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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
PRAGMATICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING İDÖ631 - 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) will be able to explain the major terms in pragmatics
2) will be able to analyze texts using appropriate theories of pragmatics
3) will be able to produce tasks to develop students' pragmatic competence
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course aims to introduce the basic concepts and theories of pragmatics; interlanguage pragmatics, pragmatic competence, and intercultural competence as well application of politeness theory in English language teaching. Moreover, it seeks to create awareness regarding the significance of developing pragmatic competence in language teaching and develop prospective language teachers? skills to prepare materials for developing language learners? pragmatic and intercultural competence.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the course
2nd Week Pragmatics
3rd Week Interlanguage pragmatics
4th Week Speech Act Theory
5th Week Speech Act Theory and teaching speech acts in ELT
6th Week Grice's Cooperative Principles
7th Week Deictic expressions & presuppositions
8th Week Politeness Theory and language teaching (1)
9th Week Politeness Theory and language teaching (2)
10th Week Gender and Language
11th Week Intercultural Communication & Competence
12th Week Evaluting textbooks for teaching pragmatics
13th Week Lesson planning & materials design for pragmatics competence
14th Week Assessing second language pragmatics
15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGBirner, B. (2012). Introduction to Pragmatics. Wiley & Sons.
Ishihara, N., & Cohen, A. D. (2010). Teaching and learning pragmatics: Where language and culture meet. New York: Pearson Education.
Kasper, G., & Rose, K. R. (Eds.). (2001). Pragmatics in language teaching. Ernst Klett Sprachen.
Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Selected Articles

PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Case Study,Practice,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Assignment120
Project140
Presentation of Book120
Presentation of Article120
Total(%)100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)0
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam000
Preparation for Quiz000
Individual or group work000
Preparation for Final exam000
Course hours32060
Preparation for Midterm exam000
Laboratory (including preparation)000
Final exam000
Homework12020
Presentation (including preperation)11818
Term Project Research12525
Research11414
Article Presentation11313
Total Workload150
Total Workload / 305
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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