COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE CULTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YAÖ 4019 LANGUAGE CULTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HALUK ÖZCAN

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

Studying of the dialectical relationship between language and culture, the cultural dimensions and the structure of language. The cultural functions of language, which forms the sound, feeling and the thinking world of each individual. The formation of the cultural diversity awareness by pointing to the importance of correct use of native language and the need for foreign language learning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can learn the correct and good using of Turkish
2   The student can grasp the cultural importance of Turkish and foreign language
3   The Student can know the need of foreign language for intercultural dialogue
4   The student is able to perceive the effect of culture on speech and the language
5   The student is able to grasp the close relationship between language and culture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Language and Culture
2 Concept and Theory of Culture
3 The National Language and Foreign Language in the globalization process
4 The effect of culture on language and speech
5 Contemporary Issues in Turkish
6 Foreign words, Anglicism and dialects in the language
7 Misunderstandings. Types of conflict in a literary dialogue
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Human and Language
10 Language and Reality
11 Language and Thought
12 The logic of the language
13 The poetry of the language
14 Officialese / firm language/ As words move As words move
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Gesine Schiewer: Der Dialog der Kulturen als Problem einer interkulturellen Kommunikationskultur. In: Ernest W. B.Hess-Lüttlich (Hrsg.): Empathie und Distanz. Peter Lang Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt 2009
- Ernest W. B.Hess-Lüttlich: Mißverständnisse. Konfliktarten im literarischen Dialog. In: Ernest W. B.Hess-Lüttlich (Hrsg.): Kommunikation und Konflikt. Peter Lang Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt 2009
- Hüseyin Sesli: Muhteva Bakımından Dil ve Gerçek. Atatürk Üniversitesi Basımevi, Erzurum 1968
- Haluk Özcan: Küreselleşme sürecinde Ulusal Dil Yabancı Dil ve Farklı Türlerde Kültürlerarası içerikli Metinler Üzerine Düşünceler. Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, s. 54-69, sayı 24, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Yayınları, Izmir 2008.
- Bozkurt Güvenç: Insan ve Kültür. Remzi Kitapevi, Istanbul 1989- Şükrü Haluk Akalın: Türkçenin Güncel Sorunları. http://turkoloji.cu.edu.tr/DIL%20SORUNLARI/02.php (Access 2011)
- Cahit Kavcar: Türkçenin Güncel sorunları (Erişim 2010)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, oral presentation, multimedia presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam: %40
Final Exam: %60

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

haluk.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1352242
LO.2555344532
LO.335553443322
LO.422451235332
LO.534324453

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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