COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING CRITICAL READING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 5000 TEACHING CRITICAL READING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA FERYAL ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with what critical theories in reading are and how they can apply them in texts. Students are equipped with knowledge and applications on language and literature based theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to empower students with knowledge on critical reading theories
2   to enable them to acquire the types of critical theories
3   to enable them to apply language based techniques in reading
4   to enable them to apply literary theories in reading
5   to lead them to read various texts critically

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is critical theory What is critical analysis What is critical reading
2 What is critical theory What is critical analysis What is critical reading
3 Language based approaches
4 Language based approaches
5 Components of Reading
6 Understanding words
7 Reading skills
8 Midterm exam
9 Structuralism
10 Deconstructionism
11 Psychoanalysis
12 Fenimism and masculinity
13 Phenomenology
14 Ecocriticism
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bain, K. (2004). What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Moran, Berna (1974) Edebiyat kuramları ve eleştiri, Istanbul: Cem Yayınevi.

Todorov, Tzvetan (2004) Fantastik. Edebi Türe Yapısal Bir Yaklaşım. Çeviren: Nedret Öztokat, Istanbul: Metis Yayınları

Vacca, Jo Anne, Paul; Vacca, Richard, Gove, Mary. ETC (2011). Reading and Learning to Read London: Pearson.

Yücel, Tahsin (1982) Yapısalcılık, Istanbul: Ada Yayınları.

Yücel, Tahsin (2009) Eleştiri kuramları, Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion,questioning-answer, lecturing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 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)

feryal.cubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 8 96
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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