1. FIRST CYCLE - BACHELOR'S DEGREE
  2. FACULTY OF EDUCATION
  3. Foreign Language Education DEPARTMENT
  4. 131 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Course Information Course Learning Outcomes Course's Contribution To Program ECTS Workload Course Details
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
INO 5006DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING2 + 07th Semester3

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective In this course, students will examine the concepts, theories and techniques related to discourse analysis and learn to adapt these concepts and theories they have learned to English teaching activities and materials as a foreign language. The aim of this course is to make students aware of the differences between various genres, taking into account the internal structure, target and reader elements in written and oral texts, to gain awareness about interdisciplinary and intercultural differences and to have the competence to use different methods, techniques and evaluation methods in English teaching by considering these differences.
Course Content In this course, students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on discourse analysis. They reinforce this theoretical knowledge by reading important research studies in the literature. They develop their practical knowledge with the help of micro teaching and receive feedback at the end of their presentations. In addition, the students understand the meaning, connotation and effects of literary and non-literary written and oral texts based on language usage characteristics. They comprehend the relationship between form, language usage properties and content in various texts, and compare literary and non-literary texts.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1The student gains theoretical knowledge on discourse analysis.
2The student examines the scientific researches about discourse analysis.
3The student understands the similarities and differences between written and oral texts.
4The student understands interdisciplinary and intercultural differences.
5The student makes micro teaching by considering the concepts and theory learned.
6The student gets feedback about micro teaching.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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LO 0014                       
LO 002                   4    
LO 003                      5 
LO 004                 5    4 
LO 005      5 4       5       
LO 006                  4     
Sub Total4     5 4       5544  9 
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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14228
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)11010
Assignments4520
Mid-terms11010
Final examination11010
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course





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Details 2023-2024 Fall1ÇAĞLA ATMACA


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
INO 5006 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING 2 + 0 1 English 2023-2024 Fall
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. ÇAĞLA ATMACA catmaca@pau.edu.tr EGT A0332-02 %70
Goals In this course, students will examine the concepts, theories and techniques related to discourse analysis and learn to adapt these concepts and theories they have learned to English teaching activities and materials as a foreign language. The aim of this course is to make students aware of the differences between various genres, taking into account the internal structure, target and reader elements in written and oral texts, to gain awareness about interdisciplinary and intercultural differences and to have the competence to use different methods, techniques and evaluation methods in English teaching by considering these differences.
Content In this course, students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on discourse analysis. They reinforce this theoretical knowledge by reading important research studies in the literature. They develop their practical knowledge with the help of micro teaching and receive feedback at the end of their presentations. In addition, the students understand the meaning, connotation and effects of literary and non-literary written and oral texts based on language usage characteristics. They comprehend the relationship between form, language usage properties and content in various texts, and compare literary and non-literary texts.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Introduction to Discourse Analysis
2 Language in use
3 Communication
4 Context
5 Schematic conventions
6 Co-textual relations
7 Midterm
8 Negotiation of meaning
9 Critical Analysis
10 Text Analysis
11 Register variation
12 Discourse connectors and discourse markers
13 Boosting and Hedging
14 Textual Analysis and Contextual Awareness Building
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
Widdowson, H. G. (2007). Discourse analysis. Oxford University Press. English
Alba-Juez, Laura (2009). Perspectives on discourse analysis: Theory and practice (1st Edition). English
Cowan (Ed.) Discourse connectors and discourse markers (pp. 615-635). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, USA. ambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.English
Biber, D., & Conrad, S. (2001). Register variation: A corpus approach. In D. Schiffrin, D. Tannen, & H. E. Hamilton (Eds.) The handbook of discourse analysis (pp. 175-196). Malden, MA & Oxford: Blackwell.English
Hyland, K. (1998). Boosting, hedging, and the negotiation of academic knowledge. TEXT, 18(3), 349-382.English
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam50Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes