This course aims to enable students to apply enriched language teaching activities for students who may not develop adequate reading, writing, speaking, listening, and visual literacy skills. It is designed to develop students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes to apply effective methods/techniques and develop activities in literacy teaching for students whose mother tongue may be different. It also aims to enhance students’ academic growth in applying effective methods/techniques of literacy teaching for students who may not develop adequate language skills due to different factors (e.g., teacher change, adaptation problems, insufficient conditions at home, domestic violence). Lastly, the course also aims to support students to apply effective methods/techniques for teaching Turkish as a foreign/second language to immigrant students and discuss appropriate pedagogical approaches, methods, techniques, and practices.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- develop enriched language teaching activities for students who may not develop adequate language skills,
- apply enriched language teaching activities for students who may not develop adequate language skills,
- apply effective methods/techniques of literacy teaching for students whose mother tongue may be different,
- develop effective methods/techniques of literacy teaching for students who may not develop adequate language skills due to different factors.
- utilize effective methods/techniques for teaching Turkish as a foreign/second language to immigrant students.
| Workload | Hrs |
|---|---|
| Course Readings | 28 |
| Exams/Quizzes | 16 |
| Resource Review | 6 |
| Report on a Topic | 8 |
| Oral Presentation | 6 |