ELT 590 Seminar in English Language Teaching NC
ELT 599 Master's Thesis NC
ELT 801-850 Special Studies NC
Elective Courses
ELT 506 Second Language Acquisition (3-0)3
ELT 507 Curriculum Development for English for Specific Purposes (3-0)3
ELT 509 Literature in the Teaching of English (3-0)3
ELT 513 Linguistics for English Language Teaching (3-0)3
ELT 517 Materials Evaluation and Development in ELT (3-0)3
ELT 518 English Language Testing (3-0)3
ELT 520 English-Turkish Contrastive Analysis (3-0)3
ELT 521 Cultural Aspects of Language Teaching (3-0)3
ELT 525 Approaches Methods and Techniques in ELT I (3-0)3
ELT 526 Approaches Methods and Techniques in ELT II (3-0)3
ELT 528 Instructional Technology in ELT (3-0)3
ELT 529 Brain-based Learning and Language Teaching (3-0)3
DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
ELT 506 Second Language Acquisition (3-0)3 Surveying current research in language acquisition with special emphasis on similarities and differences between child and adult language, between native and foreign language acquisition
ELT 507 Curriculum Development for English for Specific Purposes (3-0)3 Curriculum development and course design as applied to ESP; language functions, notions and speech acts; principles of functional /notional or communicative syllabus strategies and techniques; designing structural interviews and questionnaires; discourse analysis and teacher
training for ESP.
ELT 509 Literature in the Teaching of English (3-0)3 Significant contributions of literature to the process and purpose of learning English as a foreign language; poetry, prose and drama in the EFL classroom; approaches to selecting texts for different levels of learners.
ELT 513 Linguistics for English Language Teaching (3-0)3 Contributions of linguistics to the field of foreign language teaching; current approaches to the linguistic analysis of English.
ELT 517 Materials Evaluation and Development in ELT (3-0)3 Reviewing methods of evaluating language teaching materials and adaptation techniques and applying evaluation and adaptation criteria to materials currently employed; determining appropriate discovery procedures for developing effective language teaching materials through applied research.
ELT 518 English Language Testing (3-0)3 Major aspects of English language testing: item analysis and interpretation of test scores; subjective and objective tests; procedures in preparing different kinds of test items appropriate for testing different language skills; practice in item writing and statistical methods.
ELT 520 English-Turkish Contrastive Analysis (3-0)3 Introducing current approaches to contrastive analysis; comparing and contrasting English and Turkish in the areas of phonetics and phonology, syntax and semantics with special emphasis on problem areas in language teaching and learning.
ELT 521 Cultural Aspects of Language Teaching (3-0)3 Providing language teachers with a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching; significance of culture in teaching English as a foreign language; perspectives on how language and culture interact, and on the significant distinction between understanding and participating in a foreign culture.
ELT 525 Approaches, Methods and Techniques in ELT I (3-0)3 Examining major approaches to, methods and techniques of English language teaching; studying linguistic and psychological theories behind them; practical applications on techniques for teaching various language skills, specifically listening and speaking.
ELT 526 Approaches, Methods and Techniques in ELT I (3-0)3 A continuation of ELT 525, practical work on English language teaching by focusing on the techniques in teaching grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing; discussion and evaluation of applications of approaches, methods and techniques.
ELT 528 Instructional Technology in English Language Teaching (3-0)3 Current developments in the use of instructional technology in language teaching; use of computers, interactive video, television and video in language teaching; approaches to the design, evaluation, development and application of English language teaching courseware by using instructional technology.
ELT 590 Seminar in English Language Teaching NC Preparation towards M.A. thesis proposal through prescribed readings; written or oral presentation of the work developed.