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ELT 003 - Material Design in Teaching English

Faculty of Education · English Language Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Field Education Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Özlem ZABİTGİL GÜLSEREN

Course Objective

The generic goal of this course is to design, development and evaluation an instructional material based on the theoritical and conceptional background of instructional technologies and material desing.

Course Content

Concepts related to instructional technology, the characteristics of various teaching technologies, the place and use of instructional technologies in teaching process, determining the technology needs of the school or class, appropriate technology planning and execution, development of two and three dimensional materials through teaching technologies, development of instructional materials (worksheets, activity planning, overhead transparencies, slides, visual media (VCD, DVD), computer based devices), examination of educational software, evaluation of teaching materials of various qualities,   Internet and distance education,   visual design principles, researches on the efficiency of instructional materials, Usage status of teaching technologies in Turkey and in the world.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will comprehend the inherent relationship between language learning /teaching and materials preparation
  2. Students will be able to recognize the determining position of methodological choices on materials design and development.
  3. Students will prepare language materials according to specific language teaching methodologies.
  4. Students will learn about different methodologies and will critically compare methodologies to one another doing critical reading exercises.
  5. Students will apply their materials in the classroom in front of their friends.
  6. Students will compare and contrast different techniques for language teaching materials creation.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)17234
Out of Class Study Period17117
Midterm11010
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final12020

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1IntroductıonReading at home
2Steps in Material DevelopmentReading at home
3Needs AnalysisReading at home
4Setting ObjectivesReading at home
5Developing MaterialsReading at home
6Developing, Designing, Evaluating MaterialsReading at home
7ImplementationReading at home
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Evaluation of the PerformanceReading at home
10Modifying the MaterialsReading at home
11Computer Assisted TechnologyReading at home
12The generic goal of this course is to design, development and evaluation an instructional material based on the theoritical and conceptional background of instructional technologies and material desing.(continued)Reading at home
13Adaptation or adoption of the materialsReading at home
14evaluation of course booksReading at home
15revisionReading at home
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı