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| IDE5170 | Literature in Language Learning and Teaching | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | In this course, the aim is to depict in an applied way how a literature and literary forms such as poetry, short story, play and novel are used in classroom as fundamental learning and teaching materials in the process of language acquisition and to provide the students with necessary skills of combining the characteristics of the language itself with culture of the target language through the use of literary pieces. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | gain awareness of the usage of literary works in a more active way in the process of teaching and learning a foreign language. | 2 | 1,6 | | PO - 2 : | learn how to make use of literary works in an applied way in the process of learning and teaching languag | 5,11 | 1,6 | | PO - 3 : | grasp the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the culture of target language while examining and analyzing the literary texts of the given target language | 1 | 1,6 | | PO - 4 : | face less difficulty translating any literary piece from Turkish into English or vice versa and they will get the chance to translate the unfamiliar texts more easily | 4 | 1,6 | | PO - 5 : | get comprehensive knowledge on what kind of literary pieces will be helpful in the process of second language acquisition. | 11 | 1,6 | | 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 | | |
| Significance and the meaning of literature in language learning and teaching is presented. Relationship between language and culture which forms the very basis of any given language is clearly and explicitly defined. The role of literature in the process of translation is emphasized. Different types of texts are analyzed and practiced in the classroom as an example in order to show how to make use of literary pieces in language acquisition in the classroom. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The Multiple Values of Teaching Literature. | | | Week 2 | The Possibilities of Paraphrase in the Teaching of Literary Idiom. | | | Week 3 | Teaching Study Skills for English Literature. | | | Week 4 | Usage of Non-native Literatures in English as a Resource for Language Teaching. | | | Week 5 | Selected Articles: "Is Literature Language? Or Is Language Literature? | | | Week 6 | Selected Articles: "Literature in the School Foreign-Language Course" | | | Week 7 | Reading Skills and the Study of Literature in a Foreign Language. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Lİterature in the ESL Classroom. | | | Week 10 | Approaches to the Lİterary Texts: Structuralism. | | | Week 11 | Approaches to the Lİterary Texts: New Criticism. | | | Week 12 | Approaches to the Lİterary Texts: Stylistic Approach. | | | Week 13 | Approaches to the Lİterary Texts: Reader's Response Approach. | | | Week 14 | Approaches to the Lİterary Texts: Language Based Approach. | | | Week 15 | Approaches to the Lİterary Texts: Critical Literary Analysis. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Brumfit, C.J. and Carter, R.A. 2000; Literature and Language Teaching, Oxford University Press, Oxford | | | |
| 1 | Koller, M. 2009; Different English Teaching Forum Volumes, Washington | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 10 | 09/11/2009 | 2 | 30 | | Project | 12
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2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2009 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Proje | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Total work load | | | 40 |
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