COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 5005 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YEŞIM BEKTAŞ ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To comprehend the approaches, methods and techniques

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Master basic principles in language teaching
2   2. Apply Language teaching methodology to classroom
3   3. Improve learning skills and abilities
4   4. Acquire creative thinking skills
5   5. Discuss these methods regarding different age groups

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Modern Approaches in Teaching.
2 Instructed second language acquisition
3 The method construct and theories of L2 learning
4 Linguistic syllabuses and SLA
5 Explicit instruction and SLA
6 Comprehension based and production based approaches to language teaching
7 Task-based language teaching
8 Teaching as input
9 Teaching as input
10 Teaching as interaction
11 Using the L1 in the L2 classroom
12 Corrective feedback
13 Catering for learner differences through instruction
14 Catering for learner differences through instruction
15 Teaching for learning

Recomended or Required Reading

Ellis, R. & Shintani, N. (2014). Exploring Language Pedagogy through Second Language Acquisition Research. Routledge: NY.
Wallace, M (1998)Action Research For Language Teachers. Cambridge: CUP
Lewis, M (1999) How to study foreign languages .London. MacMillan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion, presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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)

yesim.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12:30 -13:00

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 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparing assignments 13 5 65
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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