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  Course Description
Course Name : Foreign language instruction for children I

Course Code : ADE 723

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 6

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. HACI OSMAN ASLAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Learns children´s first language, second language and foreign language acquisition concepts, theories, methods, techniques, strategies and their applications.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Children´s first language, second language and foreign language acquisition concepts, theories, methods, techniques, strategies and their applications in teaching.

Course Contents : To study didactic methods and methodology of children´s first language acquisition and teaching children second and foreign languages and to inform about the applications of teaching chidren a foreign language.

Language of Instruction : Germany

Work Place : classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 History of early foreign language teaching applications perspectives Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
2 History of early foreign language teaching applications perspectives Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
3 Reform movements and early foreign language teaching Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
4 Opponents of teaching a foreign language at an early age and their reasons Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
5 Historical reflections of the results of the discussions to the present Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
6 Reasons for early foreign language teaching Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
7 Evaluation of the results of the applications so far Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
8 Midterm exam
9 Nürnberg recommendations Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
10 Waldorf school approach Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
11 The basic principles of the Waldorf school approach Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
12 Waldorf school approach applications Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
13 The qualities of Waldorf school approach applications that can be adapted to other educational institutions Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
14 The applications Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
15 Getting concrete results for the application 1 Reading the specified pages in the aforementioned sources, research, presentation Lecture, discussion, brainstorming, homework
16/17 Final exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Christoph Jaffke: Fremdsparchenunterricht auf der Primarstufe. Deutscher Studien Verlag, Weinheim 1996
 Angelika Kubanek-German: KindgemaeBer Fremdsprachenunterricht. Band 1. Waxman Verlag Münster 2001
 Angelika Kubanek-German: KindgemaeBer Fremdsprachenunterricht. Band 2. Waxman Verlag Münster 2003
 Katarina Garajova: Fremdsprachenunterricht im Primarschulbereich. Tectum Verlag, Marbug 2001
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Equips students with necessary skills to study individually or in teams for intra-disciplinary and and inter-disciplinary subjects. 5
2 Equips students with effective intra-cultural and inter-cultural communication skills. 4
3 Evaluates the learned information with a critical approach gaining self-learning ability. 5
4 Uses information and communication technologies in education of German language effectively. 5
5 Equips students with analytical and critical thinking skills. 5
6 Equips students with the original knowledge production skills. 4
7 Equips students with analysis skills by thinking, reasoning and building connections among various ideas. 5
8 Equips students with Scientific Research Methods and to help them use the knowledge and skills related to these methods in practice. 4
9 Equips students with assessment and evaluation skills. 5
10 Equips students with necessary skills to produce national and international projects. 5
11 Equips students with necessary theoretical and practical skills related to the field of German Language Teaching. 5
12 Equips students with necessary skills to apply the scientific concepts and methods in practice in the field of German Language Teaching. 5
13 Equips students with necessary skills to build scientific connections among several knowledge fields. 4
14 Equips students with relevant skills to examine the native language and German in terms of grammatical, linguistic and literary perspectives and to utilize similarities and differences didactically throughout this examination. 5
15 Equips students with necessary skills to be able to do scientific presentations at national and international meetings. 4
16 Equips students with the information about national and international contemporary education. 5
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
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 1 10 10
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 20 20
    Final Exam 1 20 20
Total Workload: 162
Total Workload / 25 (h): 6.48
ECTS Credit: 6