GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Language Acquisition/İNGÖ208
Course Title: Language Acquisition
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Course Semester 4 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learners juxtapose the major learning theories.
Learners distinguish basic concepts such as learning, teaching and language.
Learners discuss learning theories in relation to issues of language teaching practice.
Learners compare and contrast first and second language educational theories.
Learners analyze the relationship between first and second language development.
Learners distinguish the individual differences such as gender, age and aptitude.
Learners distinguish affective learning factors such as motivation and social environment.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Review of Syllabus Introduction and Course Overview
2. Week  Language-Learning-Teaching School of Thoughts (Behaviorism, Rationalism and Constructivism)
3. Week  First Language Acquisition
4. Week  Issues in First Language Acquisition
5. Week  Approaches to Educational Psychology (Positivist School, Cognitive Psychology)
6. Week  Approaches to Educational Psychology (Constructivism)
7. Week  Humanism in ELT (Rogers and Maslow) Social Interactionism (Vygotsky, Feuerstein)
8. Week  MID TERM
9. Week  Toward a Theory of Second Language Acquisition
10. Week  Toward a Theory of Second Language Acquisition
11. Week  Individual Differences in Second Language Learning
12. Week  Individual Differences in Second Language Learning
13. Week  Explaining Second Language Learning
14. Week  Popular Ideas about Language Learning Revisited
15. Week  General Revision
16. Week  FINAL EXAM
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
10
2
20
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
10
2
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
2
16
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
3
2
6
 Preparing a Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
2
2
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
2
2
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
66
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.64
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
11 evaluate the nature, source, correctness, reliability and validity of informationX
22 comprehend the methods related to the production of scientific knowledgeX
33 be aware of social and professional responsibilitiesX
44 recognize himself/herself as an individual, to use their creative and strong sidesX
55 act in accordance with the ethics of democracy, human rights, society, science and the professionX
66 use language learning strategies effectivelyX
77 understand, interpret and evaluate different written texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
88 understand, interpret and evaluate different oral texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
99 communicate orally in different contexts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
1010 produce different texts using writing processes effectivelyX
1111 comprehend the concepts related to language and the relationships between these conceptsX
1212 comprehend and analyze the features, structure and mechanism of human languageX
1313 use English at an advanced levelX
1414 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language learningX
1515 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language teachingX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Paşa Tevfik CEPHE)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/pcephe)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (pcephe@gazi.edu.tr)