PRAGMATICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

İDÖ631

Course Code: İDÖ631
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Ahmet Remzi Uluşan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will be able to explain the major terms in pragmatics
will be able to analyze texts using appropriate theories of pragmatics
will be able to produce tasks to develop students' pragmatic competence

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This 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

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course
2^nd Week	Pragmatics
3^rd Week	Interlanguage pragmatics
4^th Week	Speech Act Theory
5^th Week	Speech Act Theory and teaching speech acts in ELT
6^th Week	Grice's Cooperative Principles
7^th Week	Deictic expressions & presuppositions
8^th Week	Politeness Theory and language teaching (1)
9^th Week	Politeness Theory and language teaching (2)
10^th Week	Gender and Language
11^th Week	Intercultural Communication & Competence
12^th Week	Evaluting textbooks for teaching pragmatics
13^th Week	Lesson planning & materials design for pragmatics competence
14^th Week	Assessing second language pragmatics

Recommended or Required Reading

Birner, 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 Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Case Study
Practice
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	1	20
Project	1	40
Presentation of Book	1	20
Presentation of Article	1	20
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	0	0	0
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	0	0	0
Preparation for Final exam	0	0	0
Course hours	3	20	60
Preparation for Midterm exam	0	0	0
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	0	0	0
Homework	1	20	20
Presentation (including preperation)	1	18	18
Term Project Research	1	25	25
Research	1	14	14
Article Presentation	1	13	13
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X
K2
K3			X
K4	X	X
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9	X	X
K10			X
K11			X
K12			X
K13
K14