COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GKD 5010 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESRA BUKOVA GÜZEL

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Language is handled as a cultural phenomenon and the different aspects of language and cultural relation are discussed from various perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to comprehend the language and culture relation
2   to comprehend the role of language in cultural moving
3   to recognize that every language is a value for the world culture
4   to questionize the important of language in intercultural interaction
5   to comprehend the place of language in 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 Basic concepts of language and culture; sources and elements of culture;
2 Oral and written culture; material and spiritual culture;
3 Individual and social culture; culture as combinator and separator;
4 Culturing, culturing, cultural propagation and adaptation;
5 Culture in terms of cognitive, symbolic, structural-functional approaches;
6 Symbols as the language of the system;
7 Individual language and language acquisition;
8 General Review, Course Evaluation and Midterm Exam
9 The effect of language on human consciousness;
10 The relationship between culture, language, cognition and reality;
11 The function of language to convey knowledge and culture, social relation and communication;
12 Development and transfer of language and culture; national identity and language;
13 Discuss the interaction of changes in culture and language;
14 National cultures globalization, multilingualism and multiculturalism.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kaplan, M. (2002). Kültür ve Dil. Istanbul: Dergâh.
2. Ünalan, Ş. (2010). Dil ve Kültür. Ankara: Nobel.
3. Akaslan, T. (2012) Dilbilim, Dil Kirlenmesi, Türkçe. Istanbul: Seçkin
4. Aksan, D. (2009). Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim. Ankara: TDK
5. Porzig, W. (2011). Dil Denen Mucize (Çev. Vural Ülkü). Ankara: TDK
6. Inal, K. (2012). Dil ve Politika, Dilin Kökeni, Etnik Boyutu ce Kimlikle Ilişkisi. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi
7. Dessalles, J.L., Picq, P., Victorri, B. (2014). Dilin Kökenleri (Çev. Atakan Altınörs). Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat.
8. Chomsky, N. (2012). Doğa ve Dil Üzerine (Çev. Ayşe Banu Karadağ). Istanbul:Sözcükler
9. Ruhlen, M. (2006). Dilin Kökeni Ana Dilin Evriminin Izinde (Çev. Ismail Ulutaş). Ankara: Hece
10. Fisher, S.R. (2010). Dilin Tarihi (Çev. Muhtesim Güvenç). Istanbul: Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
11. Crystal, D. (2005). Dillerin Katli (Çev. Gökhan Cansız). Istanbul: Profil Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer, analysis, discussion

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

caner.kerimoglu@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 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51