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| IDE6988 | @IDE6988 Phraseology in Literature and Language Teaching | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ali Şükrü ÖZBAY | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the functions of phraseological units in literary texts and language teaching, to analyze their role in meaning-making, and to equip students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills for effectively integrating phraseology into foreign language instruction. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Define and explain key concepts related to phraseology in language and literature. | | | | PO - 2 : | Identify and analyze phraseological units in various literary texts. | | | | PO - 3 : | Evaluate the role of fixed expressions and idioms in meaning-making and stylistic effect. | | | | PO - 4 : | Design instructional materials that incorporate phraseological structures for foreign language teaching. | | | | PO - 5 : | Apply corpus-based methods to explore and teach phraseological patterns. | | | | PO - 6 : | Critically reflect on the pedagogical implications of phraseology in language education. | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course examines the role of phraseological units in literary texts and language teaching. It focuses on how fixed expressions, idioms, and formulaic language can be used both in text analysis and in foreign language instruction. Students analyze the functions of phraseological structures through literary examples and develop practical applications for integrating these structures into teaching materials. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Course overview, objectives, and assessment criteria
What is phraseology? Key definitions: fixed expressions, formulaic language, collocations, idioms
Reading: Cowie (1998), Chapter 1 | | | Week 2 | Lexical priming, Sinclair?s idiom principle, open vs. closed units
Concepts of fixedness and variation
Reading: Wray (2002), Chapter 2
| | | Week 3 | What is a corpus? Using concordancers
Collocations, n-grams, Mutual Information (MI) scores
Practical session: AntConc software
Reading: Hunston (2002), Chapter 3 | | | Week 4 | Functions of fixed expressions in poetry, novels, and plays
Relation to style, tone, and characterization
Reading: Selected literary excerpts
| | | Week 5 | Individual or group analysis of short literary texts
Presentations and group discussions | | | Week 6 | Layers of meaning in fixed expressions
Pragmatic and contextual meaning
Reading: Moon (1998), Chapter 4 | | | Week 7 | Automatization, fluency, and mental representation
Benefits of phraseology in language acquisition
Reading: Wray (2002), Chapter 5 | | | Week 8 | Phraseodidactics approaches
Phraseology in language teaching materials
Reading: Meunier & Granger (2008), Introduction | | | Week 9 | Integrating fixed expressions into lesson plans
Practical examples and teaching techniques
Workshop: Material development | | | Week 10 | Formulaic language in speech
Role of linguistic routines
Reading: Wray (2002), Chapter 6 | | | Week 11 | Analysis of learner production
Corpus-based comparisons (native vs. learner corpora)
Reading: Granger & Meunier (2008), selected chapter | | | Week 12 | Teaching language through literary works
Integration with reading and writing skills
Workshop: Designing classroom activities | | | Week 13 | Teaching language through literary works
Integration with reading and writing skills
Workshop: Designing classroom activities | | | Week 14 | Individual or group presentations (analysis or material development) | | | Week 15 | Individual or group presentations (analysis or material development) | | | Week 16 | Individual or group presentations (analysis or material development) | | | |
| 1 | Cowie, A. P. (1998). Phraseology: Theory, analysis, and applications. Oxford University Press. | | | 2 | Meunier, F., & Granger, S. (Eds.). (2008). Phraseology in foreign language learning and teaching. John Benjamins. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 04/2025 | 3 | 30 | | Quiz | 11 | 05)2025 | 2 | 20 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 14 | 06/2025 | 3 | 25 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 06/2025 | 2 | 25 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 96 |
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