COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GFL LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ADE 2011 GFL LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TOLGA GÜNDOĞDU

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to address and examine the fundamental approaches, methods, and techniques used in German language teaching such as the Communicative Approach (Kommunikative Methode), the Intercultural Approach (Interkultureller Ansatz), and Cognitive Learning (Kognitive Methode) and to present practical examples of their application.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify basic approaches in foreign language teaching, methods and techniques
2   Differentiate approaches in foreign language teaching in their historical development based on various factors.
3   Distinguish between different approaches.
4   Analyze the approaches used by different course books in understanding and analyzing the relationship between the methods and the course book materials.
5   Prepare teaching materials using different teaching approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching and Introduction, Historical Development of Methods
2 Factors affecting foreign language teaching
3 The importance of foreign language learning and teaching methods and didactics in teacher training
4 Foreign language textbooks and related materials
5 Grammar-Translation Method (Grammatik-Übersetzungsmethode)
6 Grammar-Translation Method (Grammatik-Übersetzungsmethode)
7 Direct Method (Direkte Methode)
8 Midterm
9 Direct Method (Direkte Methode)
10 Audio-lingual Method
11 Audio-lingual Method
12 Audio-lingual Method
13 Audio-lingual Method
14 Comparison and critical evaluation of methods Design of exercises based on different teaching methods
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Neuner, Gerhard/Hunfeld, Hans: Methoden des fremdsprachlichen Unterichts.
Fernstudieneinheit 4. Langenscheidt, 1998.
- Heyd Gertraud: 1997. Aufbauwissen für den Fremdsprachenunterricht(DaF), Ein
Arbeitsbuch Kognition und Konstruktion , narr studienbücher, Tübingen.
- Konu alanı ders kitapları
- Koeppel Rolf: 2010. Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Spracherwerblich reflektierte
Unterrichtspraxis.
- Gasser Peter: 2003. Lehrbuch Didaktik,Bildung medien. Kommunikation, Bern/Schweiz
- Heyd Gertraude : 1991. Deutsch lehren, Grundwissen für den Unterricht als Fremdsprache,
Verlag Moritz Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, individual and pair work.

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

The success of the student is determined by the midterm and final exam grades. Apart from this, there is no special evaluation criterion.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

Students should be prepared for the topics specified in the syllabus before coming to the classes. Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.gundogdu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 10 10
Web Search and Library Research 4 4 16
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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