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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
YIÖ 4009	ELECTIVE COURSES I (SEMANTICS I)	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

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 aim of this course is to define meaning and explain the processes of interpreting meaning as a mental phenomenon. The basic assumptions, tools and methods to the study of meaning are also given to the students. Certain issues in semantics are related to syntax, lexicon and pragmatics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding the foundations and basic approaches to the study of meaning
2	Providing an overview of various areas of semantics
3	Being familiar with the basic assumptions, tools and methods of the study of meaning
4	Being able to integrate their knowledge of semantics with knowledge of syntax
5	Being able to relate issues in semantics to lexicon and pragmatics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	About Semantics
2	Sentences, utterances and propositions
3	Reference and sense
4	Referring expressions
5	Predicates
6	Universe of discourse
7	Deixis and definiteness
8	Midterm
9	Extentions and prototypes
10	Sense relations (1)
11	Sense relations (2)
12	Logic
13	And and `or
14	Connectives
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hurford, J. R. and Heasley, B. (1983), Semantics: a coursebook
Cruse, D. A. (2011), Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)
Davis, S. and Gillon, S. B. (2004), Semantics: A Reader

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Dictation, discussion, explanation, 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)

gulsah.yilmaz@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	1	6	6
Preparation for midterm exam	1	6	6
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			47

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	3
LO.2	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
LO.3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
LO.5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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