İDÖ711 - CULTURAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULTURAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION | İDÖ711 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arif Sarıçoban | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to discuss and define links between culture and language to enable cultural awareness in language learning. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The students will be able to design a research in his field of study | |||||
| References | Demir, H. Özel Okullarda Yabancı Dil Öğretiminin Tarihi Ve Günümüzdeki Yeri. Demirel, Ö. (1991). Türkiye?de Yabancı Dil Öğretmeni Yetiştirmede Karşılaşılan Güçlükler. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 6, 25-39. Genç, A. Türkiye?de İlk Ve Ortaöğretim Okullarinda Yabanci Dil Öğretimi Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Retrieved 03.10.201, http://yordam.manas.kg/ekitap/pdf/Manasdergi/sbd/sbd10/sbd-10-10.pdf Işık, A. (2008). Yabanci Dil Eğitimimizdeki Yanlişlar Nereden Kaynaklaniyor? Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol.4, No.2. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Goals and principles of teaching culture The main goals for teaching culture Principles for culture teaching Goals for teaching culture in educational documents |
| Week 3 | Definition of Culture and Competences Linguistic Competence Discourse Competence Strategic Competence Intercultural Competence Communicative Competence |
| Week 4 | Ways of teaching culture Factors influencing the choice of methodology Foreign Language Teaching Methods & Culture Technology and Teaching Culture The most common approaches to the teaching of culture Techniques and |
| Week 5 | Materials for teaching culture Different types of textbooks Checklists for evaluating the cultural dimension in textbooks Other sources for teaching culture |
| Week 6 | Towards an Understanding of Culture in L2/FL Education Developing Cultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching Cultural Awareness vs Cultural Knowledge: Sameness & Difference |
| Week 7 | Bringing Culture into the Classroom Teaching Culture in Literature in the ESL/EFL Classroom The Importance of Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM |
| Week 9 | An Intercultural or Cross-Cultural Approach to English Language Teaching Communicating Cross-Culturally: What Teachers Should Know Intercultural Communicative Competence Implementing an Intercultural Approach |
| Week 10 | Culture and Conversational English Culture and Written Genres |
| Week 11 | Ethnographic Approaches to Culture and Language Exploring Culture through Interviews Disciplines Related to Teaching Culture Sociolinguistics Anthropology Social Ant |
| Week 12 | THEORIES RELATED TO CULTURE Acculturation Theory Enculturation Theory Deculturation Theory Reculturation Theory Prototype Theory Socialization Theory Immersion Theory The Whorfian Hypothesis Schem |
| Week 13 | Developing Visual Literacy Approaches Related to Teaching Culture Semiotic Approach Using Literary, Media and Cultural Studies |
| Week 14 | Assessing Intercultural Communication Prospects for Teaching and Learning Language and Culture |
| Week 15 | Revision |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 16 | 0 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 70 | 70 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 70 | 70 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 94 | 94 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 243 | 360 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest