COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 6030 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA FERYAL ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim is to tackle the issues of teacher training, professional development, classroom management, learner language, information Technologies and challenges in the classroom

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are able to define the basic concepts related to teacher training,
2   focus on professional development,
3   show some solutions to classroom management,
4   discuss the information technology use
5   equip students with challenges in the classroom
6   gain intellectual skills demonstrating the ability to devise, research and communicate analyses of individual topics within the field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Teacher training
2 Teacher training
3 Professional development
4 Professional development
5 classroom management
6 classroom management
7 classroom management
8 management, mid term exam
9 Information technologies
10 Information technologies
11 Intercultural issues in ELT
12 Intercultural issues in ELT
13 learning styles
14 reflective learning
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Richards, J & Farrell,T (2005) Professional Development for Language teachers. London: CUP
Richards J &Lockhart, C ( 1994) Reflective Teaching in Second Language Acquisition, London: CUP

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion, question-answer

Assessment Methods

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

fcubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesdays 10.00-12.00

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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 13 4 52
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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