| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Applied Psycholinguistics |
| Unit ID: | EDBSP2014 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (EDBSP1013) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (EDMSP6014) |
| ASCED: | 061707 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit provides undergraduate students with a foundation in applied psycholinguistics and methodological training in experimental research. The subject offers an overview of the theoretical and experimental knowledge related to language psychology, and how this relates to language education and speech pathology. Psycholinguistics is inherently multidisciplinary and students will learn about first and second language acquisition, language processing, speech production/perception, models of the mental lexicon and grammar. This unit draws on work from psychology, linguistics, education, speech pathology, audiology and cognitive science more generally. Essential to this unit are links to practice in fields such as education and speech pathology. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | |  | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Analyse language and its subsystems in the context of cognitive science |
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| K2. | Develop an awareness of how psycholinguistics and linguistic theory can inform educational practice |
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| K3. | Examine methods of psycholinguistic experimentation |
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| K4. | Develop graduate level research skills |
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| K5. | Explore speech perception and production and models of processing |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Analyse cognitive operations of language processing |
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| S2. | Identify the components of language production |
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| S3. | Differentiate pedagogy for diverse learners, e.g. English as an additional language, dialect, specific language impairment. |
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| S4. | Conduct experimental research |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Read current research in psycholinguistics |
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| A2. | Interpret theory and research in relation to practice |
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| A3. | Benchmark observed language behaviour against theory and research |
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| Unit Content: |
Language and the mind What is psycholinguistics How psycholinguistic research informs practices in education and speech pathology Speech perception and production Components of the language system Linguistic theory and language learning Functional-cognitive models of language The mental lexicon Semantic representation Grammar and grammar processing Language and thought Research designs in psycholinguistics Specific language impairments Psycholinguistics and literacy |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | 1 - Yes |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, K5, S1, S2, A1, A2 | Mid-semester quiz | Quiz | 15-25% | | 2. | K1, K2, K4, K5, S1, S2, A1, A3 | Analysis of a topic, in pairs/small groups, with reference to recent empirical research articles in an area of interest | Term paper | 20-40% | | 3. | K2, K3, K4, S3, S4, A1, A2 | Complete a psycholinguistic study on topic of interest and present it to the group | Research Report | 40-50% |
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