COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DRAMA IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ING 5005 DRAMA IN LANGUAGE TEACHING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BERNA GÜRYAY

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)

Course Objective

The course objective is to help students to comprehend drama and drama related concepts such as creativity, creative drama and improve their English language teaching skills with drama.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend drama and fundamental drama concepts such as creativity, creative drama, play and theatre pedagogy etc.
2   Be knowledgeable about history of drama.
3   Apprehend application steps of drama in education.
4   Prepare creative drama lesson plan and apply it.
5   Apply drama techniques such as improvisation, role playing, dramatization and the like in English language teaching area.
6   Develop communication-interaction skills and appreciate the contribution of drama in individual and social development of someone.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the lesson and course materials. Application of a drama plan.
2 Definition of some key concepts such as; drama, dramatic, dramatic situation, dramatic play, play, spontaneity, creativity, creative drama, process drama, psychodrama etc.
3 Components of drama; leader, group, setting, subject
4 Structure, characteristics, aims and benefits of drama
5 Historical development of drama. Drama and theatre comparison.
6 Application of a process drama plan.
7 Lesson review and mid-term exam
8 Application of a process drama plan
9 Drama techniques such as improvisation, role-playing, simultaneous improvisation, role corridor, dramatization, role changing, consciousness alley etc.
10 Drama plan in teaching and components of dramatic fiction
11 Testing and Evaluation in Drama
12 Drama application in Second language teaching
13 Drama application in Second language teaching
14 Drama application in Second language teaching
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Heathcote, D. (1984) Collected Writings on Education and Drama. (Eds. Johnson L.&O Neill C.), Northwestern University Press.
McCaslin, N. (2000) Creative Drama in the Classroom. Longman.
Erdoğan, T. (2015) Drama. Eğiten Kitap

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, pair and group work, question-answer.

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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bernaguryay@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday 16:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 5 3 15
Preparing presentations 2 3 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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