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| IDE 113 | Textual Analysis | 2+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Lec.Saye ZİBANDE | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course considers a variety of analytical means for understanding texts used in the classroom and their implications for educational practice. We will consider methods of analyzing content, linguistic form and its function, genre and text organization, rhetoric, and the role of texts within foreign language teaching/learning |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | read various texts taken from sources such as magazines, newspapers, novels, the Internet, etc. | 4,5,12 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | analyze a text in terms of topic, the aim and stance of the author, the audience, text type and function, coherence and cohesion devices | 4,5,12 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | process the input gathered by analyzing text, analyze it critically and express themselves in writing | 4,5,12 | 1,3 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Step 1. Analysis of the text: What is the author's main point?, What is the author's purpose?, Who is the author's intended audience? Step 2. Evaluation of the text: Is the argument logical?, Is the text well-organized, clear, and easy to read?Step 3. Plan and write your critique: Students will first need to identify and explain the author's ideas. Include specific passages that support your description of the author's point of view. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, explaining the objectives of the course, course expectations, requirements, evaluation adassessment | | | Week 2 | Analyzin a magazine article entitled as "How Men and Women Cope with Stress"in terms of topic, author aim and stance, text function, and answering comprehension questions | | | Week 3 | Analyzing an item of news taken from the Guardian, entitled as "Turkey's Parliament AUthorises Military Operations against Syria" | | | Week 4 | Analyzing the short story "Thaknk You, Mam!" written by Langston Hughes | | | Week 5 | Analyzing a text entited as "The Role of Parents in Shaping Their Children's Character" | | | Week 6 | Explaining what coherence and cohesion are and analyzing cohesion and coherence devices in short sample texts | | | Week 7 | Explaining what coherence and cohesion are and analyzing cohesion and coherence devices in short sample texts | | | Week 8 | Explaining what coherence and cohesion are and analyzing cohesion and coherence devices in a text taken from a coursebook: "Cars of the Future" | | | Week 9 | First visa | | | Week 10 | Learning text types: narration, description, and argumentation | | | Week 11 | Learning text types: narration, description, and argumentation | | | Week 12 | Learning text types: analyzing a nrrative text entitled as "A Cultural Divorce" by Elizabeth Wong | | | Week 13 | Learning text types: analyzing a descriptive text entitled as This Man Has Expired" by Robert Johnson | | | Week 14 | Learning text types: analyzing a an argumentaive text taken from an authentic magazine | | | Week 15 | Analyzing short paragraphs that have various text patterns: examples, classification, comparison ad contrast, process, and definition | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Conlin, M. L. 1998; Patterns: A Short Prose Reader, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/11/2012 | 90 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 5
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17/12/2012 | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2013 | 90 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Ödev | 2 | 16 | 32 | | Total work load | | | 32 |
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