Review of Syllabus

Cem BALÇIKANLI
Meeting Time: Tuesdays, 08:30-11:20
Meeting Place: C-205
 
Lecturer: Cem BALÇIKANLI, MA
Office: C-122
Phone: (312) 202 84 55
E-mail: balcikanli@gazi.edu.tr
Listserv: facebook.com
 
Office Hours: Tuesdays (11:30-13:20)
Wednesdays (10:30-12.20)
Textbook
A collection on several articles and book chapters
 Course Description
This course aims to provide an introduction to the study of
first and second language acquisition along with learning
theories that have a huge impact on language learning.
•Learning, teaching and foreign language teaching.
•Basic learning theories and analytical skills on those theories.
•First and second language acquisition.
•The study of first language development in children and the
acquisition of formal grammar.
•The universal in second language acquisition.
•The various topics including SLA theories ranging from the
innanist to social constructivism model
•The implications of SLA findings for L2 teaching.
Objectives
• have a clear understanding of basic concepts such as
learning, teaching and language
• are knowledgeable about the major learning theories and
can discuss them in relation to issues of language teaching
practice
• can articulate the relationship between first and second
language development
• have an awareness of historical developments in first and
second language educational theory
• will learn to apply these concepts to improve classroom
instruction for all students.
Evaluation
Midterm
Mid-term test 70
%
Facebook 20 %
Attendance and Participation 10
%

Final
Final test 70 %
Facebook 20 %
Attendance and Participation 10
%
Mid-term Test
The mid-term will be
approximately 45 minutes in
length and will cover
concepts and terminology
from the book and class
discussions. It will entail
both multiple-choice and
open-ended questions.
(70 %)
Final Test
The mid-term will be
approximately 45 minutes in
length and will cover concepts
and terminology from the
book and class discussions. It
will entail both multiple choice
and open-ended questions.
(70 %)
Facebook- Cem Baalcikanli (balcikanli@mynet.com)
You are expected to create an e-portfolio into which
they will put their reflection at the end of each session
weekly. Even the notes taken in class and session
journals (of 5-6 sentences) will be included in the
portfolio.
(20 %)
Attendance and Participation
All students are expected to attend each class, arrive and
depart on time, and be prepared to participate actively
(Active listening, asking questions, making remarks, etc.).

Students will be allowed 10 hours of absence without the

need to provide a reason. Excuses for absences (health
problems, family problems, etc) will be allowed but must
be made up for by out-of-class time with the instructor.

After 10 hours of absences, students will fail the class.

(10 %)
 Office Hours
Please feel free to come to see me during office
hours. If you cannot see me during my office
hours, make sure that you contact me to make
an appointment that fits both your schedule
and mine.

E-mail and Facebook (our online platform) are the

quickest and most reliable way to contact me.
Date Topic Assignment due
Review of Syllabus

Week 1 Introduction and Course Overview

Language-Learning-Teaching Session Journal

Week 2 Language Teaching Methodology

Educational Psychology Session Journal

Week 3 Approaches to Educational Psychology

(Positivist school, Cognitive Psychology)

Week 4 Approaches to Educational Psychology (2) Session Journal

(Constructivism)

Humanism in ELT (Rogers and Maslow)

Social Interactionism ☺

Week 5 (Vygotsky, Feuerstein)

How people learn? Various perspectives on learning

NO CLASS- TESOL CONFERENCE Session Journal

Week 6
Week 7 A closer look into other learning theories (1) Session Journal
 A closer look into other learning theories (2) Session Journal

Week 8

A closer look into other learning theories (3) Session Journal

Week 9

Week 10 MIDTERM WEEK

Week 11 First Language Acquisition (1) Session Journal

Week 12 First Language Acquisition (2) Session Journal

Week 13 Second Language Acquisition (1) Session Journal

Week 14 Second Language Acquisition (2) Session Journal

Week 15 Course round up

Concerns ? Questions?