COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPEECH ACQUISITION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5048 SPEECH ACQUISITION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR MELTEM SARGIN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to study the use of language in a social context, including the effects of it on the participants of the context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Comprehending the fundamental principles of communication
2   2. Comprehending the communicative functions of oral and written texts
3   3. Acquiring the skill of analyzing oral and written texts with the discourse pragmatic approach

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. The definition and scope of discourse pragmatics 11. Conversation analysis
2 2. Coherence and cohesion 12. Conversation analysis
3 3. Discourse markers 13. Sample text analysis
4 4. Text and context 14. Sample text analysis
5 5. Deictic expressions
6 6. Encoding old and new information in texts
7 7. Reference and accessibility
8 8. Topic and comment
9 9. Grice s maxims
10 10. Speech Act Theory

Recomended or Required Reading

Brown, G. ve Yule, G. (1983). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jorgens, M. & Philips, L. J. (2002). Discourse Ananlysis as Theory and Method. Sage Publications: London.
Sanders, T., Schliperoord, J. ve Spooren, W. (Eds.) (2001). Accessibility theory: An overview. In Text representation. John Benjamins (Human cognitive processing series). (pp. 29-87).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Student presentations
3. Question-answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be evaluated by a mid-term, in-class activities and a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at class meetings and handing in assignments in time are of importance. The students have to obey the ethical rules required by the acedemic society such as citation and reference while preparing their assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office no: B Blok B 432
Office tel no: (30)18624

Office Hours

Wednesday mornings

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 4 3 12
Student Presentations 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 8 16
Reading 10 4 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 25 25
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1123
LO.2123
LO.31235335

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