| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Instructor Aslı Çobanoğlu
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Improve their skills in reading, listening, and writing by familiarizing themselves with TOEFL IBT question types
2) learn the meaning and use of language associated with different text types, using appropriate strategies to work out meaning and by the help of these strategies and supplementary exercises, develop their vocabulary
3) write academic opinion essays
4) summarize the points in a listening passage and explain how they relate to specific points in a reading passage in writing (integrated writing)
5)
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This is an advance level course which aims to equip students with the necessary skills in order to improve sub-skills of reading, writing, and listening by familiarizing the students with TOEFL IBT question types. In addition, the course will develop their vocabulary in different areas through thematic units.
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| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | 1. Writing: Independent Writing | | 2nd Week | 2. Reading: Main Idea & Factual & Negative Factual Question | | 3rd Week | 3. Reading: Sentence Simplification & Inference Questions | | 4th Week | 4. Reading: Rhetorical Purpose & Insert Text & Reference & Vocabulary Questions | | 5th Week | 5. Reading: Prose Summary & Fill in a Table + Listening: Basic Comprehension Questions | | 6th Week | 6. Listening: Pragmatic Understanding Questions & Connecting Information Questions | | 7th Week | 7. Reading & Listening Practice Sets | | 8th Week | 8. MIDTERM | | 9th Week | 9. Integrated Writing + Northstar Building Skills for the TOEFL IBT (ADVANCED) Unit 1 Vocabulary | | 10th Week | 10. Integrated Writing + NBS TOEFL IBT (ADVANCED) Unit 2 vocabulary and Reading | | 11th Week | 11. NBS TOEFL IBT (ADVANCED) Unit 3 Vocabulary and Reading + Unit 4 Vocabulary + Listening Practice Set | | 12th Week | 12. Integrated Writing + NBS TOEFL IBT (ADVANCED) Unit 4 Reading + Unit 5 Vocabulary | | 13th Week | 13. TOEFL IBT (ADVANCED) Unit 7 Reading & Vocabulary + Unit Reading & Vocabulary + Unit 9 Vocabulary + Unit 10 Vocabulary | | 14th Week | 14. Integrated Writing+TOEFL IBT(ADVANCED)Utopians & Education & Endangered Species Act+Reading & Listening Practice Sets | | 15th Week | | | 16th Week | | | 17th Week | |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | (1)Developing Language Skills (ELDBU)
(2)(CDU) Compiled materials booklet
Additional self-study materials related to the students? field of study are suggested
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 45 | | Oral Exam | 1 | 5 | | Total(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | 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 | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 45 | 45 | | Course hours | 14 | 4 | 56 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 40 | 40 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1,5 | 1,5 | | Homework | | | | | Presentation (including preperation) | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Total Workload | | | 156 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5,2 |
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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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