COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEXT GENRES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6119 TEXT GENRES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce informative and narrative texts and to examine different genres from linguistic perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the structure and basic features of all kinds of text
2   Identify the features of scientific texts
3   Identify the features of narrative texts
4   Identify the differences of genres
5   Determine metadiscourse features in Turkish scientific texts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relation between text and genre
2 General concepts of text and genre
3 Organization of Rhetoric and content
4 Characteristics of informative texts
5 Characteristics of scientific texts (Thesis, report, etc.)
6 Characteristics of narrative texts
7 Midterm
8 Characteristics of types of non-fiction texts
9 Types of non-fiction texts (memo, travel, essay, letter)
10 Characteristics of fictional texts
11 Types of fictional texts (poem, novel, story)
12 Practice of different text types
13 Practice of different text types
14 Practice of different text types
15 General Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Adam, J. M. (2020). Linguistique Textuelle: Des genres de discours aux textes. Nathan Université.
2. Çakır, H. (2011). Türkçe ve Ingilizce Bilimsel Makale Özetlerinde Bilgiyi Kurgulama ve Yazar Kimliğini Kodlama Biçimleri, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
3. Çalışır, S. (2007). Türkçede Bilimsel Metinlerde Olumsuzluk, Yayımlanmamıs Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Eskisehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi.
4. Fidan, Ö. (2002) Türkçe Bilimsel Metinlerde Üstsöylem Belirleyicileri, Yayımlanmamıs Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi.
5. Fidan, Ö. (2008) Türkiyede Dilbilim Alanında Öğrenciler Tarafından Yazılan Araştırma Yazılarının Giriş Bölümlerinde Türe Özgü Yapılanmalar, Yayımlanmamıs Doktora Tezi, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi.
6. Hyland, K. (2009). Academic Discourse. Continuum.
7. Hyland, K. (2015). teaching and Researching Writing.
8. Renkema, J. (2004). Introduction to Discourse Studies. Amsterdam: John Benjamin Publishing.
9. Türkkan, B. (2005) Türkçe Bilimsel Metinlerde Belirginlik ve Gönderimsel Bağdaşıklık: Merkezleme Kuramı Çerçevesinde Bir Yaklaşım, Yayımlanmamıs Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi.
10. Swales, J.M. (1990). Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge University Press.
11. Şenöz-Ayata, C. (2014). Bilimsel metin Üretimi. Istanbul: Papatya Bilim. taylor &Francis.
12. Torusdağ, G. ve Aydın, I. (2017). Metindilblim ve Örnek Metin Çözümlemeleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
13. Uzun, L. ve Huber, E. (yay. haz.) (2002) Türkçede Bilgi Yapısı ve Bilimsel Metinler, Essen: Die Blaue Eule Verlag.
14. Widdowson, H. (2004). Text, Context and Pretext, Critical Issuses in Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentations about the subject
2. Narration/debate with the help of examples
3. Question & Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

Will be evaluated with the help of the articles which are going to be prepared for midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to the 70% of the courses is compulsory.
2. Attendance to the midterm, assignments and final exams will be taken into consideration in evaluation
3. Cheating and Plagiarism attempts in midterm, assignments and final exams will be graded as "0" (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters B Blok 461.1

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 14 5 70
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 213

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.2554
LO.3554
LO.4555
LO.5555