| Teaching Staff
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Prof. Dr. Abdulvahit Çakır |
| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
There are no prerequisites. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
The aim of the course is to enable students to learn about language varieties, language, culture and society and its relationship with education. |
| Course Content |
Basic concepts related to sociolinguistics, gender, age, style, context, register and speech functions, linguistic diversity such as language, cognition and culture, the relationship between sociolinguistics and education, language change, regional and social dialects, language use and sociolinguistic proficiency, pidgin and creole languages |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
At the end of this course, students; 1) understand the basic concepts of sociolinguistics 2) know linguistic varieties 3) know linguistic diversity in terms of users and uses 4) understand language, cognition and culture 5) discuss sociolinguistics and its relationship with education 6) learn about language change 7) learn about pidgin, creole, regional and will have knowledge about social dialects |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction to sociolinguistics |
| 2. Week |
Linguistic Diversities |
| 3. Week |
Language change for users (gender and age) |
| 4. Week |
Language change for users (gender and age) |
| 5. Week |
Language change in terms of usage (style, content and register) |
| 6. Week |
Language change in terms of usage (speech functions) |
| 7. Week |
Midterm |
| 8. Week |
Pidgin and Creole languages |
| 9. Week |
Language, cognition and culture |
| 10. Week |
Sociolinguistics and education |
| 11. Week |
Language change |
| 12. Week |
Sociolinguistic competence |
| 13. Week |
Regional and social dialects |
| 14. Week |
Revision |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
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| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
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