Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Have a complete understanding. Analyse any communicative situation (real or depicted) in reference to the theoretical and methodological frameworks within various scientific approaches to language.
• Analyse and model a communicative situation (individually or collectively) by critically selecting isolated theories and suitable methodological approaches.
• Communicate effectively. Communicate and exchange information in a structured and adapted way to the intended purpose and relevant public.
• Present and structure data in a clear, precise, neutral, and non-oriented way.
• Present (orally and in writing) the results of an intervention (study, analysis, investigation, etc.) to adequately inform a target audience.
• Appropriately use presentation materials.
• Work collaboratively. Work effectively with different actors as part of a team or a network of professionals.
• Implement the most effective ways of interpersonal collaboration in a given collaborative situation.
• Share knowledge and data to carry out a common project.
• Listen to team members and partners. Encourage expressing a shared opinion. Accept and discuss a different point of view than theirs.
• Have a willingness to keep learning. Assess and pursue professional and personal development.
• Monitor knowledge and methodological approaches in order to evolve their thinking and practice.
• Continue to train and improve their skills.
• Adopt a scientific approach. Master the scientific approaches in language sciences.
• Collect data and thoroughly analyse it qualitatively and quantitatively.
• Adequately interpret results taking into account the reference framework within which the research was developed.
• Develop communication skills specific to the field of research (publication, proficiency in English or another language depending on the specific field of research).
• Speech Sciences : adopt a specialist approach. Master the concepts, techniques, methods, and devices specific to speech sciences so that they can be used in research practice.
• Master the basic concepts of psycholinguistics.
• Master the relationships between phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, and general linguistics.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this course, students will be able to describe the evolution of language and communication (lexical aspects, grammar, phonetics, ..), and characterize the roles of the different variables which can play a part in the language performance. They will know the main difficulties asscotiated with  the acquisition of a language (LM and / or LE, FLA ) and about crosslinguistic influences. They will be able to identify / build  didactic proposals appropriate to a specific population and to a defined learning context. .

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Neurobiological and genetic basis of language;  environment's role . Approaches : generativist vs Social interactionist theory. Phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, pragmatic and metalinguistic aspects of the language development. Developmental model of oral  production .Crosslinguistic influences. FLA (français langue d'apprentissage) devices. 

Prior Experience

Not applicable