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  • Introduction

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    Psycholinguistics or the psychology of language is the bridge between linguistics and psychology. It studies the mental mecha- nisms that make language acquired, processed, understood and pro- duced. This course has been adapted to the needs of the master ‘lan- guage Sciences’ which focuses on the various aspects of the process of language acquisition and language learning. In fact, psycholin- guistics completes the master’s objectives and focuses on the human mental process as an important element in the acquisition vs learning process. This may be achieved by making learners aware about their cognitive and metacognitive abilities; the way they are developed and used. It highlights the steps through which knowledge is ac- quired and processed in order to be stored.

  • Contact Card

    Lecturer: Dr. Aboubakr Hamoudi

    Email: aboubakr.hamoudi@univ-msila.dz


  • Target Audience

    Master one Students enrolled in Online Masters Program at Mohamed Boudiaf University of M'sila

  • Course Objectives

    To meet the learning objectives, a teaching approach has been designed to align with the aforementioned goals. Students are encouraged to actively engage with the course material through visual aids such as pictures and PowerPoint slides. The emphasis is on oral explanations and interactive discussions.

    Psycholinguistics is taught across the first and second semesters, with one three-hour session per week totaling 12 lectures. Assessment is based on the final exam at the end of each semester.

    The course addresses the following questions:

    - How do we acquire language?

    - Where is language processed in the brain?

    - What processes are involved in language acquisition?

    - What are the mental processes involved?

    - Is intelligence the only mental capacity?

    - What distinguishes cognition, intelligence, and metacognition?

    - How do these processes develop?

    - How do cognitive and metacognitive processes influence language acquisition and learning?

    - What role does social background play in a child's mental development?


  • Grading System


  • Lecture Five: Theories of meaning Representation and Models of Language Processing

  • Lecture Six: Language Comprehension

  • Lecture Seven: Language production

  • Lecture Eight: Speech Production: Finding, Building Words and tracking production

  • Second Semester Quiz

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      Second Semester Quiz
      Opened: Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 10:00 PM
      Closed: Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 10:30 PM

      This quiz is a sum of 20 questions including MCQs and Fill in the gap queries. You have only 26 minutes to complete the quiz. Best of luck.


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