2024-2025 / LOGO0009-1

Written language acquisition, disorders and therapy

Duration

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy4 crédits 
 Master in education, professional focus in teaching4 crédits 
 Master in education, professional focus in adult training4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in cognitive and behavioural neuroscience4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in cognitive and behavioural neuroscience3 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in clinical psychology3 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in clinical psychology4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in social, occupational and organizational psychology3 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in social, occupational and organizational psychology4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus3 crédits 

Lecturer

Martine Poncelet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Chapters:
1) characteristics of skilled reading
2) models of reading acquisition
3) characteristics and definition of developmental dyslexia
4) neurobiological aspects of dyslexia
5) cognitive aspects of dyslexia
6) current theoretical accounts of dyslexia
7) prevention and revalidation of disorders of written language

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

to acquire a critical view about main current theorical accounts of developmental dyslexia and about revalidation methods and tools.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having previously taken the "Psychology of Cognition and Language - Part 1" and "Psychology of school learning : neuro-cognitiv approach" courses will help you to better understand this course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

ex-cathedra + exercises by using lexical data bases (BRULEX) for the theoritical part. To design a project for supervising a child with reading difficulties, to be carried out in pairs or in a small group for the practical part.

 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

face-to-face

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège


Further information:

Required readings :

Colé, P. & Sprenger-Charolles, L. (2021). La dyslexie : de l'enfant à l'adulte. Paris: Dunod.

Kilpatrick, D., A. (2015). Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties. Wiley.

Recommended readings :

Colé, P. & Sprenger-Charolles, L. (2021). La dyslexie : de l'enfant à l'adulte. Paris: Dunod.

Kilpatrick, D., A. (2015). Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties. Wiley.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

First session

Written exam (open questions and/or multiple choice questions)


Second session

Examination procedures may differ from those of the 1st session.

They will be announced a few days after the deliberations of the 1st session at the beginning of July


 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

first quadrimester

Contacts

Martine.Poncelet@uliege.be
 

Association of one or more MOOCs

There is no MOOC associated with this course.

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