COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD SELECT.3 (MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 2014 FIELD SELECT.3 (MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CANER KERIMOĞLU

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the prominent theoretical approaches and methods in modern language studies, and to develop students' abilities to analyze and critically evaluate contemporary linguistic research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define key concepts and theories in modern language studies.
2   Explain core approaches in fields such as structuralism, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics.
3   Analyze contemporary language studies within a theoretical framework.
4   Evaluate the influence of interdisciplinary approaches on language studies.
5   Develop an academic perspective for their own linguistic research.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and modern language studies
2 Development of linguistics: An overview up to the 20th century
3 Structuralism: Saussure and beyond
4 Transformational-generative grammar
5 Morphology and syntactic structure analysis
6 Semantics: Theories and applications of meaning
7 Pragmatics: Language in context
8 Midterm exam, general review, lesson evaluaiton
9 Discourse analysis and critical language studies
10 Cognitive linguistics and meaning construction
11 Corpus linguistics and digital language studies
12 Language change and multilingualism
13 Contemporary research in modern language studies
14 General repeat
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., & Hyams, N. (2018). An introduction to language (11th ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning.
Tomasello, M. (2003). Constructing a language: A usage-based theory of language acquisition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Aksan, D. (2003). Her yönüyle dil: Ana çizgileriyle dilbilim (3. basım). Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
Vardar, B. (Ed.). (2002). A dan Z ye dilbilim terimleri sözlüğü (2. basım). Istanbul: Multilingual Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion, question-answer

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

will be announced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

caner.kerimoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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