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<p>This unit provides post-graduate students with a foundation in applied psycholinguistics and basic methodological training in psychometric testing and 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, as such, this unit draws on work from psychology, linguistics, education, speech pathology, audiology, behavioural science and cognitive science. Students will build on their understandings of language development and language learning gained in EDMST6010, and delve deeper into exploring the complexities of how language - as a phenomenon that is both embodied and embedded in social and cultural contexts - is processed and produced by humans across neurodiverse populations, and how meaning is made and negotiated in and through discourse. Students will learn about, design, and conduct their own forms of basic psycholinguistic experiments, including lexical decision tasks, primed response time tasks, and speech sample error analysis. Students will consider how psycholinguistic research informs evidence-based practice in Speech Pathology and educational psychology.</p>
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<p>This unit will cover the following topics:</p>
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<li>What is psycholinguistic research and how does it inform professional practices in education and speech pathology </li>
<li>Components of a language system and how ideas about how these are processed by the brain</li>
<li>The relationship between language and thought</li>
<li>Different models of language processing and production, including -</li>
<li class="ql-indent-1">Speech perception and production</li>
<li class="ql-indent-1">Functional-cognitive models of language</li>
<li class="ql-indent-1">The mental lexicon</li>
<li class="ql-indent-1">Semantic representation</li>
<li>Language errors, language play, and communication repair</li>
<li>Psycholinguistics and literacy</li>
<li>Types of basic psycholinguistic testing and experimental design</li>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>This unit provides post-graduate students with a foundation in applied psycholinguistics and basic methodological training in psychometric testing and 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, as such, this unit draws on work from psychology, linguistics, education, speech pathology, audiology, behavioural science and cognitive science. Students will build on their understandings of language development and language learning gained in EDMST6010, and delve deeper into exploring the complexities of how language - as a phenomenon that is both embodied and embedded in social and cultural contexts - is processed and produced by humans across neurodiverse populations, and how meaning is made and negotiated in and through discourse. Students will learn about, design, and conduct their own forms of basic psycholinguistic experiments, including lexical decision tasks, primed response time tasks, and speech sample error analysis. Students will consider how psycholinguistic research informs evidence-based practice in Speech Pathology and educational psychology.</p>
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<p>This unit will cover the following topics:</p> <ul> <li>What is psycholinguistic research and how does it inform professional practices in education and speech pathology </li> <li>Components of a language system and how ideas about how these are processed by the brain</li> <li>The relationship between language and thought</li> <li>Different models of language processing and production, including -</li> <li class="ql-indent-1">Speech perception and production</li> <li class="ql-indent-1">Functional-cognitive models of language</li> <li class="ql-indent-1">The mental lexicon</li> <li class="ql-indent-1">Semantic representation</li> <li>Language errors, language play, and communication repair</li> <li>Psycholinguistics and literacy</li> <li>Types of basic psycholinguistic testing and experimental design</li> </ul>
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Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edmsp6014">061707 - Speech Pathology</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=EDMST6010" target="_blank">EDMST6010</a></p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=EDBSP2014" target="_blank">EDBSP2014</a></p>
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Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Analyse language and its subsystems in the context of cognitive science</p>
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<p>Recognise and examine how psycholinguistic theories and methods can be applied to classroom and/or speech pathology clinical practice</p>
K3
<p>Critically examine and apply methods of psycholinguistic experimentation and psychometric testing related to language processing and production</p>
K4
<p>Develop and implement potential lines and processes of inquiry commensurate with graduate level research</p>
K5
<p>Recognise and explore speech perception and production and models of processing</p>
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<p>Analyse cognitive operations of language processing</p>
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<p>Identify the components of language production</p>
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<p>Design and differentiate speech pathology interventions or service responses and/or pedagogy for diverse individuals based on psycholinguistic data</p>
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<p>Collaborate with peers to conduct experimental research related to psychometric evaluation of speech and communication that upholds Speech Pathology Australia’s Code of Ethics and Federation University’s policies and procedures related to human research ethics</p>
A1
<p>Read and critique current research in psycholinguistics and interpret theory and research in relation to educational and/or speech pathology practice</p>
A2
<p>Benchmark observed language behaviours from research participants against theory and research</p>
A3
<p>Interpret and implement appropriate pedagogical and/or speech pathology interventions to promote oral language, literacy outcomes, and speech development</p>
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<p>Multiple choice and/or short answer quiz on key concepts related to psycholinguistic research, psychometric testing, and their applications to clinical practice in speech pathology</p>
<p>Quiz</p>
<p>20-30%</p>
K1, K2, K5, S1, S2, A1, A2
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<p>Design a small-scale psycholinguistic study on a topic of interest, present the research proposal to a group of peers, and provide feedback on other peers’ proposals</p>
<p>Oral presentation and/or peer group learning activity</p>
<p>20-40%</p>
K2, K3, K4, S3, S4, A1
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<p>Conduct a small-scale psycholinguistic study, analyse the results, and write a report on the findings</p>
<p>Written task</p>
<p>40-50%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplimentary assessment information:
<p>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.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edmsp6014">061707 - Speech Pathology</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
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<em>Information in the Federation Handbook is correct at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to alter any course, unit, procedure or fee.</em>
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