Curricular Unit:			Code:
Theory of Language and Communication			1023TLC
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Speech Therapy	9 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	117
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. Goals / General Skills: 1- To Understand the language faculty and its components (semantics, morphossintax, phonology and pragmatics); 2- To Structure learning about the main currents of language theories; 3- To Demonstrate a formal phonetic-phonological, morphossyntactic, semantic and pragmatic awareness of language; 4- Apply linguistic knowledge in a clinical context and show evidence of clinical reasoning.
Syllabus:
1. 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 2. Linguistic Theories 2.1 The main currents of language 3. Pragmatic dimension of language 3.2 Deixis 3.3 Speech Acts 3.5 interpretive inferential processes 4. Textual Linguistic 4.1 Textual Cohesion 4.2 Consistency 5. syntactic dimension of language 5.1 Sentences and their constituents 5.2 Functions and syntactic processes 5.3 Types of sentences 6. Morphology 6.1 Word and its constituents 6.2 Flexion 6.3 Morphological Processes 7. Classes of words 8. Semantics 8.1 Lexicon and Vocabulary 8.2 Lexical Semantics 9. Phonetics and phonology 10. Theory of Mind 11. 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 3 –OA1 PC2 – OA2 PC3, CP4, CP5, CP6, CP7, CP8 and CP9- OA3 PC10- OA1 PC11- OA4 PC1 examines the fundamental concepts associated with the distinction between communication, language, and speech and the distinction between verbal and non-verbal language. PC2 focus on aspects related to the main currents of linguistic: structuralism, functionalism and Gerativism. PC3 and 4 focus on aspects related to pragmatic component of language and textual linguistics. Sections 5 and 6 are about morphological and syntactic aspects of language. PC7 focus on classes of words and their classifications. PC8 examines semantics and its relations. Section 9 we discuss the phonological component of language.PC10 focuses on the concept of Theory of Mind.PC11 focus on analysis of linguistic profiles and 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%) 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. Objective1- active and expository methodologies- assessment: written test Objective2- active methodology- assessment: written paper + oral presentation Objective3- active and expository methodology- assessment: written paper + oral presentation Objective4- active and expository methodology- assessment: written test
Reading:
Antunes, E. B., & Rocha, J. (2009). Contribuições clínicas da fonética e da fonologia. Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 6, 124-136. Ducrot, O. e Todorov, T. (1977). Dicionário das ciências da linguagem. Lisboa: Dom Quixote, 1977. 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 Nietzche, F. (1996). Acerca da verdade e da mentira no sentido extramoral. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores. PLATÃO, Crátilo. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, 2001. RORTY, R. What's the Use of Truth? New York: Columbia UP, 2007.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Fátima Maia (fmaia@ufp.edu.pt) Joana Rocha (jrocha@ufp.edu.pt) Rita Alegria (ralegria@ufp.edu.pt)