Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
|
|||||
| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring 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 explain the interrelated fields of linguistics (pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics), to describe and explain the basic operational principles of human mind, language processing and production. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can list and explain facts and fallacies about language. |
PO-4 Interprets the English course curriculum and develops appropriate daily lesson plans. PO-6 Defines the concepts and principles of theoretical and applied linguistics and applies them by associating with language teaching theories. PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can define and explain the concepts of Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, language history and change, language varieties, and Sociolinguistics. |
PO-6 Defines the concepts and principles of theoretical and applied linguistics and applies them by associating with language teaching theories. PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills. PO-14 Analyzes and evaluates past and recent research and trends related to the field and applies them to improve learning and teaching processes. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can relate the important concepts in the branches of Macrolinguistics with the given data. |
PO-6 Defines the concepts and principles of theoretical and applied linguistics and applies them by associating with language teaching theories. PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills. PO-12 Analyzes language acquisition theories and applies this knowledge to improve language teaching methods and practices. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
|||
| Course Contents | ||
| Error analysis of language learners’ production data, case studies, and comparative analysis of native and target languages; morphology; free and bound morphemes, compounds, inflectional morphology, derivational morphology, morphemic analysis, morphological typology of languages, analysis of the internal hierarchical structure of words, morphophonological variation; syntax: word categories, phrase and clause structure, transformational-generative grammar, government and binding, minimalist program, argument structure, theta-roles; pragmatics: deixis, implicature, conversational maxims, speech acts and politeness. sociolinguistics; dialects, register, style; discourse: criteria for textuality, types of cohesive devices, discourse connections, functions, the discourse situation, institutional discourse, and similar topics. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction to the course. Facts and fallacies about language | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 2 | Pragmatics I: Implied meaning, types of context, deixis, reference, anaphora | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 3 | Pragmatics I: Implied meaning, types of context, deixis, reference, anaphora | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 4 | Presupposition, speech acts, politeness | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 5 | Discourse Analysis I: Discourse, cohesion, coherence | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 6 | Discourse Analysis I: Discourse, cohesion, coherence | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 7 | Discourse Analysis II: Gricean maxims, schemata, scripts | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Language families, cognates, comparative reconstruction, sound changes in English and Turkish | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 10 | Language History and Change II: Lexical and syntactic changes in English and Turkish | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 11 | Language Varieties I: Accents, dialects, regional variation, isoglosses, dialect boundaries, dialect continuum | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 12 | Language Varieties II: Bilingualism, language planning, lingua francas, pidgins and creoles | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 13 | Language, Society and Culture I: Sociolinguistics; varieties based on social class, education, age, gender and ethnic background | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 14 | Language, Society and Culture II: Idiolect, style, register, jargon, diglossia | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 15 | REVISION | Discussion Technique Explanation Technique |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Yule, G. (2020). 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 | ||