Child Development: Language Acquisition and Development

Code: EES281

Total Credits: 1 credits

Subject Profile: Optional

Syllabus: Language development: national and international research, research methods and intervention. The process of language acquisition in children with typical and atypical development. Statistical learning and language development in babies. Language development and acquisition: receptive and expressive modes, suppressive and facilitating conditions. Language acquisition and development in deaf children. Language acquisition and development in blind children.

Main Bibliography:

  1. AlmeidaVerdu, A. C., Huziwara, E. M., Souza, D. G., Rose, J. C., Bevilacqua, M. C., Lopes, J., ... & McIlvane, W. J. (2008).
  2. Relational learning in children with deafness and cochlear implants. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 89(3), 407-424. McConachie, H. R, & Moore, V. (1994).
  3. Early expressive language of severely visually impaired children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 36, 230-240. Pérez-Pereira, M.& Conti-Ramsden, G. (2008).
  4. Language, development and social interaction in blind children. New Yoork: Psychology Press. Hay, J. F., Pelucchi, B., Graf Estes, K., & Saffran, J. R. (2011).
  5. Linking sounds to meanings: Infantstatistical learning in a natural language. Cognitive Psychology, 63(2), 93-106. Lacerda, C. B. F. de; Santos, L. F. (2013)
  6. Estratégias Metodológicas para o ensino de alunos surdos. In:Cristina Broglia Feitosa de Lacerda e Lara Ferreira dos Santos. (Org.). Tenho um aluno surdo, e agora? Introdução à libras e educação de surdos. 1ed. São Carlos - SP: Editora da Universidade Federal de São Carlos, p. 185-200. Saffran, Aslin & Newport (1996).
  7. Statistical Learning by 8-month- old Infants. Science, 274, 1926-1928