Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
ELT5001	5	Teaching English to Young Learners I	3/0/0	CC	English	5

Course Goals	Investigating ways to implement knowledge related with children’s developmental stages to classroom environment; examining language teaching methods and techniques that could be used with children; identifying the differences between adults and children; learning about different activity and materials that could be used specifically with children; preparing lesson plans and preparing appropriate evaluation materials for children.
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Instructor(s)	Professor Birsen Tütüniş
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Teaching Methods and Techniques	Face to face
Principle Sources	J. Moon (2000). Children Learning English. Heinemann. Clark, J. (1990). Teaching children: Is it different. Jet, 6-8. Halliwell, S. (1992). Teaching English in the primary classroom. Longman. Scott, W. & Ytreberg (1990). Teaching English to children. Longman.
Other Sources	Brumfit C, Moon J and Tongue R (Eds.) 1991. Teaching English to Children From Practice to Principle: London: HarperCollins Publishers. Holt, J. 1984. How Children Learn. London: Penguin Rixon,S. 2000. Young Learners of English, In Modern English Teacher. Vol. 9 No.4, Oct. 2000. Pp 5-10

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction to the course
2. Week	Theories that affect language development; differences between children and adults
3. Week	Characteristics of children
4. Week	Attitudes of children towards learning a foreign language
5. Week	Language learning strategies used with mixed ability classes
6. Week	Classroom management techniques
7. Week	Effective teacher-student interaction and classroom language
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Techniques to support children’s language learning
10. Week	Preparing , adapting, and evaluating
11. Week	Benefits of involving children in the production and use of materials
12. Week	Preparing lesson plans
13. Week	Theme-based teaching and its benefits
14. Week	Assessment techniques for children
15. Week	Revision
16. Week	Final Exam
17. Week	Final exam

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations	1	30
Final Exam	1	50

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 Examining the developmental characteristics of children at different ages LO-2 Using selection and evaluation criteria when using activities and materials LO-3 Using effective classroom management techniques by taking children’s socio-emotional development into consideration LO-4 Implementing methods and techniques that could be used with children LO-5 Teaching the English language in an effective way.

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