Heartland Community College
Master Course Syllabus
Health and Human Services
CHLD 115
Spoken and Written Language Development
DATE PREPARED: December 13, 2013
DATE REVISED:
DATE REVIEWED:
PCS/CIP CODE: 11-190799
IAI NO. (if available):
EFFECTIVE DATE OF FIRST CLASS: January, 2015
CREDIT HOURS: 3
CONTACT HOURS:
LECTURE HOURS: 3
LABORATORY HOURS: 0
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Prerequisite:
- Placement at College level English and reading
This course focuses on the acquisition of spoken and written language from infancy through
adolescence. The course includes information on bilingual development.
TEXTBOOK:
Turnbull, K. & Justice, L. M. (2012) Language development from theory to practice (2nd
ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.
RELATIONSHIP TO ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND
TRANSFERABILITY:
CHLD 115 fulfills 3 semester hours of elective credit for the A.A. and A.S. degrees.
It should transfer to most colleges and universities as an elective course. However,
since this course is not part of either the General Education Core Curriculum or a
baccalaureate major program described in the Illinois Articulation Initiative, students
should check with an academic advisor for information about its transferability to
other institutions.
GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Course Outcomes
Essential Competencies
Differentiate between the five
components of language.
CT1
Identify the cognitive,
perceptual, social, and
communication bases of early
language.
Describe speech and language
development within the larger
framework of overall child
development.
Examine the influence of
cultural language development
and social interaction.
CT1
Identify issues related to
bilingualism in childhood.
PS2
CO1
CT1, DI2
Explain the process of preschool CT1
language development,
including narrative development.
Explain the process of schoolage language development,
including metalinguistic
abilities, reading, and spelling
skills.
CT1
Range of Assessment
Methods
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
Observation and
Reflection
Course Assignments
Course Exam
CO1: Students compose a message and provide ideas and information suitable to the topic,
purpose, and audience.
CT1: Students gather knowledge, apply it to a new situation, and draw reasonable
conclusions in ways that demonstrate comprehension.
DI2: Students consider the views of others in light of those persons’ experiences and
particular understandings.
PS2: Student identifies the type of problem and uses a framework to solve the problem.
COURSE/LAB OUTLINE:
Foundations
Week 1:
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Cognitive Development
Play Development
Prelinguistic Verbal Development
Bilingual Language Development: Simultaneous versus Sequential
Early Language Development
Week 5:
Language development – Toddler Stage (pragmatics, semantics)
Week 6:
Language development – Preschool Stage (putting words together:
semantics, morphology, syntax)
Week 7:
Language Development – Preschool Stage (morphology, syntax and
narrative development)
Later Language Development
Week 8:
Semantics (how words continue to be learned)
Week 9:
Semantics/Morphology – Derivational morphology
Week 10:
Syntatic complexity
Week 11:
Conversation, Narration, Expository Talk
Language Foundations for Learning
Week 12:
Impact of Bilingualism
Week 13:
Phonological Awareness
Week 14:
Development of Spelling
Week 15:
Development of Writing/Reading Comprehension
METHOD OF EVALUATION:
Observations and Reflections: Students will be required to complete 10 observations
depicting typical and atypical language development throughout the semester. Each
observation will require a log entry discussing aspects of speech, language, social, cognitive,
and physical development of target child. Each observation is worth five points.
Course Assignments: Students will be assigned 11 quizzes from The Syntax Handbook.
Each quiz is worth five points.
Students will also be required to complete 10 applied assignments over the course of the
semester. Each applied assignment is worth 25 points.
Course Exams: Students will be required to take four exams over the course of the
semester. The final exam will be cumulative. Each exam will be worth 100 points.
Total Points: 755
Assessment Method
Exams
Course Assignments
Observations and Reflections
TOTAL
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
Below 60%
% of final grade
53%
40%
7%
100 %
A
B
C
D
F
REQUIRED WRITING AND READING:
Students will be required to read approximately 30 pages per week* and write 2-3 pages per
week.
*estimate is based on a 16 week course schedule. Please note if your class is not a 16 week
class your weekly reading and writing assignments will be increased.