COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YTÖ 5059 APPLIED LINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language

Course Objective

The aim is to familiarize the students with the principles of phonology, morphology, pragmatic, discourse, syntactic and semantic theories in contemporary functional and cognitive linguistics, and teach them to think critically about the phenomenon of theory formation..

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are able to define the basic concepts related to applied linguistics
2   develop an awareness of Turkish as a linguistic system and of related sub-disciplines
3   gain intellectual skills demonstrating the ability to devise, research and communicate
4   gain professional skills demonstrating the ability to articulate systematic knowledge
5   have the ability to critique the various models, theories and research findings within the

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the content of the course
2 The basic concepts related to applied linguistics
3 phonology
4 morphology
5 syntax
6 discourse analysis
7 syntax
8 midterm exam
9 teaching skills-reading
10 teaching skills-writing
11 teaching skills-sesletim
12 teaching skills-dinleme
13 teaching skills
14 teaching skills
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Cook, G. (2008). Applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Davies, A., & Elder, C. (2006). The handbook of applied linguistics. London: Blackwell.
Ellis, R. (Ed.). (1994). The study of second language acquisition. Oxford: OUP
Fowler, H. R., & Aaron, J. E. (2004). The little brown handbook. NY:Pearson Longman
Kaplan, R. (2005). The Oxford handbook of applied linguistics. Oxford: OUP
Nunan, D. (1999). Second language teaching & learning. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Mitchell, R., & Miles, F. (1998). Second language learning theories. London: Arnold.
Scovel, T. (2008). Psycholinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Schmitt, N. (Ed). (2002). Introduction to applied linguistics. London: Hodder.
Wardhaugh, R. (2006). An introduction to sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion, question-answer

Assessment Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fcubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesdays 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 13 7 91
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 224

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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