EDU 237A DHH: Language in Early Childhood

This course is designed to develop an understanding of the nature of language and how it develops in typically developing children and children with a hearing loss, ages birth to five years. The course explores the nature of language what we understand about it, how the theoretical perspectives about language acquisition have changed over the years, and how these changes have influenced research and language programs for children with hearing loss. With this foundation the course covers theories that address the development of language in typical children including children learning two or more languages the descriptive data that outlines language processes and growth in very young children and how young children with hearing loss can acquire language in a developmental manner.