COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 2037 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAFER ŞEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

To know the key features of language. To know communication theories and models. To learn the features of the natural language and the artificial language. To know the function of the language in literary narrative.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to know the key features and key concepts of the language.
2   Ability to know the place of the language in communication
3   Ability to have knowledge about varieties of communication
4   Ability to use the language in literature
5   Ability to observe the place of language as a communication tool in literary narrative.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is language What is communication
2 Language and Human. Learning, memory
3 Models of communication and applications
4 Language and History. The origin of the writing, the first written texts
5 Varieties of Language. Artificial Languages and World s Language Families
6 Voice and script. Oral Language and Written Language
7 The use of language in literature
8 Midterm Exam
9 Communication Varieties
10 Communication Theories
11 Art and Communication
12 Application samples
13 Revision
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

BENVENISTE, Émile (1995) Genel Dilbilim Sorunları, Çeviren. Erdim Öztokat, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
ECO, Umberto (2004) Avrupa Kültüründe Kusursuz Dil Arayışı, Çev. Kemal Atakay, Istanbul: Literatür Yayınları
GÜNAY, V. Doğan (2013) Dil ve Iletişim, 2. Baskı, Istanbul: Papatya Yayınları.
McQUAIL, Denis (1994) Kitle Iletişim Kuramı, Çev. Ahmet Haluk Yüksel, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları.
ÖZKAY, Ünsal, (1992) Iletişimin ABCsi, Istanbul: Simavi Yayınları.
ZILLIOĞLU, Merih (2012) Iletişim Nedir , Istanbul: Cem Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 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 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 4 20
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 5 3 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1323
LO.223
LO.33
LO.4
LO.523

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