COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ELT5020 | Teaching Language Skills | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YEŞİM KEŞLİ DOLLAR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to provide the students with the practical skills they need to teach English and a theoretical background to TESOL. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; At the end of this course students will learn both the theories and practices behind the following: • How to teach speaking skills: teaching the sounds, stress and intonation of English. • How to teach listening skills: practical approaches you can use in the classroom. • How to teach reading skills: practical ideas in teaching intensive and extensive reading. • How to teach writing skills: from individual sentences to descriptive passages. |
This course covers the theories and applications of language teaching skills. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Orientation to the course, syllabus. Sign up for tasks. | |
2) | • Learners • Teachers | |
3) | • Managing the classroom • Planning lessons | |
4) | • Describing learning and teaching | |
5) | • Describing language | |
6) | • Teaching the language system | |
7) | • MIDTERM | |
8) | • Teaching Reading | |
9) | • Teaching Writing | |
10) | Presentations | |
11) | • Teaching Speaking | |
12) | • Teaching Listening | |
13) | Presentations | |
14) | • REVISION | |
15) | • FINAL EXAM |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Harmer, J. (2007). How to teach English. Pearson Longman Brown, H. D. (1994). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. USA: Prentice Hall. Doff, A. (1990). Teach English: A training course for teachers. NY: CUP Nunan, D. (1998). Language teaching methodology: A textbook for teachers. Hertfordshire: Prentice Hall Europe. |
References: | Richards, J. C. & Renandya, W. A. (2002). Methodology in language teaching: An anthology of current practice. NY:CUP. Singhal, M. (2006). Teacing reading to adult second language learners. USA: The reading matrix, Inc. Ur, P. A course in language teaching: Practice and theory. NY: CUP. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 3 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 3 | % 20 |
Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 30 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Application | 2 | 8 | 16 |
Field Work | 4 | 10 | 40 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Presentations / Seminar | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 206 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |