Second Cycle Programmes (Master’s Degree)

General Description

History

The department of French Language Education has offered Master Degree since 1990 and has 10 students at present.

Qualification Awarded

French Language Teacher Education, Master’s Degree

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master’s Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelors Degree) diploma, minimum score of 65 from the nation-wide Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields, acceptable minimum score of 50 from Foreign Language (German, English, French; any language other than the medium of instruction) Exams (UDS/KPDS) or the equivalent exams scores obtained from TOEFL/IELTS/etc. or minimum score of 70 at the foreign language examination of the Language School of DEU
GPA s of the candidates will be used in applications. If their GPA is out of 100, they will be taken as they are.
Candidates as three times as the quota will be given the oral and written exams. The candidates will be ranked through computation of 50% of ALES and 50 % of GPA.
The candidates (as three times as the quota) with highest ranking will be entitled to take the exams
Those who are eliminated from the list cannot take the exams. There wont be any waiting list for those who are entitled to take the exams and the others who are eligible but cannot be there for some reason at the time of exams
Those candidates after the pre-selection will take both written and oral exams.
Their interview grades are calculated as 60 % of their written exam grade + 40 % their oral exam grades.
Candidates whose interview grades are 65 and above will be considered successful according to the DEU Graduate School Regulations. Their ALES grades, cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and interviewing grades are calculated as their Evaluation Grades.
Evaluation Grades: % 50 of their ALES grades, % 25 of their cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and % 25 of their interview grades.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, one seminar course, and a thesis study, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme are 120 ECTS.
In addition to students midterm and final grades, students reports, quiz results, seminar presentations and project results can be used to evaluate the students semester performances. In order for a student to be successful, he has to get minimum 75 out of 100 (2.5 out of 4.00). Seminar lesson and the thesis are considered as non credit courses and students are evaluated as successful and unsuccessful.
A masters degree student must write the results of the thesis according to the specifications of the Graduate School Thesis Writing Guide and must defend the thesis in front of a jury with an oral presentation. After oral presentation, the jury vote the thesis as acceptance, reject or correction. A student may be given, by a decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School, up to three months to complete the corrections and defend his thesis in front of the same jury.
See the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Profile of the Programme

The program is designed to promote personal and professional growth for both education and French language. The language of instruction is French.

Key Learning Outcomes

1 Has an accumulation of knowledge on an expert-level in the field of French language teaching.
2 Uses and applies the expert-level knowledge acquired in the field of French language teaching.
3 Through researches, contributes to the accumulation of knowledge in the field of French language teaching.
4 Has knowledge about other disciplines related to the field of French language teaching.
5 Offers solutions to the problems requiring expertise in the field of French language teaching, by using quantitative and qualitative research methods.
6 Gets actively involved in team works to do scientific researches in the field of French language teaching; does their share of task, is open to collaboration and takes the lead when needed.
7 Adopts the lifelong learning strategies and uses them while performing their studies.
8 Can use the measurement and evaluation instruments and methods in foreign language teaching.
9 Have social, scientific and ethical values during the stages of data collection about the subject, data interpretation and implementation.
10 Can use their mother tongue in the most accurate and efficient way; can introduce the similarities and differences between their mother tongue and the foreign language; can interpret, evaluate and use them during the teaching process.
11 Can organize activities with the awareness of social responsibility for the social environment in which they live; can make and apply projects.
12 Can use a second foreign language at an intermediate (B1) level.
13 Can improve themselves keeping track of the scientific, technological, social and cultural developments in their own country and in the world as the one having internalized the importance of lifelong learning.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of French Language Education enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers and work in these institutions as language teachers, researchers and senior advisers and in many other areas of the public service as civil servants. In addition, students may work in the language related areas of the private sector.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Masters Degree and pass the proficiency test other than French may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Academic Plan consists of 2 compulsory and 13 elective courses. There is a total of 13 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 7 courses in fall and 6 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 6 / 91 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 0 – ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE – – – 30
TOTAL: 30
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 EBE 5001 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 2 EBE 5003 STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 3 YDF 5011 LEXICOLOGY AND TEACHING FRENCH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 4 YDF 5013 LINGUISTICS AND MORPHOLOGY TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 5 YDF 5017 TRANSLATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 6 YDF 5019 DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH TEACHING METHODS I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 7 YDF 5001 APPLIED LINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 YDF 5098 EXPERTISE FIELD COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3
B 2 YDF 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3
B 0 – ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE – – – 24
TOTAL: 30
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 YDF 5018 DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH TEACHING METHODS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 2 YDF 5006 ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 3 YDF 5002 LINGUISTICS AND GRAMMAR TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 4 YDF 5016 PROBLEM OF FRENCH SYNTAX ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 5 EBE 5002 TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 6 YDF 5012 GENERAL SEMIOTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 YDF 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL: 30
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 YDF 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL: 30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Students must attend classes, practices and examinations. In order for students to qualify for midterms they should attend 70% of the theoretical classes and 80% of the application/lab classes.
For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations: One midterm examination (given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester) and one final exam. The instructor announces the weekly course content, the course book and how students will be evaluated and the dates of the exams to the students and the Institute at the beginning of the semester. The instructor evaluates the students depending on their midterm and final grades, attendance, their additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments.
A make up exam is offered for graduate classes. Upon the approval of the Institute Board students can take the exam from the lessons that they have already passed in order to increase their GPA.
To be able to pass a lesson a graduate student must have minimum CB.
See the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, one seminar course, and thesis, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 120 ECTS. Graduation requirements in detail are explained in the section Qualification Requirements and Regulations.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time