ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GEP0623 Fashion and Media Spring
Fall
 3 0 3 5
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Objectives: Fashion is one of the fundamental ways in which humans communicate to each other about themselves. This course examines the intersection between fashion, media, personal identity in today’s society. Drawing on theories of rhetorical and social criticism, we will examine how the fashion industry creates powerful and persuasive messages to sell a given image to consumers. We will also study how those images are reinforced and given authority through media.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Acquire familiarity with concepts of fashion in relation to media in a Turkish as well as international context.
2. Will be competent to formulate research questions concerning fashion and its relation to media material.
3. Critique the role fashion and style play in visual self-presentation
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, social, and cultural aspects offashion
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship of modernity to style and visuality
6. Demonstrate a critical analysis of celebrity culture and how it functions

Course Content

Through cultural and media studies theory, the courses main topic is to examine how fashion makes meaning, and how it has been valued through history, popular culture and media institutions, focusing on therelationship between fashion, visual self-presentation, and power..

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is Fashion
2) Introduction to Fashion and Culture
3) Fashioning the Self
4) The History of Fashion
5) Fashion and the Masses
6) Fashion, Communication, and Culture
7) Roland Barthes and the Rhetoric of Fashion
8) Midterm exam
9) Fashion and Society
10) Fashion in Popular Culture
11) Fashion Icons
12) Supermodels and Superstars
13) Costume Design
14) Fashion at the Edge
15) General review
16) Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes: Course Notes / Textbooks selected readings from this books below: Fashion in Film: Adrienne Munich, Indiana University Press: 2011 Fashion Theory: A Reader, Malcom Barnard: Routledge, 2007 Barthes, Roland, The Language of Fashion (Oxford: Berg, 2004. Anne Hollander, Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern DressSteele, Valerie (eds). Barnard, Malcom, Fashion as Communication, New York: Routledge; 2 edition (29 Aug 2002) Moseley, Rachel, Fashioning Film Stars: Dress, Culture, Identity (London: BFI, 2005) McDowell, Colin Fashion Today, London, Phaidon Press Limited, 2000.
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Evaluation System

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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) 1.Being able to describe the issues related with the scientific resources in the field of teaching, English language teaching and educational technologies within the national and international standards.
2) 2.Proficient in the phonology, semantics, grammar and the vocabulary of the language, use the language effectively.
3) 3. Apply theories and research in language acquisition and development to provide optimal learning environments in English language teaching.
4) 4. develop English language teaching materials according to the needs of the learners with a critical perspective.
5) 5. Use appropriate software and technology resources for language teaching effectively in and out of classroom by locating and selecting them.
6) 6. To improve students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, make use of various methods and techniques.
7) 7. Design English language teaching curriculum and lesson plans.
8) 8. Organize effective classrooms that promote English language learning.
9) 9. assess students’ knowledge using multiple measures and alternative assessment techniques in order to evaluate language knowledge and skills in an effective way by using and generating measurement and assessment instruments.
10) 10. Apply major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to the nature and role of culture and cultural groups to construct supportive learning environments and to promote inter-cultural effective communication and pragmatics skills.
11) 11. Take on responsibility in individual and group projects by working cooperatively and meeting the requirements
12) 12. Take into consideration professional and ethical rules and principles. 4
13) 13. Apply the pedagogical implications of the research in the field of English language teaching for his/her personal and professional development, by keeping up with the recent studies. 4
14) 14. Use reflective thinking and reflective teaching to examine his/her teaching skills and professional competencies. 5
15) 15. Transfer the knowledge and skills necessary for life-long learning to students by using metacognitive techniques with the knowledge of how to obtain information effectively. 5
16) 16. utilize learning strategies and technology resources by evaluating their relevance to K-12 students’ interests, needs, individual differences, and developmental characteristics.