| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | YT116 | Text Simplification in Foreign Language Teaching | Elective | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| Second Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| Understands the theoretical and practical dimensions of text adaptation for teaching Turkish as a foreign language. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Musa KAYA |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Understands the theoretical and practical dimensions of text simplification in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. | | 2 | Understands the necessity, criteria and importance of text simplification. | | 3 | Examines and evaluates examples of text simplification in foreign language teaching. |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None. |
| Course Contents |
| Use of text in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. Text and language teaching. Text adaptation studies. Fundamentals and measures of text adaptation. Preparing texts and evaluating prepared texts in teaching Turkish as a foreign language |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Use of text in teaching Turkish as a foreign language | | | | 2 | Text and its place in language teaching | | | | 3 | Requirements for text simplification | | | | 4 | Text simplification theories | | | | 5 | Text simplification criteria | | | | 6 | Text simplification criteria | | | | 7 | Language levels in text simplification | | | | 8 | Midterm exam | | | | 9 | Simplified/adapted sample text reviews | | | | 10 | Simplified/adapted sample text reviews | | | | 11 | Text adaptation work | | | | 12 | Text adaptation work | | | | 13 | Text adaptation study according to levels | | | | 14 | Text adaptation study according to levels | | | | 15 | Evaluation of adapted texts | | | | 16 | Final exam | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Abrahams, M. J., & Farias, M. (2010). Struggling for change in Chilean EFL teacher education. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 12(2), 110-118.
Akbari, O., & Razavi, A. (2016). Using authentic materials in the foreign language classrooms: Teachers’ perspectives in EFL classes. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 5(2), 1
Allen, D. (2009). A study of the role of relative clauses in the simplification of news texts for learners of English. D. Allen / System 37, 585–599.
Al-Thanyyan, S. S., & Azmi, A. M. (2021). Automated text simplification: A survey. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 54(2), 1-36.05-116.
Avrupa Konseyi, (2006). Avrupa dilleri için ortak başvuru metni: öğrenme, öğretme, değerlendirme, (Çev.:Demirel, Ö., v.d.), Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yayınları.
Battisti, A., & Ebling, S. (2019). A corpus for automatic readability assessment and text simplification of german. arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09067.
Bayraktar, İ. (2016). Türkçe ders kitaplarında metin sadeleştirme üzerine bir değerlendirme. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi, 5(3), 1356-1369. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 30 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 70 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Attending Lectures | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Practice | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Discussion | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Question-Answer | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Observation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Field Work | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Brain Storming | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Self Study | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Reading | 1 | 10 | 10 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | LO2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | LO3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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