BEd in Pre-Primary Education / Бакалавр педагогики в Области Дошкольного Образования

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Course Information Package

Course Unit TitlePRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN' S LANGUAGE
Course Unit CodeLAN101
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Describe the historical evolution of the field and the linguistic and communicative development of children.
  2. Analyze the theories of learning, the nature of language system, the nature of learning conditions, and the nature of learning procedures.
  3. Describe the phonological development of children and analyze the phonological theories.
  4. Identify phenomena of grammatical development that relate to syntactic and morphological knowledge and describe theoretical approaches to the acquisition of grammar.
  5. Describe the beginning of lexical development and explain the semantic development, the semantic mistakes and the subsequent stages of development.
  6. Analyze the development of communicative intentions and abilities, pragmatic knowledge, textual knowledge, and sociolinguistic knowledge.
  7. Explain the cognitive and social dimensions of language use, social and personal language, framed and unframed language, directional and interpretative language, referential and expressive language.
  8. Describe the intercultural differences of language socialization and the relation of communicative competences with education.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program components -  Βυγκότσκι, Λ. (1993). Σκέψη και γλώσσα. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Γνώση
-  Κουτσουβάνου, Ε. (1991). Η γλωσσική ανάπτυξη του παιδιού προσχολικής ηλικίας και η τηλεόραση. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας.
-  Πιαζέ, Ζ. (2001). Η γλώσσα και η σκέψη του παιδιού. Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη.

Course Contents Historical review: The effect of Chomsky’s theory, new ways of description of language and language development, historical development of the field, emphasis in syntax, emphasis in semantics, emphasis in communication, the situation today.
Theoretical aspects of language learning: Theories of learning, the nature of language system, the nature of learning conditions, the nature of learning procedures.
The acquisition of phonology: The phonological development of child and theories of phonological development.
The acquisition of grammar: The system of grammar, the ability of grammatical analysis, phenomena of grammatical development, theoretical approaches to the acquisition of grammar.
The acquisition of semantics: The semantics of language, the psychological dimension of the acquisition of lexicon, theories of semantic development.
The development of grammatical, textual, and sociolinguistic abilities: the development of communicative intentions and abilities, pragmatic knowledge, textual knowledge, sociolinguistic knowledge.
Communicative abilities and education: Cognitive dimensions of language use, social and personal language, framed and unframed language, directional and interpretative language, referential and expressive language, social dimensions of language use, intercultural differences in linguistic socialization, communicative competences and education.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Κατή, Δ. (1992). Γλώσσα και επικοινωνία στο παιδί. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας.
  • Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Π.Τ.Π.Ε. (2003). Γλώσσα και Μαθηματικά στην προσχολική ηλικία.Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης.
References
  • Γιαννικοπούλου, Α. (2003). Εικονογραφημένα παιδικά βιβλία. Η συμβολή τους στην κατάκτηση του γραμματισμού. Σύγχρονο Νηπιαγωγείο, 33, 8-13.
  • Elliot, A. J. (1989). Child language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Friedrich, H. (2000). Επικοινωνία στο νηπιαγωγείο. (Επιμ. Χρυσαφίδης, μετφρ. Νούσια). Αθήνα: Τυποθητω.
  • Τζουριάδου, Μ. (1995). Ο λόγος του παιδιού προσχολικής ηλικίας. Εκδόσεις Προμηθεύς.
  • Miller, G. 1995. Γλώσσα και ομιλία. Κεφ. 10, Η απόκτηση της γλώσσας. Αθήνα:Gutenberg.
  • Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Π.Τ.Π.Ε. (2002). Ψυχοπαιδαγωγική της προσχολικής ηλικίας. Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods The teaching consists of lectures that provide the theoretical background, discussions for the acquisition of phonological system, grammar, and sociolinguistic skills, and research-presentation by the students. The aim of the course is the development of critical thought, research skills and the preparation of students for the teaching practice.

Assessment methods and criteria
Assignment10%
Midterm Exam30%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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