At the end of this course students will

(1) learn and use basic terms and concepts related to discourse, semantics and syntax appropriately where/when necessary

(2) describe and categorise the main topics that native speakers of Turkish have difficulties with while learning English

(3) engage in various analyses and practices showing the relationship between lexicon, morpho-syntax and discourse in Turkish and English

(4) read, summarize and analyse research examining discoursal, syntactic and semantic properties of English and Turkish

(5) acquire skills necessary for evaluating the discoursal, syntactic and semantic features of various texts produced by natives speakers of Turkish learning English and natives speakers of English