Curricular Unit:Code:
Theory of Language and Communication1023TLC
Year:Level:Course:Credits:
1UndergraduateSpeech Therapy9 ects
Learning Period:Language of Instruction:Total Hours:
Portuguese/English117
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The student should master the basic underlying theories of history of language and communication sciences in the study of human communication disorders.
Learning objectives/ Skills:
LO1- Demonstrate knowledge about human communication and the faculty of language and its domains (semantics, morphosyntax, phonology and pragmatics);
LO2- To Structure learning about the main currents of language theories;
LO3- To Demonstrate a formal phonetic-phonological, morphossyntactic, semantic and pragmatic awareness of language;
LO4- Apply linguistic knowledge in a clinical context and show evidence of clinical reasoning.
Syllabus:
PC1. Language and Communication
1.1. Language
1.2 Language: oral and written
1.3 Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
1.4 Animal communication and human language
PC2. Linguistic Theories
2.1 The main currents of language
PC3. Pragmatic dimension of language
3.2 Deixis
3.3 Speech Acts
3.5 interpretive inferential processes
PC4. Textual Linguistic
4.1 Textual Cohesion
4.2 Consistency
PC5. syntactic dimension of language
5.1 Sentences and their constituents
5.2 Functions and syntactic processes
5.3 Types of sentences
PC6. Morphology
6.1 Word and its constituents
6.2 Flexion
6.3 Morphological Processes
PC7. Semantics
7.1 Lexicon and Vocabulary
7.2 Classes of words
PC8. Lexicon
PC9. Phonetics and phonology
PC10. Theory of Mind
PC11. Clinical Linguistics
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The Programatic Contents(PC) were delineated in terms of Learning Goals (LG) of the course:
PC1 and PC3 –LO1
PC2 – LO2
PC3, CP4, CP5, CP6, CP7, CP8 and CP9- LO3
PC10- LO1
PC11- LO4
In PC1 the fundamental concepts associated with the distinction between communication, language, language and speech and the distinction between verbal and non-verbal communication are addressed. PC2 focuses on aspects related to the main currents of linguistic thought: Structuralism, Functionalism and Gerativism. PC3 and PC4 focus on aspects related to the pragmatic domain of language and textual linguistics. In PC5 and PC6 the morphological and syntactic domains of language are addressed. In PC7 the semantic domain is addressed and in PC8 the Lexicon as a dynamic component with interfaces with the various linguistic domains. PC9 addresses the phonological domain. PC10 focuses on the Theory of Mind concept. PC11 addresses clinical linguistics.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Active, collaborative and expository methodologies:
1- Problem solving in small groups;
2- Brainstorming sessions of topics and questions to be investigated by students;
3- Orientation of research done by students;
4- Summary and synthesis of research done by students and group discussion;
5- Presentation of programmatic contents using projections, examples, clinical cases in video.
Assessment:
normal season
- Continuous Assessment – 1 Written work and oral presentation (40%) + 1 test (50%) + participation in classes (10%)
Special Season
- Exam (100%)
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The teaching methodologies adopted for this curricular unit are consistent with the defined goals, since they allow students' knowledge and their active participation in classes through active and collaborative learning strategies combined with traditional and expository methods. The professor will be a facilitator of the student's learning process, providing the capacity for analysis, discussion and reflection of concepts with the practice of speech therapy. LO1- active and expository methodologies- assessment: written work + oral presentation + participation LO2- active methodology- assessment: written test+participation LO3- active and expository methodology- assessment: written test+participation LO4- active and expository methodology- assessment: written test+participation
Reading:
Antunes, E. B., & Rocha, J. (2009). Contribuições clínicas da fonética e da fonologia. Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 6, 124-136.
EMILIANO, A. (2009). Fonética do Português Europeu : descrição e transcrição / António Emiliano. - Lisboa : Guimarães Editores
Jakobson, R. (1995). Linguística e comunicação / Roman Jakobson ; pref.e trad. Izidoro Blikstein, trad. José Paulo Paes. - São Paulo : Cultrix
McCallister, J. (2013). Introductory linguistics for speech and language therapy practice / Jan McAllister, Jim Miller. - Oxford : Wiley Blackwell
Owens JR (2016). Language development : an introduction, 9ª ed. Londres: Pearson.
Faria, I. H., Pedro, E. R., Duarte, I. & Gouveia, C.A. (2005). Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, 2ª ed., Lisboa: Caminho.
Sim-Sim, I. (2006). Avaliação da linguagem oral: um contributo para o conhecimento do desenvolvimento linguístico das crianças portuguesas, 4ª ed., Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.