GKS 010

Course Title	Course Code	Program	Level
Culture and Language	GKS010	English Language Teaching (Starting from 2018-2019 Academic Year)	B.A. / B.Sc.

Course Term (Course Semester)	Teaching and Learning Methods							Credits
Course Term (Course Semester)	Theory	Practice	Lab	Projects/Field Work	Seminars/Workshops	Other	Total	Credits	ECTS Credits
04 (Spring)	28	-	-	-	-	60	88	2	3

Teaching Staff

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Muhittin ŞAHİN

Language of Instruction

Türkçe (Turkish)

Type Of Course

Elective

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Component

Course Objectives

The main goal of this course is to describe sociology as a social science; but the most important goal is to provide students with the ability of analyzing what's happening around themselves in an multi-dimensional perspective; by doing so it is expected that they will be aware of human rights.

Course Content

Learning Outcomes (LO)

The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings: 1. describe the basic notions of language and culture 2. recognize the sources and elements of culture 3. recognize spoken and written culture, material and non-material culture 4. explain the interaction between acculturation, semi-domestication; cultural spread and rapport 5. describe the language as symbolic systems and in front of structural-functional approaches 6. explain the interaction between culture, language and reality. 7. explain the cultural and communicational functions of language 8. recognize development and transmission in language and cultural and the dynamics of these 9. explain the interaction of cultural and linguistic changes 10. describe national culture, globalization, multilingualism, multiculturalism.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Course Outline

Week	Topics
1. Week
2. Week	Fundamental aspects of culture and language
3. Week	Sources and components of culture Written and spoken culture; material
4. Week	Culture from individual and social angles; culture as a jointer and seperator Acculturation; semi-domestication; cultural spread and rapport
5. Week	Language as symbolic system; Language from individual angle and language acquisition
6. Week	The effect of language on human cognition; The relationship among culture, language, cognition and reality
7. Week	The effect of language on human cognition; The relationship among culture, language, cognition and reality
8. Week	Midterm Examination
9. Week	The function of language to transmit knowledge and culture and to communicate social relations
10. Week	The development and transmission of language and culture National identity and language
11. Week	The dynamics of change in language and culture
12. Week	Discussions on the interactions of cultural and linguistic changes
13. Week	National cultures, globalization, multilingualism and multiculturalism
14. Week	Questions and answers

Assessment

	Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%)	40
Quizes (%)	-
Homeworks/Term papers (%)	-
Practice (%)	-
Labs (%)	-
Projects/Field Work (%)	-
Seminars/Workshops (%)	-
Final (%)	60
Other (%)	-
Total(%)	100

Course Book (s) and/or References

Work Placement(s)

The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)