School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Analysis of Speech and Language
  • Unit Code

    SPE2103
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Suzanne Jacqueline MELDRUM

Description

In this unit, students will design and implement standard protocols for the observation of speech and language use in natural speaking contexts. Students will apply specific techniques and use software to analyse speech and language skills and then interpret the findings in order to diagnose a speech and/or language impairment.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE1100 and SPE1102

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPE2101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate speech and language assessment procedures using contemporary research literature.
  2. Design and implement language sampling protocols for individuals.
  3. Analyse speech and language samples from individuals using specialised techniques and software.
  4. Interpret the speech and language skills of individuals using assessment results, contemporary research and individual client factors.

Unit Content

  1. Language sampling.
  2. Phonetic transcription.
  3. Speech sound analysis.
  4. Grammatical analysis.
  5. Discourse analysis.
  6. Evidence-based practice for diagnosis of speech and language disorders.
  7. Theoretical models of language acquisition and function.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 226 x 3 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus seminars are highly interactive and are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through the literature. Students participate in learning activities involving group discussion, case studies and laboratory tasks to consolidate their learning. Students will develop skills in current technologies to record and analyse speech and language ability.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Report ^Language Sampling30%
Case Study ^Speech Sound Case35%
Test ^End of Semester Test35%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Analysis of Speech and Language
  • Unit Code

    SPE2103
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Suzanne Jacqueline MELDRUM

Description

In this unit, students will design and implement standard protocols for the observation of speech and language use in natural speaking contexts. Students will apply specific techniques and use software to analyse speech and language skills and then interpret the findings in order to diagnose a speech and/or language impairment.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPE1100 and SPE1102

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y02

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPE2101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate speech and language assessment procedures using contemporary research literature.
  2. Design and implement language sampling protocols for individuals.
  3. Analyse speech and language samples from individuals using specialised techniques and software.
  4. Interpret the speech and language skills of individuals using assessment results, contemporary research and individual client factors.

Unit Content

  1. Language sampling.
  2. Phonetic transcription.
  3. Speech sound analysis.
  4. Grammatical analysis.
  5. Discourse analysis.
  6. Evidence-based practice for diagnosis of speech and language disorders.
  7. Theoretical models of language acquisition and function.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 226 x 3 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The on-campus seminars are highly interactive and are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through the literature. Students participate in learning activities involving group discussion, case studies and laboratory tasks to consolidate their learning. Students will develop skills in current technologies to record and analyse speech and language ability.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Test ^Language sample analysis and interpretation30%
Assignment ^Speech and language sampling35%
Examination ^End of semester exam: Speech sound analysis and interpretation35%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Bauman-Waengler, J. A. (2012). Articulatory and phonological impairments: A clinical focus . (4th ed., pp. 1–479). Boston: Pearson. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/964585356
  • Paul, R., Norbury, C., & Gosse, C. (2018). Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence : Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Communicating. Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence - E-Book : Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Communicating (5th ed., pp. xx, 812). Mosby. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1019668527
  • Owens, R. E. (2016). Language development : an introduction (Ninth edition, global edition.). Boston ; Pearson. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/932855555

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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