12.2
11/14
Second language acquisition
Homework 4 due 11/16
 
13.1
11/19
Quiz 4 (week 11.1-12.2)
Cognitive processes and second language acquisition
Findings from neuroimaging research
Ch. 5. p. 153 – 159, Ch. 15. p. 460 – 463, 468 - 472
13.2
11/21
Individual differences in second language acquisition
Darcy, Park & Yang (2015)
14.1
11/26
ASL processing
 
14.2
11/28
Thanksgiving (No Class)
 
15.1
12/03
Wrap up and review
 
15.2
12/05
Final exam: 12:30 – 1:45pm