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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
AÖD 4011	EVALUATION OF GERMAN COURSE BOOKS	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZ AYDIN

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To know and to evaluate different text books and teaching materials for different levels of language competence and for different skills, to know and to be able to apply different systems of text book analysis

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The students can select teaching materials and text books for specific groups of learners.
2	The students can analyze different aspects of text books using various criteria.
3	The students can weigh and judge text books and teaching materials.
4	The students can analyze and differentiate methods used in text books and teaching materials.
5	The students can analyze and judge difficulties and limits in the use of text books and teaching materials.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Prior experiences with text books; Central concepts for analyzing text books
2	History of text books for German as a Foreign Language 1; Example analyses
3	History of text books for German as a Foreign Language 2; Example analyses
4	Criteria and aspects for analyzing teaching materials: Table of content; Example analyses
5	Criteria for analyzing text books: Types of texts; Example analyses
6	Criteria for analyzing text books: Exercises: Vocabulary, Example Analyses
7	Criteria for analyzing text books: Exercises and presentation of rules: Grammar; Example analyses
8	Course overview, Course evaluation, Midtrm
9	Text books analyses
10	Criteria for analyzing text books: Cultural studies ( Landeskunde ); Example analyses
11	Text books and handbooks: Example analyses
12	Text books and target audiences: Text books for children; Example analyses
13	Text books and target audiences: Area-specific (regional) textbooks; Example analyses
14	European Reference Frame and text books: Text books at the A-level; B- and C-level Example analyses
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Bausch, Karl-Richard u.a. (Hg.) (2003): Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tu bingen: Francke.
- Häussermann, Ulrich; Piepho, Hans-Eberhard (1996): Aufgaben-Handbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Abriß einer Aufgaben- und Übungstypologie. München: iudicium.
- Kast, Bernd; Neuner, Gerd (Hg.) (1994): Zur Analyse, Begutachtung und Entwicklung von Lehrwerken für den fremdsprachlichen Deutschunterricht. Berlin, München: Langenscheidt.
- Krumm, Hans-Jürgen: (2010): Lehrwerke im Deutsch als Fremd- und Deutsch als Zweitsprache-Unterricht. In: Deutsch als Zweit- und Fremdsprache, Bd. 2, 1215-1227. Hg. von Hans-Jürgen Krumm; Christian Fandrych; Britta Hufeisen und Claudia Riemer. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter;

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, plenary work, individual work, pair work, group work, short presentations

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeynep.ates@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Tutorials	0	0	0
Pre Class Self Study	13	1	13
Final Preparation	1	14	14
Research Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Preparation	1	10	10
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			67

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
LO.1	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	5
LO.2	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
LO.3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5
LO.4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5
LO.5	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5

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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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