COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCHOOL READINESS AND EMERGENT LITERACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECE 4103 SCHOOL READINESS AND EMERGENT LITERACY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ZÜBEYDE DOĞAN

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to acquire the skill of planning and implementing the activities in this area by comprehending all aspects of the concept of readiness to school in pre-school period.
To understand the concept of emergent literacy and be able to teach the components

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the definition of readiness to read and factors affecting readiness
2   To be able to comprehend the dimensions of primary school preparation (physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language, self care skills).
3   Prepare activities to acquire the reading competence ready for the course
4   The importance of reading and writing preparations, basic concepts, literacy approaches, comprehension.
5   Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to the pre-school education program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of readiness to read and factors affecting readiness
2 (physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language, self-care skills), prepare activities to acquire readiness competence
3 the importance of preparations for reading and writing in pre-school education, basic concepts, literacy approaches, factors affecting reading acquisition
4 the development of literacy skills, early literacy,
5 reading skills and subfields; alphabet information (pre-alphabet level, logographic level, partial alphabet step / semi phonetic level, full alphabet step, combined alphabet step / pronunciation)
6 phonological process skills (voice awareness, voice memory, voice use), oral language skills and vocabulary development;
7 preparation for writing (writing awareness),
8 general evaluation, repetition, midterm
9 Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to pre-school education program.
10 Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to pre-school education program.
11 Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to pre-school education program.
12 Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to pre-school education program.
13 Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to pre-school education program.
14 Planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate to pre-school education program.
15 Semester final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Aydın-Yılmaz, Z. (2009).Uygulama Örnekleriyle Ilk Okuma Yazma Öğretimi. Ankara: Nobel Yay.
Ergül, C., (2017)Dil ve Erken Okuryazarlık Becerilerinin Geliştirilmesine Yönelik Etkileşimli Kitap Okuma Programı (EKOP) Ankara:Eğiten Kitap
Neuman, S.B., Dickinson, D.K. (2018). Erken Okuryazarlık Araştırmaları El Kitabı. Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecture, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In order to understand students' level of understanding and ability to apply the topics in the course content

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence and participation of the class are expected

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zubeyde.dogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Bedside theoretical 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 2 7 14
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1554422
LO.25544222
LO.35544222
LO.45544222
LO.55544222

CONTACT INFORMATION
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