Information
Code | ELT815 |
Name | Second Language Learning Theories |
Term | 2022-2023 Academic Year |
Semester | . Semester |
Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
ECTS | 6 ECTS |
National Credit | 3 National Credit |
Teaching Language | İngilizce |
Level | Doktora Dersi |
Type | Normal |
Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. RANA YILDIRIM |
Course Goal / Objective
This course examines the complex relationship between language, interaction and learning with a view to improving language teachers' professional practice. The objectives of the course is to focus on the main features of classroom discourse and analyse how it is typically structured; look at the relevance of classroom discourse to teaching and learning; evaluate different approaches to studying classroom discourse; focus on the concept of classroom interactional competence.
Course Content
This course examines the complex relationship between language, interaction and learning with a view to improving language teachers' professional practice. The objec
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Mitchell, R., & Myles, F. (2004). Second language learning theories (2nd ed.). London: Hodder Arnold.
Notes
Additional handouts, topic related videos and articles will be provided by the course tutor.
Course Learning Outcomes
Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
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LO01 | investigate the multiple factors that influence language acquisition and understand the main phenomena common to most learners of a second language |
LO02 | examine various theories that have been offered to explain the complex processes involved in learning a second language. |
LO03 | discuss the role of instruction in second language acquisition. |
LO04 | develop awareness of the individual and social factors that influence learning |
LO05 | critically read and evaluate research on second language acquisition |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
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PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can critically analyze language learning theories | 5 |
PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can develop themselves professionally | 3 |
PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can critically evaluate the research studies in the field | 5 |
PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can join in collaborative team work | |
PLO05 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | The students can present his knowledge and share his experience in the field | |
PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | The students can think creatively to construct novice ideas | 4 |
PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | The students can apply scientific research methods in novel studies | 4 |
PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can be aware of the ethical issues in their research studies | 5 |
PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | The students can discuss their arguments with evidence | |
PLO10 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | The students can implement higher order thinking skills in solving problems | 4 |
PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can contribute to their fields by publishing their studies in journals | |
PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | The students can contribute to the goal of becoming an intellectual community | 5 |
Week Plan
Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
---|---|---|---|
1 | History of SLL Research | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Anlatım |
2 | Language Development | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
3 | Universal Grammar | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
4 | Cognitive Approaches to SLL | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
5 | Sociocultural Perspectives | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Anlatım |
6 | Sociolinguistic perspectives | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
7 | Input, interaction and output | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
8 | Mid-Term Exam | reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
9 | Individual Differences: Motivation and Reasons for Learning | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
10 | Other Individual Differences:aptitude,age,anxiety, and learning styles | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
11 | Social Contexts of SLA & Social Factors of SLA: identity, power, investment, accommodation theory, code choice, code-switching, and code-mixing | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
12 | Language Competence-communicative competence, pragmatic and discourse competence, intercultural competence | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
13 | Student presentation-1 | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
14 | Student presentation-2 | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
15 | Revision-1 | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
16 | Revision-2 | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Soru-Cevap |
17 | End of Term Exams | reading and revision | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
---|---|---|---|
Course Related Works | |||
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Assesment Related Works | |||
Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
ECTS | 6 ECTS |