Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
ELT3002	3	English Literature I	2/0/0	CC	English	4

Course Goals	This course is based on a survey of a selection of historically and culturally significant literary texts and covers basic principles of cultural ideologies that have influenced human history. Students are expected to learn and use new linguistic structures acquired from the texts provided in the coursebook. They are required to develop their verbal, written and oral skills. As students evaluate, comment upon, criticise and differentiate multi logical interpretations, comprehension and critical thinking abilities are developed.
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Instructor(s)	Assoc. Prof. Süleyman Kasap
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Teaching Methods and Techniques	Face to face
Principle Sources	A History of English Literature; Robert Huntington Fletcher.
Other Sources	The Norton Anthology of English Literature

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction to the course
2. Week	Oral Tradition: Beowulf
3. Week	Oral Tradition: Beowulf
4. Week	Oral Tradition: Beowulf
5. Week	Canterbury Tales; Chaucer and the historical backdrop of his time.
6. Week	Canterbury Tales
7. Week	Canterbury Tales
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,the historical backdrop of the time.
10. Week	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the historical backdrop of the time.
11. Week	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, analysis of major themes
12. Week	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, character analysis
13. Week	16th century English Literature, historical period.
14. Week	Utopia and Humanism.
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Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	40
Final Exam	1	60

Program Outcomes PO-1 S/he can understand, adopt and apply social, cultural and social responsibilities. PO-2 S/he can take into account students' needs, language development levels, ages, intelligence types and learning styles when preparing a lesson plan. PO-3 S/he can choose the materials to be used in teaching process by evaluating usefulness, topicality and their effectiveness according to students’ age and language level. PO-4 S/he can create environments that will ensure the active participation of all students and increase their success. PO-5 S/he can organize multimedia learning environments inside and outside of the school, which develop all students' interactions with the teacher and each other for learning purposes. PO-6 S/he can organize educational environment suitable for all students to develop effective language learning strategies. PO-7 S/he can organize activities for all students to use English grammar and vocabulary correctly and effectively. PO-8 S/he can organize and apply activities to improve the listening skills of all students. PO-9 S/he can organize and apply activities that will improve the reading skills of all students. PO-10 S/he can organize and implement activities that will improve the speaking skills of all students. PO-11 S/he can organize and implement activities that will improve the writing skills of all students. PO-12 S/he can enable students to make self-assessment of their language learning processes. PO-13 S/he can use / develop assessment and evaluation tools and methods to be used in the teaching process in terms of usefulness, validity and reliability. PO-14 S/he can recognize Turkish National Education system, teaching profession and educational sciences in all aspects PO-15 S/he can use information and communication technologies by using at least one foreign language. PO-16 S/he can communicate well with colleagues and other school stakeholders. PO-17 S/he can follow the professional and ethical rules and take part in cooperative practices. PO-18 S/he can follow the national and international publications related to the field for their personal and professional development. PO-19 S/he can use Turkish in accordance with the rules and effectively. PO-20 S/he can select and apply measurement and evaluation methods in accordance with the gains. PO-21 S/he can apply contemporary teaching, strategy, methods and techniques. PO-22 S/he can use class dynamics to create appropriate learning experiences. PO-23 S/he can make use of sociology, psychology and philosophy in the planning and implementation of educational activities, being aware of the relationship of education with other disciplines. PO-24 S/he can evaluate the nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of information. PO-25 S/he can understand the methods related to the production of scientific knowledge. PO-26 S/he can use language learning strategies effectively. PO-27 S/he can understand, interpret and evaluate the different written texts they will encounter in daily and professional life. PO-28 S/he can understand, interpret and evaluate the different verbal texts they will encounter in daily and professional life. PO-29 S/he can communicate orally in different environments that they may encounter in daily and professional life. PO-30 S/he can create different types of text by using the writing process effectively. PO-31 S/he can have the knowledge to understand and analyze the properties, structure and functioning of the human language and use them. PO-32 S/he can understand and analyze concepts and processes related to language learning. PO-33 S/he can understand and analyze concepts and processes related to language teaching. PO-34 S/he can gain professional self-confidence (finds himself/ herself sufficient as a teacher).

Learning Outcomes LO-1 Pair work exercises, classroom discussions, presentations and writing activities help students to work out difficult structures and concepts. LO-2 Language efficiency and vocabulary knowledge are assessed and improved. LO-3 The difference between informative and literary texts are demonstrated with an emphasis on literary genres, themes and topics LO-4 Students analyze a variety of literary texts written in English in their contextual usage. LO-5 New ways of knowing and interpreting are introduced, which help students gain new perspectives towards human issues and life in general.

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