BUKIRWA ZAM (BZ)

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
ELX 1102
Indicative content
1. Introduction – definition of
i) Language acquisition
ii) Language comprehension
iii) Language production
iv) Psychology i relation to linguistics
2. Stages of language acquisition
3. The behaviorist Theory of First Language acquisition
4. The Mentalist Theory of first language acquisition
5. Application of behaviorism and mentalism in language teaching
6. Conditions of first language acquisition
i) Natural language acquisition
ii) Controlled language acquisition
iii) Guided language acquisition
7. Language acquisition
 The monological level
 The lexical level
 The morphological level
 The syntactical level
8. Comparison of first language acquisition and second language learning
9. Fundamental language abilities of speakers
 Nobody whole sentence theory
 Language knowledge acquired
 Adequacy of the language knowledge
10. Skinner’s Sentence Frame Theory
 Language knowledge acquired
 Chomsky’s transformational generative theory
 Chomsky’s syntactic based grammar
11. Thought, speech, indenting and speech production
Teaching and learning patterns
Lectures (face to Face, Discussion, Student’s presentation, private reading)
Assessment
Course work and presentations 30%
Examinations 70%
Reading List
1. Danny D. Steinberg (1982). Psycholinguistics Language, Mind and World Psychology of
Language.
2. Linguistics in Language Teaching
3. Barry McLaughlin(1989). Theories of Second Language Learning