Sign Language

INDIVIDUAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Unit Title
SIGN LANGUAGE
Course Unit Code
Type of Course Unit
(Compulsory, Optional)
Optional
Level of Course Unit (Short
Cyle, First Cycle, Second Cycle,
Third Cycle)
First Cycle
Number of ECTS Credits
Allocated
5
Theoretical (hour/week)
3
Practice (hour/week)
Laboratory (hour/week)
Year of Study
4th Year
Semester when the course unit
is delivered
8th Semester / Spring
Name of Lecturer(s)
Mode of Delivery (Face-ToFace, Distance Learning)
Face-to-Face
Language of Instruction
(Turkish, English, German)
Turkish
Prerequisities and corequisities (Ön Koşul olan
dersler ya da bu dersi başarmak
için alınmış olması önerilen
dersler varsa yazılması gerekir.
Ön koşul dersi yoksa “None”
diye belirtilmesi gerekir.)
None
Recommended Optional
None
Programme Components (Ders
için önerilen konular varsa
yazılması, yoksa “None” diye
belirtilmesi gerekir.)
Work Placement(s) (Bu dersle
ilgili herhangi bir staj
uygulaması varsa yazılması,
yoksa “None” diye belirtilmesi
gerekir.)
None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to make students communicate with people having
impaired hearing by using Turkish Sign Language alphabet, basic
vocabulary and grammar structures.
Learning Outcomes
LO1. To get general information about sign language,
LO2. To be able to communicate in daily life by using sign language,
LO3. To be able to give information about him/herself,
LO4. To be able to ask questions by using simple question structures.
Course Contents
General Information About Sign Language, Hand and Finger Gestures,
Expressing Numbers, Introducing yourself, Asking Questions, Expressing
Affirmative and Negative Sentences, Understanding the Other Side
Weekly Detailed Course
1. Week General Information About Sign Language
Contents (yarıyıllık dersler için
arasınav ve final sınavları dahil
edilerek 16 haftalık, yıllık
dersler için arasınav ve final
sınavları dahil edilerek 30
haftalık)
2. Week Hand and Finger Gestures, Functions of Gestures
3. Week The Use of Single and Double Hand
4. Week Expressing Numbers and Measures of Height, Weight etc.
5. Week Introducing Yourself, Giving Information about Yourself.
6. Week Expressions about School, Family, Friends
7. Week Asking Yes-no Questions, Open-end Questions
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Expressing Affirmative and Negative Sentences
10. Week Time Expressions
11. Week Expressing Feelings, Thoughts and Preferences
12. Week Expressions of Daily Life Activities
13. Week Communicating with people having impaired hearing by
using Sign Language
14. Week Understanding the Other Side
15. Week Understanding the Other Side
16. Week Final Exam.
Recommended or Required
Reading
-
Atila, Murat (2011). Konuşan Eller - Temel İşaret Dili, İlgi Kültür Sanat
Yayınları.
-
Kolektif (2013). Akıllı Türk İşaret Dili Hazırlık Kitabı, Nobel Yayın
Dağıtım
ASSESSMENT
Term (or Year) Learning
Activities
TOTAL
Weight, %
100
Contribution of Term (Year)
Learning Activities to Success
Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to
Success Grade
60
100
TOTAL
Planned Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods and Student Workload
Activities
Course hours
Quantity
Duration
(hour)
Total Work Load
(hour)
16
3
48
14
3
42
1
10
2
2
2
20
Lab
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study hours out of class
Presentations/ Seminar
Project
Homework Assignments
Mid-Terms
a)Exam
b) Student’s preparation
Final
a)Exam
b) Student’s preparation
1
20
2
2
2
40
TOTAL
62
14
154
ECTS Credits
154/30=5 ECTS
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes*
Learning
Outcomes
Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
PO
7
PO
8
PO
9
PO
10
PO
11
PO
12
PO
13
PO
14
LO1
LO2
1
LO3
PO
16
PO
17
PO
18
2
1
3
1
3
LO4
*Contribution Level:
PO
15
1
1 Very Low
2 Low
3 Medium
4 High
1
1
5 Very High
PO
19