Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Applied Linguistics
- Code
- OT-ANG17-350/DEAL.22
- Title
- Elective Linguistics or Applied Linguistics: Popular Websites and Apps in EFL Teaching and Learning
- Usual semester
- Spring
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- Learning outcomes
- The aim of the course is to investigate how popular applications and websites can be used in EFL teaching and learning.
- Course content
- The materials selected for the course are academic research on the usefulness in teaching of these online platforms. Throughout the semester a number of apps will be taken into consideration and apart from academic sources, students will gain knowledge from personal experience.
- Assessment method
- Readings Each week there is an assigned reading, a piece of academic study. The title of the reading for each session is indicated in the schedule. You can find them uploaded in Canvas. Homework Your homework will always match the topic. Mostly these are short tasks to help you get familiar with the given apps. You can find these indicated in the schedule, but they will always be discussed beforehand. Assignments and tasks - Every student must write three assignments. The aim of the essays is to express your opinion based on the readings of the given topic. Deadline: 12 May Requirements of assignments: at least 300 words, Times New Roman, 12, use at least 1 reference - Creation of 2 language tasks that could be used in-class. They should not be longer than 10 minutes. 2-3 students will present their tasks each week. The dates will be discussed on the first week. Tests The two tests will have open-ended questions about the readings and the topics discussed in-class. Grading Assignments 25 points each (75p) Homework 5 points each (50p) Tasks 15 points each (30p) Tests 25 points each (50p) Total 205 points 85 – 100% 5 174 – 205 p 75 – 84% 4 153 – 173 p 65 – 74% 3 133 – 152 p 55 – 64% 2 112 – 132 p 0 – 54% 1 0 – 111 p
- Bibliography
- Handayani, F. (2016). Instagram as a teaching tool? Really? Proceedings of the Fourth International Seminar on English Language and Teaching, 320-327. Handayani, F. (2017). Students’ attitudes toward using Instagram in teaching writing, Journal Educative: Journal of Educational Studies, 2(1), 23-29. Erarslan, A. (2019). Instagram as an educational platform for EFL learners, TOJET:The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 18(3), 54-69. Liliia, K., & Gulnara, G. (2016). Intagram: Mobile application in teaching EFL at university level, Proceedings 9th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation November 14th-16th, 6155-6161. Panda, N. (2020). Teaching English language skills OfB. tech students using Netflix as a tool, Mukt Shabd Journal, 9(5), 2563-2568. Cifuentes, S. G., Aristizábal, D. G., & Jaramillo, V. P. (2020, November 18). Bringing Netflix into the English classroom. Retrieved January 20, 2021, from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346006444_Bringing_Netflix_into_the_English_classroom Freyn, A. L. (2017). Experimenting with Snapchat in a university EFL classroom, Journal of Education and Practice, 8(10), 35-37. Yang, H. (2020). Secondary-school stuendts’ perspectives of utilizing TikTok for English learning in and beyond the EFL classroom, 3rd International Conference on Education Technology and Social Science, 162-183. Parnrod, U., Sinraksa, D., Nung-alee, A., Yacharat, A., Junnuan, C., Laptawewong, T., & Yeera, T. (2020). Using m-learning to enhance EFL students’ English language skills, International Journal of Advanced Research in Technology and Innovation, 2(4), 20-36. Taskiran, A., Gumusoglu, E. K., & Aydin, B. (2018). Fostering foreign language learning with Twitter: Refletions from English learners, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 19(1), 100-116. Borau, K., Ullrich, C., Feng, J., & Shen, R. (2009). Microblogging for language learning: Using Twitter to train communicative and cultural competence. In: Spaniol, M., Li, Q., Klamma, R., & Lau, R.W.H. (Eds.), Advances in web based learning- ICWL 2009. Aachen, Germany: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Azevedo, A. F., & Matias, J. (2019). Teaching English through Youtube: Grammar video analysis of three Brazilian Youtube channels dedicated to EFL teaching, English Review: Journal of English Education, 8(1), 1-10. York, J. (2011). Reasons for using Youtube in the language classroom including practical usage examples, Jalt Call Journal, 7(2), 207-215.