TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Sibel Çiğdem Güneysu
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) To think critical thinking about language development. 2) To differentiate diffrences and similarities among theory 3) To evaluate children according tı individual differences, age and developmental level.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Introducing basic topics about learning and language accusation. Including subjects such as language, learning and instruction, mother tongue accusation, age and language accusation, instructional strategies, interaction among the languages, individual differences, socio-cultural factors, communication skills, and theories of second language accusation
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Language, learning and teaching 2nd Week First language acquisition methods and strategies for learning , personal factors, social-cultural factors, 3rd Week Language acquisition of age and developmental level 4th Week Human Learning 5th Week Language learning in children 6th Week Language learning in adults 7th Week Description of language learning in children 8th Week Mid-term Exam 9th Week Strategies of language learning 10th Week Individual factors 11th Week Social factors 12th Week Interaction between language and the student's language 13th Week Communicative power, theories of second language acquisition 14th Week General discussion
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Owens,R.E. (2000). Language Development: An Introduction (5th edition) Alyn and Bacon. Fletcher, P., (1995). Macwhinney, B. The Handbook of Language Development Merrill Publishing.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Other,Project,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 20 Project 1 30 Presentation of Article 1 30 Other 1 20 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No