COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LINGUISTICS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YIÖ 2004 LINGUISTICS II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR YEŞIM BEKTAŞ ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To teach the basic aspects of sociolinguistics, the biology of language, writing systems, first and second language acquisition.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the basic aspects of sociolinguistics.
2   To analyze Turkish and English languages within the frameworks of sociolinguistics
3   To comprehend the relationship between language and culture.
4   To identify communication difficulties stemming from cultural differences
5   To comprehend the biological bases of language.
6   To know the development of writing and different writing systems
7   To explain first language acquisition phases.
8   To explain second language acquisition.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Language Change
2 Language Change
3 Dialect Variation
4 Dialect Variation
5 Dialect Variation
6 Language and Culure
7 Language and Culure
8 Midterm Exam
9 Language and the brain
10 Language and the brain
11 Writing
12 Writing
13 First language acquisition
14 Second language acquisition
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Yule, G. (2006). The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres.
Fasold, R. W., & Connor-Linton, J. (2006). Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, discussion, pair and group work

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)

yesim.cetinkaya@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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 14 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.123
LO.23224
LO.33342
LO.4332342
LO.5333
LO.6233
LO.72121
LO.843331