To acquaint the student with the fundatmentals of language acquisition 2. To acquaint the student with the characteristicis of language disorders in preschool and school-aged children 3. To understand assessment procedures for identifying communication disroders 5. To identify strategies for working with children who are language-impaired 6. In addition, required articles to supplement text will be assigned to further explore or clarify course topics.
Students are responsible for all material covered in required texts, articles, and lectures.
Information from required readings may not all be discussed in class, however, students will be responsible for the material. The abstracts and written assignments are expected on due dates. 10 points will be deducted for late papers. Grades will be computed according to the following general formula. The range of scores will be subject to adjustment based on the breaking points of the class scores and overall class performance.