| 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) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) evaluate various view points by examining and using newspapers, journals and academic writings
2) use critical thinking skills such as combining information, solving problems and reacting as a result of evaluation
3) examine and read various paragraphs such as explanatory, descriptive and narrative paragraphs
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | Practice in conceiving, composing and polishing essays, articles and reviews on largely controversial cultural, political, social, historical, artistic and literary subjects. The context assumed is what the British call "high journalism". The aim of this course is to generate materials professional enough for publication |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction to the course: Reading and Discussing the Syllabus; Warming-up Exercise: Brief Reading and Writing | | 2nd Week | The Writing Process: (i) Pre-writing: brainstorming, freewriting, WH-Questions, clustering(ii) Planning (iii) Draftin(iv) Revising: Editing | | 3rd Week | Introduction to the paragraph: (i) The topic of a paragraph(ii) Topic | | 4th Week | Narrative Paragraph & Readings; Unity & Coherence | | 5th Week | Project 1 | | 6th Week | Descriptive Paragraph & Readings | | 7th Week | Expository paragraph & Readings | | 8th Week | Mid-term Exam | | 9th Week | Comparison/Contrast paragraph; Cause/Effect Paragraph | | 10th Week | Readings: Short Story | | 11th Week | Readings: Articles | | 12th Week | Introduction to the Essay: (i) Thesis Statement(ii) Introduction | | 13th Week | Example Essays | | 14th Week | General review |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Funk, Robert et al. The Simon & Schuster Short Prose Reader. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1997.
Litzinger, Boyd, ed. The Heath Reader. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1987.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 40 | | Quiz | 1 | 10 | | 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 | 15 | 15 | | Preparation for Quiz | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Individual or group work | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Preparation for Final exam | | | | | Course hours | 12 | 7 | 84 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 4 | 4 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Homework | | | | | Seminar (including preperation) | | | | | Total Workload | | | 149 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 4,96 |
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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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