Information
Code | ELT832 |
Name | Classroom Discourse in Action and Teacher Development |
Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
Term | Spring |
Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
ECTS | 6 ECTS |
National Credit | 3 National Credit |
Teaching Language | İngilizce |
Level | Doktora Dersi |
Type | Normal |
Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. RANA YILDIRIM |
Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
This course examines the complex relationship between language, interaction and learning with a view to improving language teachers' professional practice. The objectives of the course is to focus on the main features of classroom discourse and analyse how it is typically structured; look at the relevance of classroom discourse to teaching and learning; evaluate different approaches to studying classroom discourse; focus on the concept of classroom interactional competence.
Course Content
This course examines the complex relationship between language, interaction and learning with a view to improving language teachers' professional practice. The objec
Course Precondition
none
Resources
Walsh, S. (2011) Exploring Classroom Discourse. Routledge. Seedhouse, P. (2004). The interactional architecture of the language classroom: A conversation analysis perspective. Oxford: Blackwell.
Notes
Additional articles provided by the course tutor.
Course Learning Outcomes
Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
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LO01 | provide a comprehensive account of current perspectives on classroom discourse |
LO02 | demonstrate a sound understanding of complex relationship between language, interaction and learning interaction regarded as being central to effective teaching |
LO03 | evaluate different approaches to studying classroom discourse |
LO04 | enhance their awareness of the concept of classroom interactional competence |
LO05 | investigate, evaluate and reflect on interactional competence as a means of developing closer understandings of how learning and learning opportunity can be improved. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
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PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can critically analyze language learning theories | 2 |
PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can develop themselves professionally | 4 |
PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can critically evaluate the research studies in the field | 4 |
PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can join in collaborative team work | |
PLO05 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | The students can present his knowledge and share his experience in the field | |
PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | The students can think creatively to construct novice ideas | |
PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | The students can apply scientific research methods in novel studies | 5 |
PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can be aware of the ethical issues in their research studies | 5 |
PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | The students can discuss their arguments with evidence | |
PLO10 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | The students can implement higher order thinking skills in solving problems | 4 |
PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The students can contribute to their fields by publishing their studies in journals | 2 |
PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | The students can contribute to the goal of becoming an intellectual community | 5 |
Week Plan
Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
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1 | Introduction: Nature of Classroom Interaction | Reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
2 | Classroom Discourse and Teaching | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
3 | Classroom Discourse and Learning | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
4 | Approaches to studying classroom discourse-1 | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
5 | Approaches to studying classroom discourse-2 | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
6 | Alternative approaches to studying classroom discourse | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
7 | Enhancing understandings of classroom discourse | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
8 | Mid-Term Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
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9 | The SETT Framework -1 | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
10 | The SETT Framework | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
11 | Classroom discourse as reflective practice | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
12 | Classroom interactional competence-1 | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
13 | Classroom interactional competence-2 | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
14 | Classroom Discourse: Looking back | reading articles | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
15 | Classroom Discourse: Future Directions | reading articles | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Anlatım |
16 | revision | reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
17 | End of Term Exams | reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev, Proje / Tasarım |
Student Workload - ECTS
Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
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Course Related Works | |||
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Assesment Related Works | |||
Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
ECTS | 6 ECTS |