LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use appropriate terminology related to the study of language development, including terminology related to phonological, lexical, morphologic, syntactic, pragmatic, and meta-linguistic development. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Compare/evaluate major theories of language acquisition. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss ways that language development relates to cognitive, social, and neurobiological development. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recall and discuss the timeline of major milestones and processes related to language development. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain how language development may vary in monolingual versus bilingual individuals. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain how language use varies across individuals and cultures and discuss the implications of such variation for the identification and treatment of people with communication disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Conduct basic descriptive analysis of language samples and interpret these analyses to determine the extent to which an individual’s language functioning is consistent with developmental expectations. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use appropriate terminology related to the study of language development, including terminology related to phonological, lexical, morphologic, syntactic, pragmatic, and meta-linguistic development. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Compare/evaluate major theories of language acquisition. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss ways that language development relates to cognitive, social, and neurobiological development. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recall and discuss the timeline of major milestones and processes related to language development. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain how language development may vary in monolingual versus bilingual individuals. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain how language use varies across individuals and cultures and discuss the implications of such variation for the identification and treatment of people with communication disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Conduct basic descriptive analysis of language samples and interpret these analyses to determine the extent to which an individual’s language functioning is consistent with developmental expectations. Audience: Undergraduate