SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

İDÖ633

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Understand Language contact and its outcomes: bilingualism, multilingualism, diglossia, code-switching, code-mixing, language
Understand language spread: the worldwide spread of English and its implications for foreign/second language teaching.
Understand language variation and linguistics variables, age, gender, social factors governing their use

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction
2^nd Week	Key issues in sociolinguistics
3^rd Week	Language contact and its outcomes
4^th Week	Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations
5^th Week	Regional and social dialects
6^th Week	Gender and age
7^th Week	Gender and age
8^th Week	MIDTERM
9^th Week	Style, content and register
10^th Week	Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication
11^th Week	Gender, politeness and stereotypes
12^th Week	World Englishes
13^th Week	Sociolinguistics and ELT
14^th Week	Sociaolinguistics and ELT

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	50
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	14	14
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	20	20
Course hours	3	14	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	14	14
Homework
Total Work Load			152
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.06
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)