Academic Catalog

DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

General Information on Undergraduate Program

The English Language Teaching Program aims to instruct and train qualified teachers with a superior knowledge of English, critical teaching and thinking skills, and broad intellectual curiosity of languages and cultures. Graduates will have near-perfect knowledge of English, including the rules and representations underlying the structure of English, Linguistics, Contrastive Turkish-English Structure, and teaching theories and methodologies. Additionally, the ELT program endeavors to provide students with literature and humanities courses to familiarize them with authentic texts, the best examples of written and spoken English, the social and historical contexts of the English language, and interdisciplinary literary and cultural experiences.

Undergraduate Curriculum


FIRST YEAR

First Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
CNG100 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECH. AND APPLICATIONS 0 2 0 1.0
TUR103 TURKISH I: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION 2 2 0 4.0
EFL123 LISTENING & PRONUNCIATION 3 3 0 7.0
EFL125 ADVANCED READING AND WRITING 3 3 0 7.0
EFL130 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 3 3 0 4.5
EDUS200 INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION 3 3 0 5.0
Semester Total:28.5

Second Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
BUS100 CAREER PLANNING 0 1 0 2.0
TUR104 TURKISH II - ORAL COMMUNICATION 2 2 0 4.0
EFL122 CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION II 3 3 0 7.0
EFL124 ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS 3 3 0 7.0
EFL126 ADV.READING AND WRITING II 3 3 0 7.0
            RESTRICTED ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:33

SECOND YEAR

Third Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
ENGL211 ACADEMIC ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS 3 3 0 4.0
HST201 0 2 0 2.0
EFL211 ENGLISH LITERATURE I 3 3 0 4.5
EFL245 LINGUISTICS I 3 3 0 4.5
EFL249 ELT METHODOLOGY I 3 3 0 4.0
EDUS220 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 3 0 5.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:30

Fourth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
HST202 0 2 0 2.0
EFL212 ENGLISH LITERATURE II 3 3 0 3.0
EFL244 TRANSLATION STUDIES 3 3 0 5.0
EFL246 LINGUISTICS II 3 3 0 3.0
EFL254 ELT METHODOLOGY II 3 3 0 4.0
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            RESTRICTED ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:29

THIRD YEAR

Fifth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
EFL311 ADVANCED WRITING & RESEARCH SKILLS 3 3 0 4.0
EFL313 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 3 3 0 5.0
EFL319 DRAMA ANALYSIS 3 3 0 4.5
EFL321 TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS: SPEAKING AND LISTENING 3 3 0 7.0
CTE319 INSTR.TECH.& MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT 3 3 0 6.5
            NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:33

Sixth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
EFL318 NOVEL ANALYSIS 3 3 0 7.0
EFL320 TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS 3 3 0 4.5
EFL322 TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS: READING AND WRITING 3 3 0 7.0
EDUS304 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 3 3 0 5.0
EDUS416 TURKISH EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT 3 3 0 5.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:34.5

FOURTH YEAR

Seventh Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
ENGL311 ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS 3 3 0 4.0
EFL409 CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTICS 3 3 0 5.0
EFL413 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING & EVALUATION 3 3 0 4.5
EFL415 MATERIALS ADAPTATION & DEVELOPMENT 3 3 0 4.5
EFL417 SCHOOL EXPERIENCE II 4 2 4 7.0
            RESTRICTED ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:31

Eighth Semester
Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
EFL324 COMMUNITY SERVICE PRACTICE 2 1 2 4.0
EFL414 SCHOOLS OF MODERN THOUGHT 3 3 0 5.0
EFL418 PRACTICE TEACHING 4 1 6 13.5
EDUS424 GUIDANCE 3 3 0 5.0
            DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE 6.0
            FREE ELECTIVE 6.0
Semester Total:39.5
Program Total:258.5

h/w = hours per week