COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GERMAN TEXTBOOK REVIEW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ADE 4011 GERMAN TEXTBOOK REVIEW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZ AYDIN

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To know and to evaluate different text books and teaching materials for different levels of language competence and for different skills, to know and to be able to apply different systems of text book analysis

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Select teaching materials and text books for specific groups of learners.
2   Analyze different aspects of text books using various criteria.
3   Weigh and judge text books and teaching materials.
4   Analyze and differentiate methods used in text books and teaching materials.
5   Analyze and judge difficulties and limits in the use of text books and teaching materials.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Prior experiences with text books; Central concepts for analyzing text books
2 History of text books for German as a Foreign Language 1; Example analyses
3 History of text books for German as a Foreign Language 2; Example analyses
4 Criteria and aspects for analyzing teaching materials: Table of content; Example analyses
5 Criteria for analyzing text books: Types of texts; Example analyses
6 Criteria for analyzing text books: Exercises: Vocabulary, Example Analyses
7 Criteria for analyzing text books: Exercises and presentation of rules: Grammar; Example analyses
8 Midterm
9 Text books analyses
10 Criteria for analyzing text books: Cultural studies ( Landeskunde ); Example analyses
11 Text books and handbooks: Example analyses
12 Text books and target audiences: Text books for children; Example analyses
13 Text books and target audiences: Area-specific (regional) textbooks; Example analyses
14 European Reference Frame and text books: Text books at the A-level; B- and C-level Example analyses
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Bausch, Karl-Richard u.a. (Hg.) (2003): Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tu bingen: Francke.
- Häussermann, Ulrich; Piepho, Hans-Eberhard (1996): Aufgaben-Handbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Abriß einer Aufgaben- und Übungstypologie. München: iudicium.
- Kast, Bernd; Neuner, Gerd (Hg.) (1994): Zur Analyse, Begutachtung und Entwicklung von Lehrwerken für den fremdsprachlichen Deutschunterricht. Berlin, München: Langenscheidt.
- Krumm, Hans-Jürgen: (2010): Lehrwerke im Deutsch als Fremd- und Deutsch als Zweitsprache-Unterricht. In: Deutsch als Zweit- und Fremdsprache, Bd. 2, 1215-1227. Hg. von Hans-Jürgen Krumm; Christian Fandrych; Britta Hufeisen und Claudia Riemer. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter;

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, plenary work, individual work, pair work, group work, short presentations

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 grade to be obtained from the midterm and final exams of the course. Apart from this, there is no special evaluation criterion.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

Students should be prepared for the subjects specified in the course programme before coming to the lessons. Attendance to 70 % of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yildiz.aydin@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
Tutorials 0 0 0
Pre Class Self Study 13 1 13
Final Preparation 1 14 14
Research Presentation 0 0 0
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.154554434555
LO.245444544555
LO.354444434555
LO.453444434555
LO.553444434555

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