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Information
| Code | INGZ305 |
| Name | Language and Literature Teaching I |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | İngilizce |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör.Dr. HÜLYA TUNCER |
| Course Instructor |
Öğr. Gör.Dr. HÜLYA TUNCER
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
Öğr. Gör.Dr. HÜLYA TUNCER (B Group) (Ins. in Charge) Öğr. Gör. EBRU GENÇ (C Group) (Ins. in Charge) Öğr. Gör. EBRU GENÇ (D Group) (Ins. in Charge) |
Course Goal / Objective
To make students understand how stories and novels work and how they achieve their desired effects, To give students an opportunity in which they experience teaching English via literature, To make students prepare activities, exercises and lesson plans based on short stories and novels.
Course Content
In this course, the focal point is on how to teach short stories and novels, so short stories and novels (sometimes novel excerpts) are first analysed together with the students and then some exercises which aim at language teaching are generated collaboratively. Those exercises have the inclusion of language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) together with the teaching of some basic literary terms, cultural elements and so forth.
Course Precondition
There is no prerequisite for this course.
Resources
Glencoe Literature-The Readers' Choice (2002). Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Companies, USA.
Notes
Teaching Literary Elements (1997). Tara McCarthy. Scholastic Professional Books: USA
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Students analyse short stories and novels both as content and as context. |
| LO02 | Students discuss and write responses to the stories from various perspectives. |
| LO03 | Students gain insight into preparing and applying activities, and exercises based on literary works. |
| LO04 | Students analyse the cultural elements embedded in short stories and novels. |
| LO05 | Students relate the stories to their own experiences and the world around them. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students have knowledge on theory, practice and terminology in the area of learning and teaching English as a foreign language | |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knowledge on the basic concept, theories and movement in the areas of linguistics, culture, literature, translation and communication. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knowledge on learner variables such as age, level, learning styles and strategies and their impact on the process of learning and teaching English | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students have knowledge on qualitative and quantitative research methods in the area | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students can reconstruct knowledge by using pedagogical skills, and develop lesson plans, methods, materials, activities and assessment samples by taking learners´´ ages, levels and needs into account | 2 |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Use information technologies effectively in the process of planning both learning and teaching by taking developmental characteristics and individual differences of learners into account | |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Analyze teaching materials with a critical perspective and adopt and develop these teaching materials | 2 |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Evaluate the problems in the process of English language teaching and offer effective solutions to these problems | |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Use teaching methods and techniques in order to develop learners´´ critical and creative thinking skills, and problem solving skills | 5 |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Evaluate the students´´ learning outcomes multi-directionally by using various methods | |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students can take responsibility as an individual and as a member of a team to solve the problems in English language teaching and can develop pedagogical knowledge and skills in a continuous manner | 2 |
| PLO12 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develop independent behavioral skills such as taking initiative and being creative in teaching practices | 5 |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Students can recognize themselves as individuals and use their strengths and learn from their weaknesses | 5 |
| PLO14 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Use the ways to access information effectively | 4 |
| PLO15 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Use language learning strategies effectively | 2 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Students can use information and communication strategies in the area of English language teaching | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Be aware of cultural factors at a national and international level which might be influential in English language teaching | 5 |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Students can recognize the structure, purpose and function of the National Education System and act in accordance with the legislation, democratic, social, scientific and cultural values, and professional code of ethics | 3 |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Communicate with the school administration, parents, colleagues and non-governmental organizations in order to develop individual, psychological, ethical, social and cultural skills of learners | 3 |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Students can have professional self-confidence and grasp , internalize and implement social and cultural responsibilities as a teacher | 4 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revision of literary terms covered in the second year | Students revise the literary terms covered in the second year | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 2 | Introducing the first short story (eg. The End of the Party/Graham Greene ), answering the related questions, receiving students' comments on the story, analysing literary terms embedded in the story and so forth.. | Students read the short story, answer the related questions, review the biographical note of the author etc. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Students prepare and apply various activities about the first story. Teacher observes and evaluates students' performance. | Students prepare activities about the story. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Introduction the second short story (eg .A Rose for Emily/William Faulkner), eliciting students' comments on the story, analysing literary terms embedded in the story and so forth.. | Students read the short story and answers the questions. They also search for the author's life. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Students design activities about the second story. During the application, the teacher evaluates students' performance. | Students design activities about the story. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Introducing the third short story, question-answer session, students' analyses on the story, analysing literary terms in the story and so forth.. | Students read the short story and answers the questions. They also search for the author's life. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Preparation of in-class activities about the third story. Evaluation of students' performance. | Students prepare activities about the story | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Students revise the stories and prepare for the exam. | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Revision of the previous stories | Students revise the previous stories | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Discussion of the similarities and differences between short story and the novel. Introduction of the novel as a genre | Students read the definitions of short story and novel by focusing on the similarities and differences. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Introducing the first novel extract, answering the related questions, receiving students' comments on the novel (extract), analysing literary terms embedded in the story and so forth | Students read the novel extract and answer the questions. They also search for the author's life. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması |
| 12 | Students design classroom activities about the first novel extract. Observation by the teacher. | Students prepare activities about the novel extract. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | Transition from the first to the second novel extract, question-answer session, eliciting student responses on the novel (extract), analysing literary terms embedded in the story and so forth.. | Students read the novel extract and answers the questions. They also search for the author's life. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması |
| 14 | Preparation of numerous activities about the second novel extract. | Students prepare activities about the novel extract. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Revision of the literary texts analyzed during the whole term. | Students revise the literary texts analyzed during the whole term. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Students revise the stories and novel extracts and prepare for the exam. | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Students revise the stories and novel extracts and prepare for the exam. | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 78 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,12 | ||
| ECTS | 3 ECTS | ||