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FACULTY OF EDUCATION / İDEAE 205 - PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Code: İDEAE 205 Course Title: LINGUISTICS 1 Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
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