COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROBLEM OF FRENCH SYNTAX

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDF 5026 PROBLEM OF FRENCH SYNTAX ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

French Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DUYGU ÖZTIN PASSERAT

Offered to

French Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

to explain the basic concepts of syntax and evaluate different approaches of syntax

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the basic concepts of syntax
2   Being able to evaluate the basic structures of syntax
3   Being able to evaluate different approaches of syntax
4   Being able to identify problems of syntax
5   Being able to explain problems of syntax
6   Being able to classify problems of syntax

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of syntax (reminder through the under-graduate information)
2 Basic structures of syntax (reminder through the under-graduate information)
3 Approaches 1: Luscien Tesnière
4 Approaches 2: Gustave Guillaume
5 Approaches 3: Noam Chomsky
6 Problems of syntax 1: des, du, de la
7 Problems of syntax 2: en
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Problems of syntax 3: qui, que
10 Problems of syntax 4: dont, duquel
11 Problems of syntax 5: ce que
12 Problems of syntax 6: donc"
13 Problems of syntax 6: mais"
14 Evaluation of the term
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. L.Tesnière ,Eléments de syntaxe structurale, Klincksieck,1959
2. G.Guillaume, Langage et science du langage, Nizet, 1969
3. N. Chomsky, Aspects de la théorie syntaxique, Le Seuil,1971
4. Structures syntaxiques, Le Seuil, 1969
5. Nicole Le Querler, Précis de syntaxe française, Presses Universitaires de Caen, 1994.
6. Maurice Lévy, Grammaire du français, Ophrys, 2000.
7. Martin Riegel, et all., Grammaire Méthodique du Français, PUF, 2004.
8. Pierre Léon, Parth Bhatt, Structure du français moderne, CSPI, 2005
9. Joelle Gardes Tamine, La grammaire : Syntaxe, Arman Colin, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Expression, discussion, application

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

can.denizci@deu.edu.tr

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 4 52
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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