| Language of instruction: |
En |
| Type of course: |
Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: |
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| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face
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| Course Coordinator : |
Instructor ALİ ÖZTÜFEKÇİ |
| Course Objectives: |
The goal of this course is to enable students to utilize their newly acquired knowledge of the systematic concepts, principles, theories and research related to the nature and role of culture/cultural groups in order to construct learning environments which support the development of multiple cultural identities, linguistic repertoires, and access to linguistic, economic and socio-political resources in their learners. The specific objectives of the course include but are not limited to the following list. It is hoped that by the end of the course students will be able to:
*Create effective language learning strategies incorporating the latest knowledge and theories in sociolinguistics in order to enhance the social appropriacy and access of linguistic usage among their learners in the target language,
*Successfully examine, in research projects and other written assignments, the sociocultural contexts of language and culture to understand how they may affect social interactions and more specifically, student learning and achievement,
*Conduct library-based research on a previously determined language variety spoken in Turkey,
*Design a detailed and unique ethnographic case study of a speech community speaking the previously determined language variety in order to better comprehend the specific interactions of culture and language in specific speech communities,
*Analyze and synthesize the impact of social variables such as socio-economic status, race, educational background, ethnicity, religion, class, national origin, gender and other societal variables in the simultaneous access and denial of community resources to specific speech communities *Further develop academic writing skills through various assignments following an APA 6th edition citation style.
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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Course overview and Introduction
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| 2) |
What is sociolinguistics? |
Holmes Ch.1 & Glossary |
| 3) |
Language Choice in Multilingual Communities |
Holmes Ch.2 |
| 4) |
Language maintenance and shift |
Holmes Ch.3 |
| 5) |
Linguistic Varieties & Multilingual Nations |
Holmes Ch.4
Research Reports due |
| 6) |
Regional & Social Dialects |
Holmes Ch.6 Presentation 1 |
| 7) |
Language and gender |
Holmes Ch.7
Presentation 2
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| 8) |
Ethnicity & Social Networks |
Holmes Ch.8 Presentation 3 |
| 9) |
Language Change |
Holmes Ch.9 Presentation 4 |
| 10) |
Style, Context and Register |
Holmes Ch.10, Cultural Analysis Paper due, Presentation 5 |
| 11) |
Sppech functions and politeness |
Speech Functions & Politeness,
Holmes Ch.11,
Presentation 6 |
| 12) |
Gender, Politeness and Stereotypes |
Holmes Ch.12,
Presentation 7 |
| 13) |
Language, Cognition and Culture |
Holmes Ch.13, Presentation 8 |
| 14) |
Söylem analizi |
Holmes Ch.14,
Presentation 9 |
| 15) |
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Attitudes & Applications,
Holmes Ch.15 Case Study Paper,
Presentation 10 |