• Your attendance is expected at scheduled activities. The classes will be a mixture of teaching (lectures or tutorials) content,online content (pre-class preparation content) and discussions.
• Classroom sessions will be available as recordings. Other learning activities may not be available as recordings.
• Attendance on campus is mandatory for the test.
• The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable. However be aware that there can be variations to the timetable that appears on the student website both for exact times and for classrooms, so please keep an eye on notifications which may come through Canvas or email. 

Taught courses use a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas to provide students with learning materials including reading lists and lecture recordings (where available). Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

1. Hoff, E.    (2005). Language Development (5th ed.).  London, Cengage. Available as an e book.
   
2. Finegan, E.  (2015)  Language: its structure and use. (7th ed.) London, Cengage. Chapters 9 & 10.

The content and delivery of content in this course are protected by copyright. Material belonging to others may have been used in this course and copied by and solely for the educational purposes of the University under license.

You may copy the course content for the purposes of private study or research, but you may not upload onto any third-party site, make a further copy or sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of the course content to another person.

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

Similarly, research students must meet the University’s expectations of good research practice. This requires:

• Honesty - in all aspects of research work
• Accountability - in the conduct of research
• Professional courtesy and fairness – in working with others
• Good stewardship – on behalf of others
• Transparency – of research process and presentation of results
• Clarity - communication to be understandable, explainable and accessible

For more information on the University’s expectations of academic integrity, please see the Academic Conduct section of the University policy hub.

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about taught courses is made available to enrolled students in Canvas.

Students may be asked to submit assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

You will submit most material for assessment in SpchSci 711 via TurnItIn, which is software designed to detect plagiarism.
Please go through the Academic Integrity module carefully. Recognise that this is about you. Habits of cutting and pasting from online sources have caused trouble for students in the past, even when they did not believe they were plagiarising, so please be aware of this.  If you often can't remember if chunks of your assignment were your own words or had been cut and pasted from others, then you need to change the way you go about writing assignments, from the start. Don't leave it until later.
If you are unsure how to reference properly (and many students are), commit to learning this early. You are post-graduate students, and accurate and appropriate referencing  is now essential knowledge and practice. (Self-test: do you know what "cited in" really means, and when to use it?).
The assignments are submitted individually. However, students are encouraged to support one another's learning and share resources, work together and problem-solve throughout the degree course. The development of a collegial approach is part of becoming professional, and part of the value system the course embraces including the tuākana-teina approach to peers and others. 

• SPCHSCI 711 is scheduled on two days – Monday and Tuesday mornings  9.00 am -12.00 pm.
  
• Lecture sessions may take place on either Monday or Tuesday, so please look carefully at the course timetable.
  

Feedback on taught courses is gathered from students at the end of each semester through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions. Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students. In addition, class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

This is an intensive class with heavy learning content, so the course co-ordinator welcomes feedback from  students at any time of the semester.  Changes that can be actioned quickly will be done so that processes around student learning can be improved.

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Tuākana is a multi-faceted programme for Māori and Pacific students providing topic specific tutorials, one-on-one sessions, test and exam preparation and more. Explore your options at Tuakana Learning Communities.

This course is supported by the Tuākana in Science Programme, which facilitates the success and wellbeing of our Māori and Pacific students. The foundation of the Tuākana Programme is the Tuākana-Teina principle an integral relationship in which older or more expert Tuākana (traditionally brother, sister or cousin) guides a younger or less expert Teina (traditionally younger sibling or cousin). This is a reciprocal relationship which fosters safe learning and teaching environments. Read more here: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science/study-with-us/maori-and-pacific-at-the-faculty/tuakana-programme.html

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website.

We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - please see the Support Services page for information on support services in the University and the wider community.

If your ability to complete assessed work is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due. If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page. This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Always collect some evidence of the problem (such as a medical certificate, note from another person involved in an incident or who can vouch for you, etc.) if you can. You may not need to use it, but it  can be valuable to have in case you do.  

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter.

Students with concerns about teaching including how a course is delivered, the resources provided, or supervision arrangements, have the right to express their concerns and seek resolution. The university encourages informal resolution where possible, as this is quicker and less stressful. For information on the informal and formal complaints processes, please refer to the Student Academic Complaints Statute in the Student Policies and Guidelines section of the Policy Hub.