ELT622 MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSING
| Course Code: | 8200622 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr MÜGE GÜNDÜZ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of the course, students:
- will have understood the fundamental research questions and hypotheses in studies conducted into the morphological processing of various linguistic structures by native and non-native speakers of various languages
- will have understood the experimental paradigms employed in morphological processing studies
- will have understood the differences and similarities in the morphological patterns of native and non-native speakers of various languages
- will have understood mainstream models of morphological processing and visual word recognition
- will be able to understand reports of morphological processing experiments
- will be able to understand and critically evaluate scientific publications on morphological processing
Course Content
The course aims to present an overview of the study of morphological processing in native and non-native populations.It focuses on a number of issues that have been taken up in theoretical and empricial studies such models of native and non-native morphological processing, various types of behavioural paradigms that are employed in experimental studies, questions asked and findings obtained in studies focusing on the processing of inflectional morphology, derivational morphology and compounding, the letter transposition effect and its interaction with morphological boundaries and the impact of individual differences.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution