COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LINGUISTICS 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ING 2005 LINGUISTICS 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BEKTAŞ ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To teach fundamentals of linguistics; to help students to gain the knowledge of phonology, phonetics, semantics; and to allow them to develop necessary skills to use this knowledge to compare and contrast.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define linguistics, competence, performance, components of linguistics and language universals
2   To give examples to sign languages, artifical languages, and communication among animals
3   To explain the relation between language and brain
4   To compare the sounds of English and Turkish languages
5   To give examples to linking and stress in English language
6   To be able to conduct semantic analysis of the words and sentences
7   To be able to conduct comparative analysis of English and Turkish languages.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Linguistics, competence, performance
2 Langauge universals, different approaches to linguistics
3 Artificial languages, animals and human language
4 Sign languages
5 Language and the brain
6 History of language
7 Research in language use and language disorders
8 General Review, Midterm Exam
9 Phonetics
10 Speech organs
11 Phonology
12 Linking, elision, stress
13 Semantics
14 Semantic analysis
15 Sense and reference, collocation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, Fasold & Connor-Linton
The Study of Language, Yule
An Introduction to Language Fromkin, Rodman,Hyams

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question & Answer, Language analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12:00 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1555555555
LO.2555555555
LO.3555555555
LO.4555555555
LO.5555555555
LO.6555555555
LO.7555555555