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Language, Learning Development and Disorder CPPD

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Delivery of this module will be online due to government-issued guidelines during the Covid-19 pandemic and may be made available face-to-face subject to Public Health England recommendations. Please submit your application and, once reviewed by the module leader, you will receive more specific information about the online delivery of your module and assessments.

Course overview

This module is aimed at speech and language therapy practitioners, teachers and other professionals working with children with special educational needs, to develop their understanding of the link between theory and practice in the area of language, learning and development.

It synthesises a range of current debates in linguistics and psychology and explores the interactions between language and cognitive development, the underlying skills of language literacy and numeracy and provides a critical discussion of the methodological approaches used in this domain.

Module dates

Term 2

JAN: Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 January 2021
FEB: Friday 26 February 2021

Module Submission date: w/c 3 May 2021

Eligibility

Eligibility

Prerequisite knowledge

Overseas students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module

  • A first or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject, or the Licentiate Diploma of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  • A current professional registration with a relevant professional/statutory body or equivalent
  • At least two years' relevant clinical experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist or a teacher of people with speech, language and communication needs and/or learning disabilities (where relevant)
  • A satisfactory academic reference and/or a satisfactory clinical reference.

English requirements

For those students whose first language is not English one of the following qualifications is also required:

  • IELTS: 6.5

Module leaders

  • Professor Shula Chiat

    Shula is a psycholinguist specialising in typical and atypical language development. She has worked at City University London (1982-2000, 2006 to date) and at University College London (2000-2005).

    After undergraduate studies in Linguistics and French at the London School of Economics, Shula undertook doctoral research on language acquisition at University ...

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