EN80542: Psycholiguistics

This module explores the field of psycholinguistics, focusing on the mental processes that enable humans to produce and understand language. It examines how the human mind processes linguistic information, emphasising the relationship between language and cognition. Students will study how words, sentences, and discourse meanings are represented, stored, and computed in the mind, and how these processes influence communication and learning. Particular attention will be given to the application of psycholinguistic principles in language teaching in Rwanda, highlighting how understanding language processing can enhance instructional methods and learner outcomes in multilingual contexts.