This course is a 5 credits course belonging to the basic studies (perusopinnot) of speech-language pathology (SLP) students of the University of Turku, but is also offered to students of the open university, and other Finnish universities as well as to exchange students.
Upon the completion of this course, students will understand:
- the principles of bilingual development at different stages of the life cycle
- the social implications of bilingual development
- cognitive activity (processing, memory, attention) in bilingual communication
- the principles and challenges in assessment and rehabilitation of language disorders in bilinguals
- Teacher: Raymond Bertram
- Teacher: Elisa Heimovaara
- Teacher: Minna Lehtonen
- Teacher: Minna Varjonen
- Teacher: Jaana Varpe
- Teacher: Virve Vatjus