Undergraduate Curriculum*
BA in Foreign Language Education
The Department of Foreign Language Education offers a B.A. program in English Language Teaching. Taking into consideration the latest developments in the field, students are provided with a solid foundation in the English language, English literature, methodology, educational sciences and linguistics in order to make them fully qualified teachers of English in primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions.
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FIRST YEAR
First Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| FLE129 | INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| FLE133 | CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| ENG101 |
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (*please see notes below) |
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| ENG211 |
ACADEMIC SPEAKING SKILLS (*please see notes below) |
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| EDS200 | INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
| IS100 | INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 |
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RESTRICTED ELECTIVE 1 (*please see notes below) |
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| TURK103 | ORAL COMMUNICATION | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 |
| TURK107 | TURKISH I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 |
| TURK201 | ELEMENTARY TURKISH | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
Second Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| FLE134 | CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| ENG102 |
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II (*please see notes below) |
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| ENG311 |
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS (*please see notes below) |
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| FLE140 | ENGLISH LITERATURE I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| FLE146 | LINGUISTICS I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
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RESTRICTED ELECTIVE 2 (*please see notes below) |
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| Any 1 of the following set .. | |||||
| TURK104 | WRITTEN EXPRESSION | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 |
| TURK108 | TURKISH II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| TURK202 | INTERMEDIATE TURKISH | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
SECOND YEAR
Third Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| CEIT319 | INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6.5 |
| FLE238 | APPROACHES TO ENG.LANG.TEACHING | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| FLE241 | ENGLISH LITERATURE II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| FLE261 | LINGUISTICS II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
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RESTRICTED ELECTIVE 3 (*please see notes below) |
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| EDS220 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
Fourth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| FLE200 | INSTRUCTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| FLE221 | DRAMA ANALYSIS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| FLE262 | ELT METHODOLOGY I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 |
| FLE270 | CONTRASTIVE TURKISH-ENGLISH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| FLE280 | ORAL EXPRESSION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
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THIRD YEAR
Fifth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| FLE304 | ELT METHODOLOGY II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| FLE307 | LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
| FLE311 | ADVANCED WRITING RESEARCH SKILLS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 |
| FLE315 | NOVEL ANALYSIS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
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| HIST2201 | PRINCIPLES OF KEMAL ATATÜRK I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| HIST2205 | HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
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| NONDEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE | |||||
Sixth Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| FLE308 |
TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS
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3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
| FLE324 | TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| FLE352 | COMMUNITY SERVICE | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 |
| EDS304 | CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
| EDS416 | TURKISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
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| HIST2202 | PRINCIPLES OF KEMAL ATATÜRK II | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| HIST2206 | HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION II | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
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FOURTH YEAR
h/w = hours per week
Notes for ENG 101, ENG 102, ENG 211, ENG 311 and Restricted Electives:
1) "ENG"-coded courses are offered by the Department of Modern Languages (Modern Diller Bölümü) in lieu of FLE 135, FLE 136, FLE 137 and FLE 138. All FLE students need to take and pass these courses to be able to graduate.
2) For "ENG"-coded courses, the rules set by the Department of Modern Languages apply. Note, for example, that you need at least a DD from ENG 101 to be able to take ENG 102 (please check METUSIS and the website of the Department of Modern Languages for further details.)
3) The course pool for Restricted Elective 1 is as follows (FLE students need to take one of the following courses):
4500177 Second Foreign Language I (offered by FLE)
6020201 Arabic 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6030201 French 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6040201 German 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6060201 Italian 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6070201 Russian 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6080201 Spanish 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6100201 Greek 201 (offered by the Department of Modern Languages)
6110201 Chinese 201 (offered by the METU Confucius Institute / the Department of Modern Languages)
4) Restricted Elective 2 and Restricted Elective 3 are the respective continuations of the courses taken as Restricted Elective 1.