EKIA392 Learning Disorders from the Perspective of SLA (5 cr)
Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2021-2022, 2022-2023
Description
Content
The aim is to introduce learning disorders and how they may affect foreign language learning.
Completion method
Book exam in E-Exam
Assessment details
Book exam
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the students will be able to
· explain the diagnostics of language disabilities
· discuss the effects of language disabilities and learning disorders to SLA
· discuss language disabilities and learning disorders from the perspective of a FL teacher
Additional information
Target group: 2nd or 3rd year students
Compulsory prerequisites
- Prerequisite group 1
- Prerequisite group 2
- EKIA315 Current Issues in Teaching English (5 cr)Not published for this curriculum period
OR
Literature
- Nijakowska, Joanna (2010). Dyslexia in the foreign language classroom. Bristol: Multilingual Matters
- Kormos, Judit & Anne Margaret Smith (2012). Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences. 2012. Bristol: Multilingual Matters .
Completion methods
Method 1
Evaluation criteria:
Book exam
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Parts of the completion methods
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Exam (5 cr)
Type:
Exam
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Book exam
Language:
English
Study methods:
Book exam in E-Exam
Literature:
- Kormos, Judit & Anne Margaret Smith (2012). Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences. 2012. Bristol: Multilingual Matters .
- Nijakowska, Joanna (2010). Dyslexia in the foreign language classroom. Bristol: Multilingual Matters