BCSC 152: Lecture Schedule (Tentative)
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Week
Date
Topic
Readings
1.1
08/26
Course requirements;
Introduction: What is psycholinguistics?
1.2
08/28
Different approaches to linguistics and psycholinguistics
Ch. 1. p. 3-16,
22 (themes &
controversies) -27
2.1
09/02
Design features of
language; human vs. animal
communication
Ch. 3. p. 52 - 65
2.2
09/04
A crash course on linguistic
descriptions (part 1: sounds)
Ch. 2. p. 30-37
3.1
09/09
Brain and language
Ch. 3. p. 67 (Biological
basis) – 77
3.2
09/11
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
4.1
09/16
Quiz 1 (week 1.1 - 3.2)
Language production
Language production
Ch. 13. p. 396 - 409
4.2
09/18
Homework 1 due
Language production
Language production
Ch. 13. p. 410-415, 426
(Phonological encoding)
- 432
5.1
09/23
Speech perception and
Spoken word recognition
Ch. 9. p. 258 - 270
5.2
09/25
Spoken word recognition
Ch. 9. p. 270 - 281
6.1
09/30
Quiz 2 (week 4.1 – 5.2)
Neurolinguistic findings of speech perception
Neurolinguistic findings of speech perception
Supplemental readings
6.2
10/02
Neurolinguistic findings of
speech perception
Visual word recognition
Homework 2 Due 10/3
Visual word recognition
Homework 2 Due 10/3
Supplemental readings
Ch. 6. p. 167 - 178
Ch. 6. p. 167 - 178
7.1
10/07
Visual word recognition
Ch. 6. p. 167 - 178
7.2
10/09
Visual word recognition and
dyslexia
Ch. 6. p. 183 – 192, Ch.
7. p. 220 - 225
8.1
10/14
Fall break
8.2
10/16
Midterm review
9.1
10/21
Midterm (week 1.1 – 7.2)
9.2
10/23
A crash course on linguistic
descriptions (part 2: syntax)
Homework 3 due 10/24
Homework 3 due 10/24
Ch. 2. p. 37-42
10.1
10/28
Sentence processing
Ch. 10. p. 287-298
10.2
10/30
Comprehension
Ch. 12. p. 360 - 370
11.1
11/04
Comprehension and
understanding discourse
Ch. 12. p. 371 - 375 &
Ch. 14. p. 450 - 458
11.2
11/06
Comprehension (cont'd)
First language acquisition
First language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 104 – 114, 119 -
124
12.1
11/11
Quiz 3 (week 9.2 -11.1)
First language acquisition
First language acquisition
Ch. 4. p. 125 – 128, 136
– 143, Ch. 3. p. 78 - 83
12.2
11/13
Second language acquisition
13.1
11/18
Cognitive processes and
second language acquisition
Findings from neuroimaging research
Homework 4 due
Findings from neuroimaging research
Homework 4 due
Ch. 5. p. 153 – 159, Ch.
15. p. 460 – 463, 468 -
472
13.2
11/20
Quiz 4 (week 11.2-part of 13.1)
Individual differences in second language acquisition
Individual differences in second language acquisition
Darcy, Park & Yang
(2015)
14.1
11/25
ASL processing
14.2
11/27
Thanksgiving (No Class)
15.1
12/02
Wrap up and review
15.2
12/04
Final exam: 12:30 –
1:45pm