LINGUISTICS FOR DEAFNESS AND LANGUAGE AND LEARNING IMPAIRMENTS MOD.1
- Academic year
- 2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LINGUISTICA PER LA SORDITÀ, I DISTURBI DEL LINGUAGGIO E DELL'APPRENDIMENTO MOD. 1
- Course code
- LT0940 (AF:277670 AR:166328)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6 out of 12 of LINGUISTICS FOR DEAFNESS AND LANGUAGE AND LEARNING IMPAIRMENTS
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-LIN/01
- Period
- 1st Semester
- Course year
- 2
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
The main objective is to develop the ability to analyse some clinical and linguistic variables aspects that characterize hearing impairment . Moreover, it has the aim to develop the skills necessary to analyse the linguistic data collected from people with hearing loss and people with linguistic deficits, through the use of tools provided by theoretical linguistics.
Expected learning outcomes
The student knows how the oral language is acquired by hearing impaired individuals and the linguistic difficulties they have in the use of the complex syntactic structures of their language.
The student knows processes and the stages of language acquisition in hearing and hearing impaired children.
The student knows the clinical and personal variables that may influence oral language acquisition in hearing impaired individuals.
The student knows and understands the linguistic theories that account for some linguistic phenomena observed in comprehension and production by hearing and hearing impaired individuals.
The student is introduced to some standardized and non-standardized linguistic tools used for assessing the linguistic competence in typical and atypical language acquisition (deafness).
2. Applying knowledge and understanding
The student knows how to use the linguistic terminology and the tools of analysis of formal linguistics to describe the language difficulties of hearing impaired individuals.
The student is able to carry out a simple linguistic analysis of data obtained from hearing impaired individuals.
The student is able to apply the acquired knowledge during the course to collect and analyse new linguistic data.
3. Making judgements
The student is able to formulate and argue hypotheses on the basis of the knowledge acquired during the course.
The student is able to critically analyze new data on production and comprehension collected from hearing impaired individuals.
4. Communication:
The student is able to present the hypotheses and the linguistic phenomena discussed during the course using the correct linguistic terminology.
The student is able to interact with the peers and the professor in a critical and respectful way.
5. Learning skills
The student is able to develop critical thinking.
The student is able to look for and read both the references mentioned in the course program and new references necessary to study some phenomena concerning the linguistic competence of hearing impaired individuals.
Pre-requirements
Contents
Referral texts
Caselli, M. C., Maragna, S, Pagliari Rampelli, L, Volterra, V. (2006). Linguaggio e Sordità. Firenze: La Nuova Italia (capp. 1-3-4).
Chesi, C. (2006). Il linguaggio verbale non standard dei bambini sordi. Roma EUR. (Part 1 & 2)
Franceschini, Michela; Volpato, Francesca Comprensione e produzione di frasi relative e frasi passive: il caso di due bambini gemelli sordi italiani , GRAMMATICA APPLICATA: APPRENDIMENTO, PATOLOGIE, INSEGNAMENTO, Milano, Studi AItLA2, pp. 75-90
Guasti, M.T., Language Acquisition, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 (Cap 1)
Szterman, R., Friedmann N. (2015). Insights into the syntactic deficit of children with hearing impairment from a sentence repetition task. In Language Acquisition and Development: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition 2013, eds Hamann C., Ruigendijk E., editors. (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing; )
Volpato, F. (2008). Clitic pronouns and past participle agreement in Italian in three hearing-impaired bilinguals Italian/LIS. Rivista di Linguistica, 20(2). 308-345.
Volpato, F. (2011). Valutazione delle abilità linguistiche dei bambini con impianto cocleare: uno strumento per indagare la produzione delle frasi relative. In E. Franchi e D. Musola (a cura di), Acquisizione dell'italiano e sordità, Venezia, Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, 71-85.
Volpato, F. (2018). La prova di grammatica. In A. Cardinaletti (a cura di), Test linguistici accessibili per studenti sordi e con DSA. Pari opportunità per l'accesso all'università, FrancoAngeli, pp. 180-205
Other materials may be suggested during the course.
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