Objectives of general skills

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology and educational sciences to analyse a situation involving these disciplines
• Identify and explain the concepts, principles and models of fundamental theoretical trends in psychology and educational sciences and their applications
• Identify and describe the biological and socio-cultural foundations of human behaviour
• Identify and describe the specific characteristics of psychology and educational sciences and their relationship to other contributory disciplines
• Explain and give examples of human functioning, including in its atypical and pathological dimensions
• Describe the principles of methodological approaches (objectives, methods, techniques and tools) to understand and explain the functioning of individuals, groups and organisations
• Provide clear, accurate, and reasoned information
• Summarise the contributions of different sources to justify an opinion or decision
• Write bibliographic references and results of statistical analysis in a standardised way (according to APA standards)
• Collaborate, work in a team
• Interact effectively with other students to carry out collaborative projects.
• Grow personally and professionally
• Direct their choice of modules within their degree programme in order to develop a career plan in line with the realities in the field and their profile (aspirations, strengths, weaknesses, etc.)
• Develop their scientific curiosity and open-mindedness
• Understand the various means available for documentation, to promote self-learning and lifelong learning
• Understand the fundamentals related to the scientific approach in psychology or educational sciences
• Identify and describe the specific characteristics of scientific processes
• Identify and describe the different steps to carry out research
• Identify and explain the main methods (including limitations) specific to the scientific process
• Conduct relevant research from scientific literature, from both Francophone and Anglophone references, and select appropriate elements with respect to a particular research topic.
• Give a critique and argue a point of view as part of a scientific approach

UE's Learning outcomes

The course aims to foster among students, a process of personal appropriation of knowledge and reflection on a topic related to his own personal interests (his/her current professional specialization possible and / or future),and related to the oral side of human communication. The course does not aim at specializing in speech science, but rather offers an interdisciplinary view of phenomena, that have their source and / or their impacts in other fields (psychology, pedagogy, social sciences, etc.).. It is however also possible to seek specialization for students who wish to deepen their marstery of language sciences (on the basis of the student's personal project).

UE Content

The topics covered by the teacher and lecturers are structured around the following main lines:

The human characteristics of language
Language acquisition
Language learning
Pathology and langage
Bilingualisms
Means and methods of research in linguistics

The list is not exhaustive and may be adjusted according to intersts of the moment.

Prior experience

Not applicable

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• N/A

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works