COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 1015 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this lesson is to teach how each person transfer the language that they born into to the communication process,how it should be transferred,and in relation to these,how communication is built in different situations,and creating awareness on how the right communication can be achieved by transfering these informations to their lives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the basic concepts about communication
2   Explain the relation between language and communication with features
3   Express how the language is transferred to communication process,how it should be transferred and in relation to these how communication is built in different situations
4   Distinguish how the right communication is achieved via language
5   Make inferences via findings given about the relation between language and communication.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is communication
2 Historical development of communication
3 Is communication an ideology
4 Types of communication and description
5 Communication handicaps
6 Functions of language
7 Classification of language functions
8 Mid-term
9 Functions of language in terms of verb roots
10 Internal communication and emphatic communication
11 Persuasive communication
12 Effective communication in difficult situations
13 Interpersonal communication conflicts and coping with it.
14 Group communication

Recomended or Required Reading

Fiske, J. (2003). Iletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş. Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları
Keçik, I. ve Uzun Subaşı, L.(2004). Türkçe Sözlü ve Yazılı Anlatım. Eskişehir: Açıköğretim Fakültesi Dizgi Ekibi
Perniola, (2004). Iletişime Karşı.Ankara: Dost
1. Şerifizgören, A. (2000). Dikkat Vücudunuz Konuşuyor. Ankara: Academyplus Yayınevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture
2- Presentation
3- Question and answer
4- Discussion

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1- Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3- Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters
Department of Linguistics
B / 420
Lect. Dr. Özge Can
0232 301 86 33

Office Hours

on Monday : 12:00 - 12:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 15 15
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 5 5
MId-term 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.554