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Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Fall Semester | ||||
Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
Department | PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING | ||||
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 | |||||
The aim of this course is to have students learn about the basic concepts of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics and gain a linguistic perspective. |
Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
LO-1 | can define the properties of human language. |
PO-5 Explain theoretical and practical concepts and principles of linguistics. PO-8 Explain and apply the basic language skills in Turkish and English. PO-22 Describe basic grammar rules of Turkish and a foreign language, attain basic English language skills. |
Examination |
LO-2 | can analyze data in various languages by using the tools and techniques of Linguistics. |
PO-1 Defines the basic concepts and principles of assessment and evaluation, and applies this knowledge in school settings. PO-6 Defines the concepts and principles of theoretical and applied linguistics and applies them by associating with language teaching theories. |
Examination |
LO-3 | can describes the characteristics of the scientific method in Linguistics. |
PO-2 Defines the basic concepts and principles of scientific research. PO-3 Discusses the appropriate methods for the production of scientific knowledge and demonstrates the ability to choose the appropriate methods for their goals and objectives. PO-6 Defines the concepts and principles of theoretical and applied linguistics and applies them by associating with language teaching theories. |
Examination |
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
Course Contents | ||
Basic concepts in linguistic analysis; the nature, structure and use of language by way of awareness raising activities, error analysis of language learners’ production, case studies, and comparative analysis of native and target languages; the components of language as a system: linguistic competence and performance, branches of linguistics, types of grammar, language universals, creativity of linguistic knowledge, arbitrariness of language, sign languages, artificial languages and animal communication; brain and language, lateralization and handedness, evolution of language, human language processing models, research on language and disorders (e.g., dichotic listening, split brain, WADA); phonetics: acoustic, auditory and articulatory phonetics, speech organs, phoneme, vowels and consonants, IPA, diphthongs, tripthongs, manner and place of articulation; phonology: sound patterns, assimilation, dissimilation, linking, consonant clusters, silent letters, suprasegmentals, stress and intonation; semantics: componential analysis, entailment, semantic relations, sense and reference, collocational meaning. | ||
Weekly Course Content | ||
Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
1 | Introducing Linguistics | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
2 | The origins of Language 1.1 The divine source 1.2 The genetic source 1.3 the natural sound source | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
3 | The development of writing 2.1 Pictograms, idiograms 2.2 Syllabic writing 2.3 Written English | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
4 | The properties of language 3.1 Displacement 3.2 Arbitrariness 3.3 Productivity 3.4 Discreteness 3.5. Duality | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
5 | Animals and human language | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
6 | The sound of language 5.1 Phonetics 5.2 Articulation 5.3 Place of articulation 5.4 Manner of articulation 5.5 Vowels | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
7 | The sound patterns of language 6.1 phonology 6.2 Minimal pairs and sets 6.3 Assimilation | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
8 | mid-term exam | |
9 | Words and word formation process 7.1 Coinage 7.2 Barrowing 7.3 Compounding 7.4 Blending | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
10 | Morphology 8.1 Morphemes 8.2 Derivational vs inflectional | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
11 | Phrases and sentences: grammar 9.1 Types of grammar 9.2 Traditional grammar 9.3 the prescriptive approach 9.4 the descriptive approach | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
12 | Syntax 10.1 Generative grammar 10.2Deep and surface structure 10.3 Structural ambiguity | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
13 | Syntax 11.1 Tree diagrams | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
14 | REVISION | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
15 | REVISION | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
16 | final exam | |
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
1 | Fasold, R. W., & Connor-Linton, J. (2006). Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres. | |
2 | Roach, P. (2000) (Third Edition) English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course. Cambridge: CUP. | |
3 | Yule, G. (2020). The study of language. Cambridge university press. | |
Required Course instruments and materials | ||
Yule, G. (2016). The study of language. Cambridge university press. |
Assessment Methods | |||
Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
mid-term exam | 7 | 2 | 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 | 14 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
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 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
mid-term exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Own study for final exam | 8 | 1 | 8 |
final exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
0 | |||
0 | |||
Total work load; | 90 |