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72928-01 - Seminar: Language and Aging: Learning, Processing, Stereotypes (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Alice Julie Blumenthal-Dramé (alicejulie.blumenthal-drame@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Cognitive aging in healthy individuals is often perceived as a process of general cognitive decline. This psycholinguistically oriented seminar aims to subject this ageist stereotype to critical empirical and sociolinguistic examination and to provide a more nuanced perspective on the effects of aging on language acquisition and processing. More specifically, based on overview chapters and recently published studies, we will explore how different facets of language learning and processing (e.g., reading, syntactic processing, interaction) evolve across the lifespan, examine underlying explanatory factors (reorganization of memory, increased world knowledge, sensory changes), and discuss potential influences on research outcomes due to certain assumptions and research settings. The seminar will also provide students with hands-on experience in conducting their own small-scale psycholinguistic experiments. |
| Learning objectives | • Develop skills in reading and evaluating scientific literature. • Identify factors influencing language learning and processing across the lifespan. • Critically analyze stereotypes and research biases. • Gain practical skills in designing and conducting psycholinguistic experiments |
| Bibliography | All obligatory readings for the course will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This course is open to students of English who have passed all three BA introductory modules and to MA students of English and MSG Sprache und Kommunikation. |
| Course application | Please register for this course on services unibas. In order to ensure a good learning environment, we aim at no more than 20 students per linguistics seminar. We ask you to sign up for classes via the ADAM registration surveys, which will open on 2 August 2024, 10am (CEST), and close on 20 September 2024, 2pm (CEST): https://adam.unibas.ch/goto_adam_crs_1623802.html. **Please only register for a maximum of TWO seminars and only for more than one if you really intend to take both courses.** Should you have not made it into one of the courses and you are only able to register on the list in a position higher than 20, we guarantee that we will take you in the course with the least student numbers. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Friday | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 20.09.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 27.09.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 04.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 11.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 18.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 25.10.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 01.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 08.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 15.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 22.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 29.11.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Dies Academicus |
| Friday 06.12.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 13.12.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Friday 20.12.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Modules |
Modul: Advanced English Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Sprache als Prozess (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | thorough preparation (weekly readings), active participation in class (max. 2 absences), portfolio (presentation and / or research project) |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |