2023
Acquisition of Portuguese as a Native Language
Name: Acquisition of Portuguese as a Native Language
Code: LLT01641L
5 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/130 hours
Scientific Area:
Linguistics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
To frame the studies developed within Language Acquisition and to characterize those studies as to the specific case of European Portuguese, from different linguistic levels; it should take into account the Portuguese teaching system.
By the end of the year students should be able to:
- account for the way language acquisition studies and investigations developed since the 1950?s;
- to characterize the main stages of the Portuguese language acquisition and development;
- to analyze real data from different development stages (from birth to adolescence), identifying the standard characteristics of every stage;
- to characterize the impact of attending the school system (kindergarten and 1st cycle) on the development process.
By the end of the year students should be able to:
- account for the way language acquisition studies and investigations developed since the 1950?s;
- to characterize the main stages of the Portuguese language acquisition and development;
- to analyze real data from different development stages (from birth to adolescence), identifying the standard characteristics of every stage;
- to characterize the impact of attending the school system (kindergarten and 1st cycle) on the development process.
Contents
1. Communication and language: the particularities of the human language
a. Language acquisiton
i. Biological, cognitive and social standards on acquisition
ii. Interpretative theories
iii. Verbal interaction
b. Language and cognition
i. Linguistic and cognitive development
ii. Language properties (and the use of language)
iii. Language and learning
iv. Nuclear competencies
2. Pre-verbal communication
a. Characterization of the communicative changes during this period
b. The importance of communication to the verbal acquisiton
3. Verbal communication
a. Comprehension and prodution on the mother tongue
b. Fonological development
c. Lexical and semantical development
d. Morfological and syntactical development
e. Pragmatical development
f. The written language
a. Language acquisiton
i. Biological, cognitive and social standards on acquisition
ii. Interpretative theories
iii. Verbal interaction
b. Language and cognition
i. Linguistic and cognitive development
ii. Language properties (and the use of language)
iii. Language and learning
iv. Nuclear competencies
2. Pre-verbal communication
a. Characterization of the communicative changes during this period
b. The importance of communication to the verbal acquisiton
3. Verbal communication
a. Comprehension and prodution on the mother tongue
b. Fonological development
c. Lexical and semantical development
d. Morfological and syntactical development
e. Pragmatical development
f. The written language
Teaching Methods
Colective teaching sessions: theoretical exposition and active discussion of the contents of the syllabus; discussion of brief oral presentations, in group or alone.
Tutorials: guidance of papers; doubts; correction of exercises and papers.
The student can choose between two evaluation methods: continuous evaluation or exam.
The continuous evaluation will include the participation of students during classes, presenting practical papers, organizing a portfolio and an exam. Thus, the evaluation will have the following items:
a) Attendance to class, global behavior during classes (10%)
b) Portfolio reflecting the activities developed during the semester (15%)
c) Presenting a practical session - related to the acquisition and development of a language item (25%)
d) An exam (50%)
Tutorials: guidance of papers; doubts; correction of exercises and papers.
The student can choose between two evaluation methods: continuous evaluation or exam.
The continuous evaluation will include the participation of students during classes, presenting practical papers, organizing a portfolio and an exam. Thus, the evaluation will have the following items:
a) Attendance to class, global behavior during classes (10%)
b) Portfolio reflecting the activities developed during the semester (15%)
c) Presenting a practical session - related to the acquisition and development of a language item (25%)
d) An exam (50%)
Teaching Staff
- Fernanda Maria Ribeiro Gonçalves [responsible]
