CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

GKE437

Course Code: GKE437
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Will be able to describe and use the consept of culture, sources and elements of culture.
Will be able to determine the place of Cultural Transfer in language teaching.
Will be able to analyse the importance of the band between languge and culture.
Will be able to critically evaluate texts that will convey cultures.
Will be able to make comparisons between different languages and cultures.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Basic concepts about language and culture; cultural resources and elements; oral and written culture; material and spiritual culture; culture from individual and social aspects; culture as binder and disintegrant; cultivation, culture, cultural expansion and harmony; culture in terms of cognitive, symbolic, structural-functional approaches; language as a system of symbols; language and language acquisition from an individual perspective; the effect of language on human consciousness; the relationship between culture, language, cognition and reality; the function of language in conveying knowledge and culture, in establishing social relations and communication; development and transmission of language and culture; national identity and language; the dynamics of changes in language and culture; discussions of mutual interaction of culture and changes in the world; national cultures; globalization, multilingualism and multiculturalism.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Meeting and informing about the course schedule
2^nd Week	Culture Concept and Definitions
3^rd Week	Cultural/Social Norms
4^th Week	Language concept: Language and Perception of Reality/ Language-culture relationship/ Cultural Transfer
5^th Week	Cultural linguistics (Ethnolinguistics): Comparative culture and language studies
6^th Week	Sociolinguistics: Social dimensions of language (gender,age,class,occupation,education and geographical location)
7^th Week	The function of culture in language teaching
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Student Work (designing and presenting an activity based on a cultural material)
10^th Week	Student Work (designing and presenting an activity based on a cultural material)
11^th Week	Student Work (designing and presenting an activity based on a cultural material)
12^th Week	Student Work (designing and presenting an activity based on a cultural material)
13^th Week	Student Work (designing and presenting an activity based on a cultural material)
14^th Week	Student Work (designing and presenting an activity based on a cultural material)

Recommended or Required Reading

Mehmet KAPLAN, Kültür ve Dil, İstanbul: Dergah yayınları (1982)
Bedia AKARSU, Dil-Kültür Bağlantısı, İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınevi (1998)
Bozkurt, GÜVENÇ, İnsan ve Kültür, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi (1994)
İbrahim KAFESOĞLU, Türk Milli Kültürü, İstanbul: Ötüken Yay. (1998)
Şükrü, ÜNALAN, Dil ve Kültür, Ankara: Nobel yayınevi (2005)
G.M. Alimjanova (2016), Karşılaştırmalı Kültür Dilbilim, Ank: Gazi Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation
Report Preparation
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Presentation of Case Study	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	10	2	20
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)	1	20	20
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X	X	X
K7	X	X	X	X	X
K8
K9
K10