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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
TRK 3005	LINGUISTICS	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	2

Offered By

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CANER KERIMOĞLU

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to present the basic concepts of linguistics and to introduce Ferdinand de Saussure's studies and structuralism, European including Prague and Copenhagen linguistic schools and also American structuralisms, distributionalism, functionalism and such approachs to students. Furthermore this course aims to introduce the main linguisticians like Nikolay S. Trubetskoy, Roman Jakobson, Lucien Tesniere, Louis Hjelmslev, Leonard Bloomfield, Zellig Sabbetai Harris, Andre Martinet, Noam Chomsky, and with their studies and theories

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to have different perspectives about language
2	to explain basic concepts about linguistics
3	to recognize the historical developments of linguistics
4	to comprehend the relations between linguistics and Turkish education
5	to use linguistic theories in language studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The concepts of language and signs, language acquisition
2	Saussure and the basic concepts of Structuralism
3	Movements after Saussure: American Structuralism
4	Prag Linguistic School, Functionalism
5	Kopenhag Linguistic School, Universal (Generative) Grammar
6	O. Jespersen, A. Martinet, L. Tesniere, E. Sapir, F. Boas, S. Haris, L. Bloomfield, N. Chomsky
7	Linguistics in Turkey: D. Aksan, B. Vardar, N. Üçok, Ö. Demircan
8	General Repeat, Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9	Linguistics and phonetics-phonology: phonem
10	Linguistics and morphology, basic concepts: Noun and nominal categories (possession, case, number, gender )
11	Linguistics and morphology, basic concepts: Verb and verbal categories (Voice, time, aspect, mood-modality )
12	Linguistics and syntax, basic concepts
13	Linguistics and semantics, basic concepts
14	The theories about semiotics, speech acts and modality
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Huber, E. (2008). Dilbilime Giriş. Istanbul: Multilingual.
Kıran, Z. - Kıran, A. (2003). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin.
Akerson, F. (2007). Dile Genel Bir Bakış. Istanbul: Multilingual.
de Saussure, F. (1998). Genel Dilbilim Dersleri (çev. B. Vardar). Istanbul: Multilingual

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer, analysis, discussion

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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for final exam	1	2	2
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13
LO.1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
LO.5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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