Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GKD 5021	CULTURE AND LANGUAGE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CAN DENIZCI

Offered to

Music Teacher Education
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
German Language Teacher Education
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Social Studies Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The course aims to raise participants' awareness of the concepts of communication and culture, and their didactic implications in FLE (French as a Foreign Language) classrooms. Thus, it seeks to draw participants' attention to the communicative-cultural aspect of language-culture teaching.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Establish the relationship between the concepts of language and culture
2	Understand the role of language in the transmission of culture
3	Understand that each language is a richness for global culture
4	Question the importance of language in intercultural interaction
5	Understand the place of Turkish culture within other cultural elements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Notion of culture	Intercultural communication competence
2	Relationship between language and culture	Identity and alterity
3	Oppositions concerning the notion of culture	Verbal and non verbal elements in culture
4	Oppositions between the notions of civilization and culture	Brief on the Turkish-French relationship
5	Relevance of the opposition between civilization/culture in the teaching of (F)LE (French as a Foreign Language)	French civilization and culture
6	Linguistic determinism in Sapir-Whorf
7	Cultural capital
8	Opposition between multiculturalism/pluriculturalism/interculturalism
9	Intercultural approach in the teaching of foreing languages

Recomended or Required Reading

Bertocchini, P & Costanzo, E. (2008). Manuel de formation pratique pour le professeur de FLE. Clamecy : CLE International.
Chaves, R. M., Favier, L. & Pélissier, S. (2012). L interculturel en classe. Grenoble : Presses Universitaires de Grenoble.
Cicurel, F. (2011). Les interactions dans l enseignement des langues. Paris : Les Éditions Didier.
R sch, R. & Rolle-Harold, R. (2008). La France au quotidien. Grenoble : Presses universitaires de Grenoble.
+ Various documents retrieved from Internet

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical discussion, conference, question-and-answer session, presentation, etc.

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

Written exams (midterm + final exam)

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

See the university's regulations

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

05335236052

Office Hours

Tuesday: 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Midterm	1	5	5
Final	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			71

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