Course Detail

Course Title  First and Second Language Development
Course Code  ICEG 484
Credit  4
Semester Offered  1, 2, 3
Duration of Courses  
Degree  Undergraduate
Programme  General Education (International College)
Course Description  This course develops students’ understanding of how children develop their first language within the first few years of life and then compares and contrasts this development to that of a second language, often later in life. Students investigate various theories of language development, from behaviorism to nativism, to more recent cognitive and functional approaches, and explore the implications of these theories.
Prerequisite  ICCM 106 or ICCM 112
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