HS132-4-FY-CO:
Understanding Typical Communication
2024/25
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
30
20 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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BSC B630 Speech and Language Therapy,
BSC B631 Speech and Language Therapy (Including Year Abroad),
BSC B632 Speech and Language Therapy (Including Placement Year)
This module introduces you to transcription of typical English (and non-English sounds in languages commonly spoken in the UK), using broad (phonemic) and narrow (phonetic) transcription, including awareness of accent differences. This module also introduces you to the analysis of typical language morphosyntax and pragmatics, including awareness of dialectal differences, bilingual development and relevant sociolinguistic topics. The human speech chain will also be explored (receptive processing versus language production).
The aims of this module are:
- To develop understanding of the human speech chain, distinguishing between receptive processing and expressive production.
- To develop understanding of the components of language and your ability to analyse typical language morphosyntax and speech sounds.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Describe the core components of language and literacy readiness.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the processes involved in the ‘Speech Chain’.
- Demonstrate the ability to transcribe typical speech sounds.
- Demonstrate the ability to analyse typical morphosyntax and consider relevant sociolinguistic environment.
- Understand the core or bilingual/multilingual development.
- Demonstrate knowledge of pragmatics.
- Identify high frequency syntactic and phonetic features of languages commonly spoken in the UK.
Taking a developmental approach to the programme, this early speech and language therapy module will provide opportunities for interactive learning supported by key lectures. Small group workshops will form the basis of the exploratory learning nature of this module. The emphasis will be to commence your development of skills in readiness for ongoing modules, enabling later analysis of speech and language difficulties.
The module will be delivered:
- One day a week throughout the autumn and spring terms.
In addition to some traditional lectures where tutors will share information, you will be expected to engage in small group workshops and work independently to truly understand the content at a deep level. This will help enable you to understand communication difficulties later in the degree programme.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
2000-Word Assignment |
|
40% |
| Written Exam |
Autumn Linguistics test |
|
15% |
| Written Exam |
Autumn Phonetics Test |
|
15% |
| Written Exam |
Summer Linguistics Test |
|
15% |
| Written Exam |
Summer Phonetics test |
|
15% |
Additional coursework information
Tests are split into two sections and both sections have to be passed to pass the exam.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Sara Garib-Penna, email: sgarib@essex.ac.uk.
Sara Garib-Penna & Drasko Kascelan
hscsltadmin@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 256 hours, 181 (70.7%) hours available to students:
43 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
32 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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