The objective of this course is to understand the psychological processes involved inlanguage production, acquisition & comprehension. Students will be expected to learnhow words & sentences are formed, spoken & understood. Also, how language as acognitive function plays its role in overall cognition (i.e. thought & understanding of theworld)
INTENDED AUDIENCE: None
CORE/ELECTIVE: Elective
UG/PG: PG
PREREQUISITES: None
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Any companies dealing with verbal communicationmight be interested & will benefit from the course.
1482 students have enrolled already!!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
I have done my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology & English Literature from the University ofAllahabad in 2007. After that I did my Master’s Degree in Cognitive Science at the Centre ofBehavioral & Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad in 2009. I joined the PhD program inthe Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University, Belgium in January 2010 &was awarded my PhD in 2014. I joined IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor of Psychology inMay 2015.My research lies in the field of Cognitive Psychology (Lateralisation, Symmetry Detection,Attention) & Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition & Bilingualism).
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1 : Introduction to Language. Week 2 : Language Development Week 3 : Understanding Words Week 4 : Speech Production and Comprehension Week 5 : Sentence Processing Week 6 : Reading Week 7 : Language Disorders Week 8 : Special Topics in Psychology of Language
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 2019(Sunday) Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
