Course Language:
İngilizce
Course Objectives:
The goal of this course is designed to make student teachers familiar with basic concepts in teaching listening and speaking skills, to enable them to plan and implement a sample lesson plan for a specific group of language learners and let them to have microteaching activities in a communicative classroom.
Course Content:
The focus of this course is analyzing different stages and techniques of teaching reading, writing and grammar in a detailed way; development of language awareness and teaching skills for learning groups at different ages and language abilities; lesson planning principles and techniques appropriate to different proficiency levels.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Discussion, 3: Simulation, 4: Demonstration, 5: Problem solving, 6: Group work, 7: Drama, 8: Micro teaching
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Exam, B: Multiple choice, C: Gap filling, D: True false, E: Oral exam, F: Portfolio
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program learning outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) Students will be able to define and explain concepts and identify techniques in teaching speaking and listening skills. | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 | 1,6,7,8 | A,F,G |
| 2) Students will analyze differnt techniques to teach listening and speaking, and implement these techniques in the lesson plan. | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 | 1,6,7,8 | A,F,G |
| 3) Students will be able to design lesson plans. | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 | 1,6,7,8 | A,F,G |
| 4) Students will be able to critize both their own lesson plan and their peers. | 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 | 1,6,7,8 | A,F,G |
| 5) The student can apply different grammar teaching methods and activities. | 8,10 | 1,2,3 | A,F |
| 6) The student can prepare grammar activities and materials related to different age groups and proficiency levels. | 14,18 | 1,2,3 | A,F |
| 7) The student can apply grammar teaching techniques via communicative method. | 13 | 1,2,3 | A,F |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Teaching language skills: Introduction | textbook |
| 2 | Listening skills and strategies | textbook |
| 3 | How to teach listening | textbook |
| 4 | Planning a lesson plan on teaching listening | textbook |
| 5 | Sample classroom presentations for listening lesson plans | textbook |
| 6 | Sample classroom presentations for listening lesson plans | textbook |
| 7 | Sample classroom presentations for listening lesson plans | textbook |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Speaking skills and strategies | textbook |
| 10 | How to teach speaking | textbook |
| 11 | Sample classroom presentations for speaking lesson plans | textbook |
| 12 | Sample classroom presentations for speaking lesson plans | textbook |
| 13 | Sample classroom presentations for speaking lesson plans | textbook |
| 14 | Lesson plan submission (written plans for listening and speaking project) | textbook |
| 15 | Final exam | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (2nd Ed.)NY: Longman. |
| Additional Resources | Harmer, J. (2007). How to teach English. Pearson, Essex: Longman. |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | MOODLE |
| Assignments | |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Midterm | 1 | 15 |
| Micro-teaching | 2 | 35 |
| Portfolio | 3 | 20 |
| Final | 4 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 30 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 70 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To have a command of the concepts about education and the structure and operation of the Turkish education system. | X | |||||
| 2 | To benefit from the developmental and learning psychology approaches in providing educational development and in knowing the basic domains of educational sciences. | x | |||||
| 3 | To be able to evaluate and implement the scientific methods in the field of English language education and teaching. | x | |||||
| 4 | To be able to select, evaluate and implement the efficiency of ready-made course materials according to students’ age, language and proficiency level, interests, and learning characteristics. | x | |||||
| 5 | To be able to use information and communication technologies efficiently in English education and teaching. | x | |||||
| 6 | To recognize the literary texts such as short story, poem, and novel in English and to be able to use them in teaching language skills. | x | |||||
| 7 | To understand the properties and structure of human language and to be able to use them in language teaching. | x | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop original materials in order to enhance language skills. | x | |||||
| 9 | To be aware of language learning properties of different age groups and to be able to use language teaching methods in line with these properties. | x | |||||
| 10 | To know and to apply the basic theories, principles and methods about teaching English as a foreign language. | x | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use English at the levels of reaching information, sharing it orally and written form and in production. | x | |||||
| 12 | To grasp and to apply the social, cultural and societal responsibilities. | x | |||||
| 13 | To prepare a lesson plan taking the students’ needs, language proficiencies, age, intelligence types and learning styles into account and by using the proper instructional technology. | x | |||||
| 14 | To be able to organize and apply activities aimed at enabling students to use English grammar and vocabulary effectively. | x | |||||
| 15 | To be able to organize and apply activities that will develop the students’ reading, speaking, writing and listening skills in English. | x | |||||
| 16 | To be able to evaluate measurement and evaluation tools and English instruction methods in terms of usefulness, validity and reliability. | x | |||||
| 17 | To know the scientific research methods necessary for his/her personal and academic development and to have the ability to apply them in the school context. | x | |||||
| 18 | To know the theoretical and applied linguistics concepts and to use language teaching methods in the light of these theories and concepts. | x | |||||
| 19 | To develop writing, listening, reading and speaking skills in English | x | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: x Total course hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Midterm | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Micro-teaching | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| Total Work Load | 129 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 5.16 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||