COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPROACHES AND METHODS IN ELT I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YIÖ 2005 APPROACHES AND METHODS IN ELT I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZLEM GÖRÜMLÜ

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is to enable students to distinguish the concepts of what a method is, what an approach is, and what a technique is, to get the tenets of 20 methods and approaches since the period of grammar translation , to realize the underlying linguistic and psychological principles of language teaching and to design a lesson plan according to each method by applying suitable techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are able to distinguish the differences between a method and an approach
2   Students are able to present and practice the methods in the classroom
3   Students are able to design a lesson plan according to each method
4   Students are able to solve problems related to each method
5   Students are equipped with all the techniques related to the methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The purpose of the course
2 The concepts of methods, techniques and approaches
3 Grammar-translation
4 Reform Movement
5 Direct method
6 Situational language teaching
7 Audiolingual
8 Midterm exam
9 Total physical response
10 Silent Way
11 Suggestopedia
12 Community language Learning
13 Whole language
14 Multiple Intelligences
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Freeman, D.L ( 2000 ) Techniques and principles in language teaching. Oxford. OUP
Johnson, K (2001)An introduction to foreign language learning and teaching. London. Pearson
Littlewood, W (1981) Communicative Language teaching.Cambridge. CUP
Richards, J and Rodgers, T (2001) Approaches and methods in language teaching, Cambridge: CUP
Richards, J (1990) The language Teaching Matrix Cambridge. CUP

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussions, group-work, question-answer

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fcubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 1 9 9
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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