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	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Fatma Özlem Bay Gülveren
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Develop written and oral language skills 2) Compare, analyze and classify scientific and artistic text types 3) apply writing methods and techniques
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	Writing language and features; spelling and punctuation; features of written and oral expression; paragraph creation and paragraph types (introduction, development, conclusion paragraphs); methods of thinking development (explanation, discussion, narration, description; definition, exemplification, witness demonstration, comparison), Text structure (structural features of the text, introduction-development-result parts), textuality properties (cohesion, coherence; purposefulness, acceptability, situationality, informality, intertextuality; Writing text (drafting, writing, editing, and sharing); writing informative-descriptive text; writing narrative text; writing descriptive text; writing controversial text; writing descriptive text; writing argumentative and persuasive text.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week - Introductions - Distribution of the Course Syllabus 2nd Week - What is language? The relationship between language and time, human and culture 3rd Week - Language and Expression Mistakes: Words written contiguously and separately, spelling of -de/-da and -ki suffixes, -punctuation marks 4th Week - What is a text? -conditions of being a text (coherence, cohesion, purposefulness, situationality, wisdom) - intertextual relations - types of texts 5th Week - Ways to Develop Thinking: definition, comparison, exemplification, witnessing (evidence), analogy ect. 6th Week - Informative Writings-Official Writings: Petition-report-record-record-news-announcement-letter, Language used in - official writings and petitions 7th Week - Essay-Criticism-Article 8th Week ----------midterm-------- 9th Week Student presentations exemplifying the use of written and spoken language-(evaluation in terms of content and language-expression) 10th Week Student presentations exemplifying the use of written and spoken language-(evaluation in terms of content and language-expression) 11th Week Student presentations exemplifying the use of written and spoken language-(evaluation in terms of content and language-expression) 12th Week Student presentations exemplifying the use of written and spoken language-(evaluation in terms of content and language-expression) 13th Week Student presentations exemplifying the use of written and spoken language-(evaluation in terms of content and language-expression) 14th Week Student presentations exemplifying the use of written and spoken language-(evaluation in terms of content and language-expression)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Türk Dil Kurumu İmla Kılavuzu, Türkçe Sözlük (2 cilt), TDK Yayınları Üniversiteler İçin Türk Dili Ders Kitabı (Komisyon) Başkent Üniv. Yayını Aktaş, Şerif-Osman Gündüz, (2003). Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım, Akçağ Yay., Ankara. Pascal-Picq-Jean Louis Dessalles-Bernard Victorri, (2018), Dilin Kökenleri, (çev. Atakan Altınörs), İst: Bilge Kültür Sanat yay.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Practice,Presentation,Questions/Answers,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Presentation of Article 1 20 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 1 14 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Presentation (including preperation) 1 10 10 Performance Practice 7 1 7 Total Workload 117 Total Workload / 30 3,9 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No