Jun 26, 2025

The Elmira College Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year

The Elmira College Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CSD 2250 - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

credits: 3.0
An overview of the development of communication skills from birth through seven years of age. Objectives: A) Explain various theories of language acquisition; B) Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationships between language, cognitive and motor skills development; C) Describe the development of language to include phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics; D) Demonstrate understanding of language variations associated with different ethnic and language groups. Method of Instruction: The course will be taught primarily through lectures, activities, and class discussion. Method of Evaluation: Two examinations, two quizzes, activities, and assignments.