COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 2038 CULTURE AND LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAFER ŞEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

Presentation- explanation, discussion, learning by discovery, project task

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to apprehend the place of language in social life.
2   Ability to describe culture and the place of cultural values in society. To know the key elements of culture
3   Ability to know the relation between language and culture.
4   Ability to know the oral cultural elements of Turkish society.
5   Ability to know the written cultural values of Turkish society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relationship between language and society. What is Sociolinguistics Which topics does it study
2 What is culture What components does it have
3 The place of culture in social life.
4 The relationship between language and culture.
5 The existence of language in culture.
6 Anthropology and culture
7 Midterm
8 The use of language in literature
9 The use of language in literature
10 General features of Turkish culture.
11 Culture and social structure.
12 The written cultural elements in Turkish society
13 Oral narration in Turkish society
14 Revision
15 Revision
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana Kaynaklar:
AKSAN, Doğan (2008) Türkçeye Yansıyan Türk Kültürü, Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi.
ECO, Umberto (1996) Yorum ve Aşırı Yorum, Çeviren. Kemal Atakay, Istanbul: Can Yayınları.
ECO, Umberto (2004) Avrupa Kültüründe Kusursuz Dil Arayışı, Çev. Kemal Atakay, Istanbul: Literatür Yayınları

Yardımcı Kaynaklar:
GÖKTÜRK, Akşit (2010) Okuma Uğraşı, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
MONAGHAN, John; JUST, Peter (2013) Sosyal ve Kültürel Antropoloji, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi
ÖGEL, Bahaddin (1997) Türk Kültürünün Gelişme Çağları, Cilt 1-2 Ankara: MEB Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 4 20
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 5 3 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1223
LO.232
LO.33
LO.42
LO.534