Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

The department of English Language Education has offered Master's Degree since 1989. It has been a programme of Institute of Educational Sciences since 1995.

Qualification Awarded

English Language Teaching, Master's Degree

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

Successful students who have completed at least one semester in the graduate program of another institute within the university or another higher education institution may apply for a transfer in the announced dates if the quota is determined by the Board of Directors. The conditions for admission of the transfer are determined by the institute board.

Exemption requests of students for the courses taken at graduate program of another department/university with a successful grade are evaluated by the Administrative Board of the Institute by the recommendation of the head of the departments according to the provisions of Dokuz Eylül University Exemption and Adaptation Directives.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The program consists of a minimum of seven courses, a seminar course and a thesis study, but not less than 21 local credits. The program contains compulsory and elective courses. The student workload for a semester is 30 ECTS, the total workload required to complete the master's program with thesis is 120 ECTS.

In addition to midterm and final exams, learning activities such as reports, assignments, quizzes, seminar presentations and project studies can be used in the performance evaluation of the student during the semester. In order for the student to be successful in this course, this grade must be at least 75 out of 100 (at least 2.50 out of 4.00). Seminar, thesis work and specialization courses are evaluated as successful / unsuccessful.

Profile of the Programme

The aim of the programme is to provide basic knowledge and skills in the field of English language teaching by supporting the candidates to develop their skills for scientific approach in their fields.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Obtaining knowledge about language teaching methods,
2	Acquiring knowledge and skills on language teaching,
3	Acquiring ability to devekop professionally,
4	Developing the ability to follow, interpret scientific literature in educational sciences
5	Acquiring knowledge and skills on basic research methods in educational sciences
6	Acquiring knowledge and skills on verbal and written presentation of scientific data
7	Acquiring ability to use scientific methods in candidates profession
8	Students are equipped with English language teaching methods and SLA concepts and definitions.
9	They know how to generate the new knowledge in SLA and ELT and discuss the research methods related to them.
10	They adapt the language teaching programs, strategies, approaches and techniques to their own teaching conditions and make use of his/her existent knowledge of language testing and evaluation.
11	They know how to use all the sources including CALL and MALL.
12	They choose the best teaching strategies, approaches and techniques, considering the individual and developmental differences of students and the subject area.
13	They develop appropriate teaching materials, taking the students' needs into consideration.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The related master's degree enables the graduate to practice the profession in the field of English teaching education.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to the third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
Academic Plan consists of 2 compulsory and 21 elective courses. There is a total of 21 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 11 courses in fall and 10 courses in the spring semester.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	YDİ 5029	TEACHING THESIS WRITING AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES I	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	8
G	2	EBE 5043	RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	17
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	YDİ 5005	FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
G	2	YDİ 5019	APPROACHES IN THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE I	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	3	YDİ 5023	ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE I	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	4	YDİ 5033	ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE TEACHING I: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	5	YDİ 5027	SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	6	YDİ 5031	APPLIED LINGUISTIC I	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	9
G	7	YDİ 5025	APPROACHES TO DRAMA I	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	YDI 5196	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	2	YDİ 5028	TEACHING THESIS WRITING AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES II	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	8
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	19
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	YDİ 5002	DISCOURSE ANALYSIS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	2	YDİ 5004	MODERN APPROACHES IN TEACHING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	3	YDİ 5016	APPLIED LINGUISTIC II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
B	4	YDİ 5018	APPROACHES IN THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	5	YDİ 5032	ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE TEACHING II: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	6	YDİ 5024	ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
B	7	YDİ 5026	APPROACHES TO DRAMA II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
B	8	YDİ 5000	TEACHING CRITICAL READING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	9	YDİ 5020	PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ISSUES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	YDI 5298	FIELD SPECIALIZATION	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
G	2	YDI 5299	THESIS STUDY	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	27
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	YDI 5298	FIELD SPECIALIZATION	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
G	2	YDI 5299	THESIS STUDY	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	27
TOTAL:								30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The passing grade is mostly 40% of the mid term exam and 60 % of the final exam. For some courses it is 30% of the midterm exam, 10% of the final exam and 60 % of the final exam.

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, one seminar course, and a thesis study, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme are 120 ECTS.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Educational Sciences, English Language Education, 35150, Buca-Izmir-Türkiye
Head of Department:
Prof. Dr. Feryal ÇUBUKÇU
fcubukcu@deu.edu.tr

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