● Course Desc<x>ription
<br>In this course, we will focus on acquired aphasia. Acquired aphasia is usually 
<br>caused by a brain injury (mostly a stroke or a car accident), brain 
<br>degradation, or a brain tumor. The patients with aphasia suffer from the 
<br>problems in using languages which they could manage fluently before their 
<br>illness. The problems may include word-finding, comprehending spoken words, 
<br>producing sentences, etc. We will describe the common problems and introduce 
<br>the methods of treatment accordingly. Scrutinizing each treatment, we will 
<br>evaluate its effects and try to compare the effects applied in different 
<br>language groups.
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<br>● Text Book
<br>The aphasia therapy file / edited by Sally Byng, Kate Swinburn, Carole Pound.      
<br>Hove, East Sussex, UK : Psychology Press, 1999. [ISBN 0863775667] 
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<br>● References
<br>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) https://www.asha.org/
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<br>● Teaching Method
<br>In the first meeting of each topic, the lecturer will define the phenomena and 
<br>describe the therapy procedures. In the second meeting of each topic, the 
<br>students and the lecturer will evaluate its effects and discuss the related 
<br>issues found by the students.
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<br>● Syllabus
<br>Week 1:		Introduction
<br>Week 2:		Fluent Empty Speech (1)
<br>Week 3:		Fluent Empty Speech (2)
<br>Week 4:		Non-fluent Aphasia (1)
<br>Week 5:		Non-fluent Aphasia (2)
<br>Week 6:		Sentence Production Deficit (1)
<br>Week 7:		Sentence Production Deficit (2)
<br>Week 8:		Sentence Comprehension Deficit (1)
<br>Week 9:		Sentence Comprehension Deficit (2)
<br>Week 10:		Impairments in Processing Verbs and Sentences (1)
<br>Week 11:		Impairments in Processing Verbs and Sentences (2)
<br>Week 12:		Verb Impairment (1)
<br>Week 13:		Verb Impairment (2)
<br>Week 14:		Reading Function Words (1)
<br>Week 15:		Reading Function Words (2)
<br>Week 16:		Impaired Spelling (1)
<br>Week 17:		Impaired Spelling (2)
<br>Week 18:		Using a Total Communication Approach
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<br>● Evaluation
<br>(1) 	Participating the discussion each week (50%)
<br>(2) 	Presenting the related Issues found from the Internet each week (50%)
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<br>● Personal Website
<br>https://shorturl.at/MSV29