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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
TRE 5061	LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Turkish Language Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLMIRA KURUOĞLU

Offered to

Turkish Language Education

Course Objective

The primary objective of this course is to study on phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics in L1 of the children. Furthermore, the language competence, the variations and the functions of speech-acts, and the discourse principles governing the communication of the children in the language acquisition process is dealt

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Interpert the principles of L1 acquisition
2	Analyse the process of addresser and addressee language use
3	Explain the phonetic acquisition progress of the Turkish Children
4	Explain the morphological acquisition progress of the Turkish Children
5	Explain the syntactic acquisition progress of the Turkish Children

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Theories on L1 acquisition
2	Psycholinguistic approach to language acquisition
3	Behaviourist approach to language acquisition
4	The critical age in language acquisition process
5	The adresser and addressee language acquisition progress
6	Communication features of the period before the total language use
7	The factors effecting the language acquisition
8	Midterm Exam + course
9	Mental and physical development
10	Sensual and emotional development
11	Semantic development
12	Phonological development
13	Syntactic development
14	Morphological development
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dağabakan, F., Dağabakan (2006) D. Dil ve Çocuklukta dil gelişim kuramları. Çukurova Üniv. Dil araştırmaları merkezi, Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, Aralık sayısı.
2. Dönmez, N. (1992)12-30 aylık Türk çocuklarında dilin kazanılması, Gazi Eğitim Fak. Dergisi, 8 (3)
3. Güler, T. 48-72 aylar arasında Türk çocukların alıcı dil yapılarının incelenmesi , Doktora Tezi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara, 2004
4. Topbaş, S. (2003). Çocukta dil ve kavram gelişimi. Anadolu Üniv. Web-ofset.
5. Dereli, E. Okul öncesi eğitime devam eden 4-6 yaş arasındaki çocukların ifade edici dil düzeylerinin incelenmesi . Yüksek Lisans tezi, Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Konya 2003.
6. Ilhan, N. (2004). Çocukların Dil Edinimi, Gelişimi ve Dile Katkıları. Fırat Üniversitesi Yay.
7. Savaş, B. (2006) Okuma eğitimi ve çocuklarda dil gelişimi. Istanbul: Alfa Bas. Yay.
8. Yavuzer, H. (1997). Çocuğunuzun ilk 6 yılı. Istanbul: Remzi Kitapevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, cooperative study, research

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FINS	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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)

gulmira.kuruoglu@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	7	91
Preparation for midterm exam	1	30	30
Preparation for final exam	1	40	40
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			206

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	3		5		5	5
LO.2						4
LO.3		3		3
LO.4		3		3
LO.5		3		3

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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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