| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Compulsory Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | 1 |
| SEMESTER | First Term (Fall) |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Instructor Feride Sümbül
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) develop sub-skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
2) learn the meaning and use of language associated with different text types, using appropriate strategies to work out meaning.
3) write an academic paragraph by following the academic text writing rules.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | Upon successful completion of this course students will become confident in assimilating appropriate style for their purpose and audience in their lives. They will appreciate consistency, the right level of formality, critical thinking, expressing ideas precisely, being concise, and understand and communicate in academic disciplines. The focus is on knowledge that they will enable students to cover the practices of English language: reading, writing, listening and speaking in interactive online class atmosphere. Students will improve the ability to critically think about International Relations while playing an absolute active role in this course. The workshop format will encourage the students to overcome the language barrier and build their knowledge on International Relations and articulate their knowledge and ideas confidently.
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| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Summarizing / Getting an outline of an essay | | 2nd Week | Paraphrasing / Getting an outline of an essay | | 3rd Week | Finding main ideas / Getting an outline of an essay | | 4th Week | Summarizing / Getting an outline of an essay | | 5th Week | Paraphrasing / Getting an outline of an essay | | 6th Week | Finding main ideas / Getting an outline of an essay | | 7th Week | MIDTERM | | 8th Week | Introduction paragraph | | 9th Week | Body paragraphs | | 10th Week | Conclusion paragraph | | 11th Week | Practising various essay structures | | 12th Week | Practising various essay structures | | 13th Week | Practising various essay structures | | 14th Week | Practising various essay structures | | 15th Week | |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | EAP Foundation: Academic Writing Genres: Essays, Reports and Other Genres
The textbook can be downloaded from the Moodle system. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | This course consists of Integrated skills-eclectic teaching methods and techniques. Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 15 | | Assignment | 14 | 50 | | Attendance | 1 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 85 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 85 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 15 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1,5 | 1,5 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 1,5 | 21 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 18 | 18 | | Course hours | 14 | 4 | 56 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1,5 | 1,5 | | Homework | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Total Workload | | | 150 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | English |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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