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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
OKL 426	LANGUAGE AND CONCEPT TEACHING	2 + 0	8th Semester	4,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	to have knowledge and to gain basic skills in literacy development in early years, teacher’s role in literacy teaching, pre-reading and pre-writing activities, creating literacy-based curriculum and learning environment and literacy assessment.
Course Content	Language Acquisition theories, language and concept development in early years, the importance and the context of early literacy activities, teachers’ role, embedding literacy into curriculum
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Explain language and concept development in early years, factors that effect in language and concept development, and teachers’ role.
2	Explain content of early literacy, practices that are implemented to help developing early literacy.
3	Be aware of the importance of early childhood education programs, teachers and learning environments to help developing literacy skills.
4	Assess samples of early literacy activities.
5	Plan education program and design learning environment to develop literacy skills.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO 001	3	2	2		2	1	2		2	2	3	3	3	5
LO 002	4	4	3	2	3	2	2		3	3	4	4	4	5
LO 003	4	4	3	3	5	4	3		4	5	4	4	4	5
LO 004	5	5	3	3	5	3	3	2	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO 005	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sub Total	21	20	16	13	20	15	15	5	19	20	21	21	21	25
Contribution	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	5

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	12	5	60
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			117 4,5

COURSE DETAILS

Select Year

	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2011-2012 Spring	2	FATMA NİLGÜN CEVHER KALBURAN
Details	2010-2011 Summer	1	MUSTAFA BULUŞ
Details	2010-2011 Spring	2	MUSTAFA BULUŞ
Details	2009-2010 Spring	2	MUSTAFA BULUŞ

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
OKL 426	LANGUAGE AND CONCEPT TEACHING	2 + 0	2	Turkish	2011-2012 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. FATMA NİLGÜN CEVHER KALBURAN	nkalburan@pau.edu.tr		Course location is not specified.	%

Goals		to have knowledge and to gain basic skills in literacy development in early years, teacher’s role in literacy teaching, pre-reading and pre-writing activities, creating literacy-based curriculum and learning environment and literacy assessment.
Content		Language Acquisition theories, language and concept development in early years, the importance and the context of early literacy activities, teachers’ role, embedding literacy into curriculum

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction to the course
2	Concepts of language and language acquisition theories
3	Language development in early years
4	Concept development in early years
5	Literacy activities in early childhood education (objectives and content)
6	Reading, its importance and necessary skills for reading
7	Pre-reading activities and being ready to read
8	Pre-reading activities and being ready to read
9	Writing, its importance and necessarty skills for writing
10	Pre-writing activities and being ready to write
11	Pre-writing activities and being ready to write
12	Literacy activities in early childhood education (sample practices)
13	Literacy activities in early childhood education (sample practices)
14	Assess the course

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
Kandır, A., Yazıcı, E. ve Uyanık, Ö. (2011). Eğlenceli etkinliklerle okuma yazmaya hazırlık çalışmaları. Ankara: Efil Yayınları	Türkçe
Üstün, E. (2007). Okul öncesi çocuklarının okuma yazma becerilerinin gelişimi. İstanbul: Morpa Yayınları	Türkçe
Cevher-Kalburan, N. (2010). Öykülerle alfabe: Erken çocuklukta ses farkındalığını geliştiren öyküler ve etkinlikler. Ankara: Eğiten Kitap Yayınları	Türkçe

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	50	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	50	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

Prospective Student