GENC 350

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

GENC 350

Course Title

Culture and Language

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(2+0+0) 2 TEDU Credits, 3 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Semester:

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::

Catalog Description

Basic concepts about language and culture; bases and components of culture; verbal and written culture; material and moral culture; individual and communal culture; connective and discriminative culture; acculturation, cultural expansion and harmony; cognitive, symbolic, structural-functioanal oriented culture; language as system of symbols; effects of culture on human conscious; relationship between culture, language, cognition and reality; language's function of passing on knowledge and culture, forming social relations and communication; evolution and transfer of language and culture; national identity and culture; dynamics of changes in culture and language; discussions about mutual interactions of changes in culture and language; national cultures; globalization, multilingualism and multiculturalism.

Course Objectives

The purpose of this course is to evaluate concept of language in terms of culture, to explain the relationship between the two concepts in detail and to educate about social bases of the two-way relationship between culture and language. 

Software Usage

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Recognize the concept of culture, its bases and components.
2. Analyze the importance of the connection between language and culture.
3. Evaluate texts that pass on the Turkish culture with a critical eye.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Collaborating Web Searching

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Test / Exam Quiz

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

Design Content

Recommended Reading

Required Reading

Grading

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:

Course Coordinator:

Zerrin Toker

Student Workload:

Workload	Hrs
Course Readings	14
Exams/Quizzes	34

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