Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
AE-İNGS1	Language and Society	Elective	3	5	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to give students a general insight into the process of linguistic activity; i.e, mental mechanisms involved in language perception and production, which in the long run, is hoped to be reflected into their teaching performances.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Gains a general insight into the process of linguistic activity; i.e, mental mechanisms involved in language perception and production.
2	Has an understanding of what goes on in our brain when we speak, listen, read and write.
3	Learns how we store vocabulary and get access to it.
4	Examines the parts of the brain directly involved in linguistic activities.
5	Develops an awareness of how language teaching and psycholinguistics contribute to each other.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The course starts with an introduction to basic concepts related to psycholinguistics. Major areas in the field such as what goes on in our brain when we speak, listen, read and write; how do we store vocabulary and get access to it; parts of the brain directly involved in llinguistic activities. In addition, how language teaching and psycholinguistics contribute to each other is also dealt with.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	What is Psycholinguistics?
2	Language Speech and Communication
3	Language and Brain
4	Knowing a word
5	Lexical storage and lexical access
6	An Information processing approach
7	Decoding in reading
8	Midterm
9	Issues in listening
10	Characteristics of speech
11	Long term memory and Schema Theory
12	Exceptional circumstances (language disorders)
13	Animal communication
14	Revision
15	Revision
16	Final Examination

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	16	5	80
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16	PO 17	PO 18	PO 19	PO 20	PO 21	PO 22	PO 23	PO 24	PO 25	PO 26	PO 27	PO 28	PO 29	PO 30	PO 31	PO 32	PO 33	PO 34	PO 35	PO 36	PO 37	PO 38	PO 39	PO 40
LO1	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5					4	4																	4	4	4
LO2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4					5	5																	5	5	5
LO3	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	3	3	3					4	4																	4	4	4
LO4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5					4	4																	4	4	4
LO5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5					5	5																	5	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High