Section outline

    • HUMAN LANGUAGE AND MIND: THINKING AND SPEAKING

      HUMAN LANGUAGE and the MIND is a course in human thinking and speaking that deals with psychological and cognitive aspects of language as a key to the mind, intellect and creativity; interrelation of the language, thoughts and brain; language in mediating the experience, remembering and creating meaning; the instinctive, emotional and rational in our cognition; pre-linguistic cognition of hominids; children’s language acquisition and learning; and language diversity.

      Course requirements 

      Assignment

       

      Weight in ZÁPOČET”

      Comments and learning outcomes

      Attendance and active participation, 

      READINGS and web activities

       

      20%

      20% 

      5 absences or more entails failing the course


       

      Research proposal

       

      10%

      Presenting a topic and research thesis, outlining a plan to collect data and a strategy to analyze them, explaining the outcomes

      Final test, written

       

      30%

      Concepts, experiments and readings

      Presentation on the research project based on the submitted proposal

       

      10%

      Presenting on the research project (15 mins)

      Paper summarizing the project

       

      10%

       cca. 3000 words