YDT616 - DICTION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICTION | YDT616 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Discussion Other: Instruction | |||||
| Instructor (s) | - | |||||
| Course objective | To be able to breathe right, to use voice effectively, to do stress, intonation, transition and stop exercises, to correct common pronunciation errors, to speak accurately and fluently and to keep anxiety under control while speaking in public through exercises on elocution, which can be explained as the analysis and the use of spoken language. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The analysis and the use of spoken language. Speech organs and the vocal tract. The characteristics of the sounds. Breathing right. Effective use of voice. Correct stress, intonation, transition and stop exercises. Pronunciation errors. Speaking accurately and fluently. Keeping anxiety under control while speaking in public. | |||||
| References | Gürzap, Can, SözSöylemeveDiksiyon/Konuşan İnsan. RemziKitabevi, İstanbul 2007. Özben, Raif, TürkçeDiksiyon, İnkılapYayınları, İstanbul 1989. Özdemir, Emin, GüzelveEtkiliKonuşmaSanatı. RemziKitabevi, İstanbul 2000. Şenbay, Nüzhet, AlıştırmalıDiksiyonSanatı, MEB Yayınları, İstanbul 1991. Şenbay, Nüzhet, SözveDiksiyonSanatı, YapıKrediYayınları, İstanbul 2012. Taşer, Suat, KonuşmaEğitimi, Pegasus Yayınları, İstanbul 2012. Üçok, Necip, GenelFonetik, İstanbul 1951. Vural, Birol, Demir, Rahime, Uygulamaveörneklerledoğruvegüzelkonu?masanatı: fonetik, diksiyon, artikülasyon, Hayat yayınları, İstanbul 2004. Yalçın, Cevdet, GüzelKonuşmaveYazmaKılavuzu, PlatinYayınları, Ankara 1986. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The characteristics of spoken and written language. |
| Week 2 | Speech organs and the vocal tract. |
| Week 3 | The characteristics of vowels. |
| Week 4 | The characteristics of consonants. |
| Week 5 | Description of the places of vowels and consonants in the vocal tract. |
| Week 6 | Exercises on breathing right. |
| Week 7 | Correct stress, intonation, transition and stop exercises |
| Week 8 | Pronunciation errors. |
| Week 9 | Pronunciation errors of foreign students. |
| Week 10 | Midterm |
| Week 11 | Exercises on speaking accurately and fluently. |
| Week 12 | Exercises on speaking accurately and fluently. |
| Week 13 | Exercises on keeping anxiety under control while speaking in public. |
| Week 14 | Exercises on keeping anxiety under control while speaking in public. |
| Week 15 | Overall evaluation. |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 2 | 15 |
| Presentation | 2 | 15 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 6 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 38 | 95 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Evaluate the developments in academic methods and techniques of Teaching Turkish as a foreign language. | X | ||||
| 2. Identify the national and international cultural factors influence the teaching methods of teaching Turkish as a foreign language. | X | ||||
| 3. Identify the role of the linguistics skills in learning of target student groups, and discuss their role in education. | X | ||||
| 4. Explore the impact in the learning process of technology in learning plans and in the learning process. | X | ||||
| 5. Organize appropriate educational environments and design the appropriate learning materials for target student groups. | X | ||||
| 6. Use the appropriate methods and techniques for improving the creative thought and problem solving. | X | ||||
| 7. Utilize different assessment and evaluation methods and techniques in the master thesis and related studies. | X | ||||
| 8. Formulate and present orally and written original ideas and solutions related to the subject of study. | X | ||||
| 9. Behave according to the ethic assignments, agreed rights and responsibilities in his/her field of study. | X | ||||
| 10. Accept the individual or group responsibility to produce solutions when encountering difficulties in teaching Turkish and improve professional knowledge and skills. | X | ||||
| 11. Understand acknowledge the difference between teaching Turkish to Turkic peoples and others and prepare materials related. | X | ||||
| 12. To be able to move to a further level. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest