autumn 2015
LIN-8002 Language Acquisition - 5 ECTS

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  3. Language Acquisition

Application deadline

1 June 2015 (for external PhD-students) 1-10 June 2015 (for PhD-students from UiT).

Type of course

This course is an introductory PhD course in the CASTL Forskerskole in Linguistics. It can be taken as a part of subject-specific theory and methodology in the instruction component.

Admission requirements

Master degree and admission to a PhD programme, program option Linguistics.

Course content

Basic research introduction to Language Acquisition. PhD students will be given a grounding in recent developments in language acquisition, including both established results and modern experimental techniques.

Objectives of the course

Students who successfully complete this course should have achieved the following learning outcomes: Knowledge: PhD students have gained a solid foundation in the field of language acquisition. This includes knowledge of classic results and techniques. Skills and competences: The students have begun to develop skills in linguistic hypothesis formation and logical argumentation, and to understand the relationship between data and interpretation.

Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

Session-based teaching:

 

Week 38 / 14-18 September: 8 hours (12-16 day 1, 10-12 and 13-15 day 2)

Week 43 / 19-23 October: 9 hours (12-16 day 1, 10-12 and 13-16 day 2)

Uke 49 / 30 November - 4 December: 9 hours (12-16 day 1, 10-12 and 13-16 day 2)

Assessment

A 5,000-8,000 word paper on a topic or problem to be solved, as assigned by the lecturer. The paper is to be written in English. The terms of assessment for examination: pass/fail. Submission deadline: 14 December 2015.

Recommended reading/syllabus

Approx. 500 pages.

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  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 5
  • Course code: LIN-8002
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