READ 2230 - Cognition and Language (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course examines cognition and language and the relationships between the two systems. The course presents language as a special form of thinking and communication and as a complex, living, changing system. The course explores relevant theories of cognitive and language development and traces development from infancy to adolescence. The Course emphasizes practices that promote specific language and cognitive competencies and explores their utilization in various contents and with learners representing language diversity.