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13549 (v.3) Clinical Science 171


 

Area:

School of Psychology

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Co Requisite(s):

12995 (v.3) Human Communication Science 170

Syllabus:

Standardised clinical and research procedures for observing, describing and analysing different parameters of communication.
 

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated the ability to accurately analyse these parameters of communicative behaviour in adults and children with normal communication: pragmatics, discourse, syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology. The ability to transcribe words and phrases into the International Phonetics Association alphabet and notate stress and intonation patterns on phrases and sentences.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

Unit References:

No prescribed references.

Unit Texts:

Chalker S., and Weiner E., (1998), The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar - The New Authoritative Guide, 2nd ed., Oxford, Clarendon Press. Fowler H.W. and Fowler F.G., (1995), The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 9th ed., Oxford, Clarendon Press. Gutfreund M., Harrison M. and Wells G., (1989), Bristol Language Development Scales, Windsor, NFER-Nelson Kies D., (2001), The HyperText Book - Modern English Grammar, Retrieved 15 February from the World Wide Web - papyr.com/hypertextbooks/engl_126/book126.htm. Owens R.E., (2001), Language Development - An Introduction, 5th ed., Needham Heights, Allyn and Bacon. (Or recommended alternatives).
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Examination One 30%. Examination Two 70%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Field of Education:

 61700 Rehabilitation Therapies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Not Online  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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