SPPA 6460 - Language Acquisition and Communication across the Lifespan

This course addresses human spoken and written language and communication processes at the discourse, sentence and sound/word levels. Issues related to cultural-linguistic variation, including English Language Learning are infused throughout the course. Students learn about typical development of communication, language, and literacy from infancy through adolescence, along with adult discourse, reading and writing, communicative processes, and changes with healthy aging. Neurological, psychological, developmental, and linguistic and cultural bases are addressed with relevance to clinical application.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Open to Graduate students only.