Curricular Unit:			Code:
Internship Observation			1188EOBS
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Speech Therapy	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
LO1. Demonstrate, in writing and orally, evidence of ability to observe and analyze communicative behaviors and evidence of language acquisition and development, throughout the life cycle. LO2. Identify relevant communicative and linguistic information in the different contexts of observation, structuring it in the stages / phases of language acquisition and development, namely by collecting data and recording / filling observation checklists; LO3. Construct data collection checklist according to the language development phase of the cases, with some reasoning against the included items; LO4. Identify key issues observed, record them succinctly and discuss them in a small group.
Syllabus:
1 Acquisition and development of language. Natural interpersonal communication contexts. 2 Construction of record sheet of observed information. 3 Collection and interpretation of observed data in real situations. 4 Stages/phases of language acquisition and development: registration and analysis of the same
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
LO1 is associated with contents 1, 3, 4. LO2 is associated with the contents 2, 3, 4. LO3 is associated with content 2. LO4 is associated with content 3, 4.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
a) Collaborative; b) Elaboration of works; c) Discussion in small and large group; d) Self-directed learning. Evaluation: Completion of a portfolio throughout the semester which includes all the observation reports (85% of the final grade). Participation in class activities (15% of the final grade)
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
LO1 - method a), b), c), d) - Evaluation: Portfolio LO2 - method b), d) - Evaluation: Portfolio LO3 - method b), d) - Evaluation: Individual Portfolio LO4 - method b), c), d) - Evaluation: Portfolio
Reading:
Peixoto, V., Rocha, J. (org.) (2009).Metodologias de intervenção em terapia da fala. Porto: Edições Universidade Fernando Pessoa Avaliação da linguagem : teoria e prática do processo de avaliação do comportamento lingüístico infantil / Víctor M. Acosta (coord.)...[et al.] ; trad. Magali de Lourdes Pedro. - 1ª ed. - São Paulo : Livraria Santos Editora, 2003. McAllister, J., Miller, M. (2013). Introductory linguistics for speech and language therapypractice - Oxford : Wiley Blackwell,