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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
YDI 5000	TEACHING CRITICAL READING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR FATMA FERYAL ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with what critical theories in reading are and how they can apply them in texts. Students are equipped with knowledge and applications on language and literature based theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to empower students with knowledge on critical reading theories
2	to enable them to acquire the types of critical theories
3	to enable them to apply language based techniques in reading
4	to enable them to apply literary theories in reading
5	to lead them to read various texts critically

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What is critical theory What is critical analysis What is critical reading
2	What is critical theory What is critical analysis What is critical reading
3	Language based approaches
4	Language based approaches
5	Components of Reading
6	Understanding words
7	Reading skills
8	Midterm exam
9	Structuralism
10	Deconstructionism
11	Psychoanalysis
12	Fenimism and masculinity
13	Phenomenology
14	Ecocriticism
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bain, K. (2004). What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Moran, Berna (1974) Edebiyat kuramları ve eleştiri, Istanbul: Cem Yayınevi.

Todorov, Tzvetan (2004) Fantastik. Edebi Türe Yapısal Bir Yaklaşım. Çeviren: Nedret Öztokat, Istanbul: Metis Yayınları

Vacca, Jo Anne, Paul; Vacca, Richard, Gove, Mary. ETC (2011). Reading and Learning to Read London: Pearson.

Yücel, Tahsin (1982) Yapısalcılık, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları.

Yücel, Tahsin (2009) Eleştiri kuramları, Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion,questioning-answer, lecturing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60

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

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)

feryal.cubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	8	96
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			146

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	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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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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