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Students must satisfy all program requirements for the Ph.D. The Ph.D. thesis must be on a topic relating to language acquisition.
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Linguistics : Examination and discussion of the leterature on a selected topic in language acquisition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in language acquisition issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Communication Sci & Disorders : Pro seminar in which current research topics in communication disorders will be discussed.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Polka, Linda (Winter)
This course may be taken as an advanced course for M.Sc. students.
Communication Sci & Disorders : Pro seminar in which current research topics in communication disorders will be discussed.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Polka, Linda (Winter)
This course may be taken as an advanced course for M.Sc. students.
Communication Sci & Disorders : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Communication Sci & Disorders : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
3 credits of graduate-level statistics from courses such as:
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Analysis of variance, fixed, random and mixed effects, crossed and nested designs; regression models. Computer data processing using existing packages.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Muis, Krista (Fall)
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Konishi, Chiaki (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 676
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Hwang, Heungsun (Fall)
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in multivariate techniques.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Falk, Carl (Winter)
Students who have taken an equivalent course in statistics, or are currently taking an equivalent course as part of their Ph.D. program requirements, will be deemed to have satisfied this requirement for the Language Acquisition Option.
At least two courses, selected from the following list.
Education in Second Languages : An examination of social identity, non-dominant languages, and power relations among speakers, and their impact on the nature of second/additional language teaching, learning and use, from the perspective of critical applied linguistics. Topics range from the micro level of the individual to the macro level of language planning and policy-making.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Sarkar, Mekhala (Winter)
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language acquisition theory and research and their relevance to teaching a second language.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Sarkar, Mekhala (Fall)
Fall
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in the social, cultural and political dimensions of English second language learning and teaching.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Fall
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language classroom-centred research focusing on instructional procedures and practices in relationship to learning outcomes.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Lee, Andrew (Winter)
Education in Second Languages : Research, theory, issues and practices in second language assessment in relationship to learners, teachers, and programs.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Education in Second Languages : Theory and research related to the teaching and learning of second language literacy. The orientation is on reading and writing as a socio-cognitive activity.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Ballinger, Susan Gail (Winter)
Fall
Linguistics : A detailed overview of recent experimental work on first language acquisition of syntax within the principles and parameters framework, concentrating on both theoretical and methodological issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Linguistics : Theoretical and experimental perspectives on an imperfect language faculty, in the context of current linguistic theory and state-of-the-art experimental methods and techniques. Comparison of linguistic abilities of normally developing children, children with language disorders (e.g., SLI), and adults with disrupted linguistic abilities (e.g., aphasic patients).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Linguistics : An examination of theoretically informed work on the first language acquisition of phonology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Linguistics : Interlanguage grammars and the role of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: White, Lydia (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: LING 671 or permission of instructor.
Linguistics : An advanced seminar on current experimental research in linguistics. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: O'Donnell, Timothy (Fall)
Linguistics : An advanced seminar on current experimental research in linguistics. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Psychology : Psychological mechanisms and theories of first language acquisition in infancy and early childhood. Topics such as: infant speech perception, acquisition of grammar, word learning, pidgin and Creole languages, critical and sensitive periods, genetic and evolutionary bases of language.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Onishi, Kristine (Winter)
Fall
Psychology : Advanced area seminar on a topic in developmental psychology and language.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Communication Sci & Disorders : Theories and research related to normal and abnormal phonological development in children will be studied.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Brandeker, Myrto; Massaro, Lisa Audrey; Colby, Sarah (Fall)
Communication Sci & Disorders : The nature of phonological disorders and clinical approaches for their remediation in children will be presented.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Massaro, Lisa Audrey (Winter)
Communication Sci & Disorders : Theories of language acquisition, prerequisites to language development, and current issues in research will be studied. Topics include the role of input, individual differences in acquisition, and language socialization.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Gonnerman, Laura (Fall)
Communication Sci & Disorders : The nature of developmental language disorders and the assessment of language competence and performance in both speaking and non-speaking children will be studied.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Thordardottir, Elin; Brandeker, Myrto (Fall)
Communication Sci & Disorders : Major theories of language disorders are translated into intervention principles used in language treatment programs. Adaptations of intervention techniques to suit specific disorders (including augmentative communication) will be explored.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Thordardottir, Elin; Vaillancourt, Sophie (Fall) Thordardottir, Elin; Ovadia, Amanda (Winter)
0-2 credits from the following:
Education in Second Languages : Review of language acquisition issues.
Terms: Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Sarkar, Mekhala (Winter) Sarkar, Mekhala (Summer)