COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND DICTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 3065 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND DICTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this lesson is to teach students diction and speech mistakes, the difficulties against effective communication and the use of effective communication presentation tools and this lesson is able to make effective presentations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize and use the right pronounciations.
2   Use the effective presentation abilities
3   Use the effective listening abilites
4   Use the presentation tools
5   Run the persuasion process with the help of effective speaking techniques.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Diction I
2 Diction II
3 Diction III
4 Diction VI
5 Effective speech techniques I
6 Effective speech techniques II
7 Body Language
8 Mid-term
9 Effective listening techniques
10 A sample of effective speech
11 Presentation subjects for the development of effective speech skills
12 Presentation subjects for the development of effective speech skills
13 Presentation subjects for the development of effective speech skills
14 Presentation subjects for the development of effective speech skills
15 General review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Baldwin, J. R., Perry, S. D., & Moffitt, M. A. (2004). Communication theories for everyday life.
Bradley, H. (2013, November). Assessing and developing successful communication. In People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach to Meeting (p. 50). Routledge.
McCormack, Mark. H. (2000). Başarılı Iletişim Teknikleri. Istanbul: Form Yayıncılık.
Müller, C., Cienki, A., Fricke, E., Ladewig, S., McNeill, D., & Teßendorf, S. (2013). Body-language-communication. An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction, 1(1), 131-232.
Richards, J. C., & Schmidt, R. W. (2014). Language and communication. Routledge.
Rogers, C. R., & Farson, R. (2021). Active listening. Mockingbird Press LLC.
Şerifizgören, A. (2000). Dikkat Vücudunuz Konuşuyor. Ankara: Academyplus Yayınevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture
2- Presentation
3- Question and answer
4- Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1- Learning outcomes 1-3 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2 - Learning outcomes 1-3 will be evaluated via a presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3- Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Özge Can
Faculty of Letters
Department of Linguistics
0232 301 86 33
e-mail: ozge.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on Monday : 12.00 - 12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 11 11
Preparation for Final Exam 1 11 11
Preparing Presentations 4 8 32
Final 1 3 3
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.25
LO.35
LO.455
LO.555