Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES / ETI314 - TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (ENGLISH)

Code: ETI314 Course Title: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (ENGLISH)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SAMET TAŞÇI (samettasci@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction English
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To introduce Language Acquisition field as a sub-field of Applied Linguitics. To teach about stages of child language development in paralel to L1 acquisition. To teach about important theories and hypothesis in this field.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 knows concepts of L1 acquisition, SLA and EFL. PO-2 To be able to have basic and specialized knowledge about the language and history of the cultures taught
Examination
LO-2 understands & interprets L1 acquistion theories. PO-11 To have efficent elocation, diction and self expression skills for a sufficient use of language
 		Examination
LO-3 nderstands & interprets SLA acquistion theories. PO-1 To be able to make interdisciplinary research within the field
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The purpose of this course is to make students familiar with the theories of first and second language development (behaviorism, innateness, information processing, connectionist models, and interactional approach). The focus of this course will be on developmental stages in mother tongue acquisition and in second language learning, learner’s characteristics and individual differences influencing success in second language learning (e.g., influence of personality, language aptitude, intelligence, age of acquisition, motivation, and attitude, learning preferences and beliefs), and contextual differences between first language acquisition and second language acquisition (e.g., natural and formal learning environments).
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Communication development in infancy. Discussion and Lecture
2 Care giver's speech, intro to Vygotsky. Discussion and Lecture
3 Piaget &sensoy motor stage. Discussion and Lecture
4 L1 acquisition and its stages. Discussion and Lecture
5 Innatism & CPH & Foundations of SLA. Discussion and Lecture
6 Review for the mid-term exam. Discussion and Lecture
7 Review for the mid-term exam. Discussion and Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Contrastive Analysis & Error Analysis. Discussion and Lecture
10 Interlanguage theory Morpheme Order Discussion and Lecture
11 Monitor Modell & Krashen. Discussion and Lecture
12 Universal Grammar Discussion and Lecture
13 Functional Approaches & Systemic Linguistics. Discussion and Lecture
14 Functional Typology & Function/form mapping. Discussion and Lecture
15 Information Organisation & İnformation Processing. Discussion and Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. 1999. How languages are learned. Oxford: OUP.
2 Saville-Troike, M. 2012. Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: CUP.
3 Hummel, K. M. (2014). Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 1 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 15 1 15
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 15 1 15
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 116