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| ELL3035 | Applied Linguistics | 4+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Öznur SEMİZ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr. M. Naci KAYAOĞLU | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main aim of this course is to introduce students the learning and teaching languages, the main focus of Applied Linguistics. The course aims to teach students about the main theories of first and second language acquisition, developmental patterns in language learning, natural and instructional settings in language learning and teaching. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Develop an awareness of the various sub-disciplines within the field of Applied Linguistics. | | 1,3, | | LO - 2 : | be able to analyse critically, reflect on and synthesise the information, problems, concepts and theories which are relevant to the process of acquiring a second language. | | 1,3, | | LO - 3 : | gain an advanced and integrated understanding of the various factors involved in the process of acquiring a first and second language. second language | 18,20 | 1,3, | | LO - 4 : | hypothesise the different types of individual differences and their effect upon the rate of SL learning. | 11,18 | 1,3, | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course mainly covers the issues about how languages are learned. It starts with an introduction to language learning in early childhood and continues to look at second language learners? developing knowledge, the ability to use that knowledge and how this compares to L1 learning. Other topics in the course includes theories that explain both first and second language acquisition, individual diffrences in language learning, natural and instructional contexts for language learning and the most effective ways to teach and to learn a second language in the classroom.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is Applied Linguistics?
History and Definitions
Some Sub-fields of Applied Linguistics | | | Week 2 | First Language Acquisition
Milestones and patterns in development
Developmental sequences | | | Week 3 | Second and third language learning
Multilingualism, Bilingual acquisition | | | Week 4 | First vs. Second Language Acquisition
A comparison | | | Week 5 | Theoretical approaches to explaining second language learning
Behaviorism, Innatism and Interactionist position | | | Week 6 | Factors affecting second language learning
Characteristics of good language learners
Role of intelligence, aptitude and personality | | | Week 7 | Factors affecting second language learning
Role of motivation and attitudes, learner preferences and beliefs, age of acquisition
| | | Week 8 | Comparing child, adolescent, and adult language learners | | | Week 9 | Arasınav | | | Week 10 | Learner language : Interlanguage | | | Week 11 | Language transfer: The role of previously known languages | | | Week 12 | Errors in Language Learning
Causes of Errors | | | Week 13 | Feedback in the language classroom | | | Week 14 | Comparing instructional and natural settings for language learning | | | Week 15 | Myths and misconceptions in language learning | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Lightbown, Patsy, and Nina M. Spada. How Languages Are Learned. Oxford [england: Oxford University Press, 2013. Fourth Edition | | | |
| 1 | Richards, J. C., Platt, J. T., & Platt, H. (1992). Longman dictionary of language teaching and applied linguistics. Essex, England: Longman. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 25.10.2021 | 60 dk. | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 17.01.2022 | 60 dk. | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Ödev | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Total work load | | | 100 |
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