PSYC221-26S1 (C) Semester One 2026

Psychology of Language

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 May 2026

Description

This course is designed to provide you with a basic knowledge of psycholinguistics. We will look at language from a psychological standpoint, learning about scientific methods that researchers use to study the mental processes involved in language use. We will focus on three sets of processes - language comprehension (how we perceive and understand speech), language production (how we combine words to convey non-linguistic thoughts), and language acquisition (how we acquire language). This course will help you understand how language functions as one component of the general cognitive system. The course readings will be drawn from textbooks and other sources such as news articles.

Prerequisites

Either LING101, or
PSYC105, or
PSYC107

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 15:00 A3 Lecture Theatre
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 Meremere 108 Lecture Theatre
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 16:00 - 18:00 Psychology - Sociology 456
9 Mar - 29 Mar
27 Apr - 3 May
11 May - 17 May
02 Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 Rehua 002 Lectorial
9 Mar - 29 Mar
27 Apr - 3 May
11 May - 17 May
03 Friday 09:00 - 11:00 John Britten 117 HP Seminar Room
9 Mar - 29 Mar
27 Apr - 3 May
11 May - 17 May
04 Friday 13:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 140
9 Mar - 29 Mar
27 Apr - 3 May
11 May - 17 May
05 Friday 15:00 - 17:00 Beatrice Tinsley 112
9 Mar - 29 Mar
27 Apr - 3 May
11 May - 17 May

Course Coordinator

Heeju Hwang

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
In-class exercises 10%
Tutorial exercises 10%
Final quiz practice question 5%
Assignments 30%
Psycholinguistics for everyone 20%
Final quiz 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $948.00

International fee $4,263.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All PSYC221 Occurrences

  • PSYC221-26S1 (C) Semester One 2026
  • PSYC221-26S1 (D) Semester One 2026 (Distance)
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