Information Package / Course Catalogue
Elt For Young Learners II
Course Code: İDE340
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

This course introduces the students to the basic concepts of teaching English to young learners. It starts by describing the basic characteristics of young learners; namely, description of the child as a language learner, talks about its policy nationally and internationally, deals with teaching language skills to young learners and finally ends with how to evaluate young learners’ performance.

Course Content

The differences between young learners and learners at other ages (in terms of learning of language structures, skills and sub-skills), misconceptions about young learners; learner styles (e.g.: visual, auditory, kinesthetic) and strategies (e.g.: meta cognitive, cognitive, socio affective) of young learners; activities (e.g.: puzzles, stories and games, simulations) and audio visual aids (e.g.: pictures, realia, cartoons, puppets, songs) for the teaching of vocabulary, language skills and structures; classroom management techniques necessary for young learner classrooms.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students can use basic information related to Teaching English to Young Learners
2.Students can learn the basic language processes of young learners.
3.Students can learn the basic characteristics of first language and second language learners.
4.Students can produce materials related to teaching Young Learners
5.Students can teach young learners basic English language skills.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Teaching Languages to Young Learners
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction and the purpose of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Learning Literacy Skills
Week 3 - Theoretical
Starting to read and write in English as a Foreign Language
Week 4 - Theoretical
Developing reading and writing as Discourse Skills
Week 5 - Theoretical
Learning through Stories
Week 6 - Theoretical
Developing tasks around a story
Week 7 - Theoretical
Age Factor
Week 8 - Theoretical
Theme-based teaching and learning
Week 9 - Theoretical
Increasing target language use in theme-based teaching
Week 10 - Theoretical
Language choice and language learning
Week 11 - Theoretical
Assessment and language learning
Week 12 - Theoretical
Key concepts in Assessing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Issues around teaching children a foreign language
Week 14 - Theoretical
Issues around teaching children a foreign language
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1184260
Assignment1246
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1426
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
5
4
4
3
3
5
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026