| Course Name | Academic Skills in English I |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ENG 101 | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | English 101 is a compulsory course for freshman students. English 101 focuses on the cognitive skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The course uses current reading and listening texts and focuses on how to understand relevant parts of a text, how to read quickly and effectively, how to relate different ideas from multiple texts and how to use texts as sources for an output task. In speaking and writing, the course focuses on using sources, paraphrasing, quoting, summarising and synthesizing. The students will learn how to write coherent, concise informative or persuasive responses to writing questions supporting their point of view. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course aims at preparing students to use academic skills in English. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: Course objectives and assessment | - |
| 2 | Communication at university Pages 1-10 (up to Part D. E-mail writing) | - |
| 3 | Communication at university Pages 10-16 Colour and design pages 20-23 (up to Part C: Listening) | Blackboard 1 |
| 4 | Colour and design Pages 23-34 (up to the 2nd exercise) | - |
| 5 | Colour and design P ages 34-42 | Blackboard 2 |
| 6 | Oral reports Pages 43-45 | - |
| 7 | Catch up and Review End of Unit Tests pages 17-19 and 46-52 | - |
| 8 | Production planning Pages 53-62 (up to Part B: Reading II) | - |
| 9 | Production planning Pages 62-69 | - |
| 10 | Production planning Pages 70-77 | Blackboard 3 |
| 11 | Social networking Pages 85-93 (up to exercise 3) | - |
| 12 | Social networking Pages 93-96 | - |
| 13 | Social networking Pages 97-99 | Blackboard 4 |
| 14 | Mock Exam | |
| 15 | Review of the semester End of Unit Tests pages 78-84 and 100-104 | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Anchor 1 - Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context by Anita Afacan, Nil Akpınar Wising and Stefan O'grady / Editor: Aynur Yürekli Kaynardağ |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Supplementary material to be prepared when necessary by the course instructors
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory / Application | 1 | 5 |
| Field Work | 1 | 10 |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
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| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 25 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 75 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 3 | 2 | |
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| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 90 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the area. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to approach problems with an analytical and holistic viewpoint. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to gain knowledge about both national and international accounting and auditing standards. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to communicate the findings and solutions to the accounting and auditing problems in written and oral formats. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to critically evaluate the performance of accounting and other related management information systems, and organizations. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop innovative and creative approach to real-life business issues. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to integrate knowledge gained in the main areas of accounting and auditing through a strategic perspective. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to accounting and auditing. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to demonstrate both leadership and team-work skills through being an efficient and effective team member. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to have an ethical perspective and social responsiveness when evaluating and making business decisions. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the area of business administration and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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