Faculty of Education · English Language Teaching · Undergraduate
ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Field Education Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Emrah GÖRGÜLÜ
Course Objective
Pragmatics and Language Teaching, investigates both approaches to pragmatics and classroom practice. With an underlying focus in our readings and discussions on crosscultural pragmatics, we will investigate a number of questions.
Course Content
What is pragmatics? What are the core issues that define cognitive pragmatics? How can we integrate pragmatics in the classroom? How can it help classroom language teaching? How can pragmatics help us to understand student development? This is an introductory level graduate course on pragmatics and language teaching, and no background in this area is required.
Course Learning Outcomes
- The student will be an active and engaged participant in discussions by analyzing, constructing and evaluating information presented within the lectures, external readings and class activities.
- The student will describe and synthesize theory and instructional design as it relates to teaching and learning through empirically based research.
Core Area Distribution
(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%70 (22) Humanities%30
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerGroup Study
Assessment & Evaluation
HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 13 | 5 | 65 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introducing the course, syllabus, expectations from the students | none |
| 2 | Introduction to semantics | Chapter 1 |
| 3 | Introduction to semantics | Chapter 1 |
| 4 | Introduction to pragmatics | Chapter 2 |
| 5 | Introduction to pragmatics | Chapter 2 |
| 6 | Information structure | Chapter 3 |
| 7 | Information structure | Chapter 3 |
| 8 | Midterm | Review |
| 9 | Politeness I | Chapter 4 |
| 10 | Politeness II (Second wave) | Chapter 4 |
| 11 | SLA and Information Structure | Chapter 5 |
| 12 | SLA and Information Structure | Chapter 5 |
| 13 | SLA and Speech Acts | Chapter 6 |
| 14 | SLA and Speech Acts | Chapter 6 |
| 15 | SLA and Cooperative Principle | Chapter 7 |
| 16 | Final exam | Review |