| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Professor Halil Giray Berberoğlu
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) will be able to make evalutions with a cirtical point of view.
2) will be able to develop academical reading skills.
3) will be able to develop academical writing skills.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course intends students to gain a critical point of view and to develop academical reading and writing skills.
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| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction, Academic writing methods | | 2nd Week | Academic writing methods: Subject/ Reader/ Aim/ Language | | 3rd Week | Writing a paragraph: Main idea, supportive ideas. | | 4th Week | Writing a paragraph: organization | | 5th Week | Grammer | | 6th Week | Academic reading methods | | 7th Week | Academic reading methods: Summarizing and paraphrasing | | 8th Week | Mid-term Exam | | 9th Week | Developing ideas: Forming the main idea in essay and organization | | 10th Week | Developing ideas: Main idea, strategies for the introduction paragraph | | 11th Week | Developing ideas: Main idea, strategies for the introduction paragraph | | 12th Week | Transfering between paragraphs in the essay, reviewing essays. | | 13th Week | Grammer | | 14th Week | Critical point of view in academical reading |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Fowler, H. Ramsey and Jane E. Aaron. The Little, Brown Handbook. 11th ed. US: Pearson Education. 2010. Print. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Practice,Other |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 20 | | Assignment | 1 | 40 | | Other | 1 | 10 | | Total(%) | | 70 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 70 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 30 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Homework | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Total Workload | | | 154 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5,13 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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