TLS 651 - Reading, Writing, and Texts: A Socio-Psycholinguistics Perspective

This course can be used towards the Cognitive Dimensions major or minor requirements, or towards the Instructional Dimensions major or minor requirements. The course can only be used towards one of the requirements (Cog Dim major, Cog Dim minor, Inst Dim major, or Inst Dim minor).

Examines the process of reading through socio-linguistic, psycholinguistic, socio-historical and psychogenetic perspectives.  Emphasis upon the nature of written language acquisition, development and comprehension; theories of how literacy is acquired; and the impact of becoming literate upon consciousness, language use, and the way people think and behave.