COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Critical Reading
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ETI 108
Spring
3
0
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Q&A
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives Aim of this course is to examine the relationship between critical reading and critical thinking and to enhance the student’s ability to think and read critically, applying critical analysis and logical reasoning.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to examine the texts in terms of main idea, organization, methodology and proof with an analytical perspective.
  • will be able to rewrite and creatively and summarize effectively.
  • will be able to analyze the implicit meanings in the texts such as implication, metaphor and simile.
  • will be able to identify associative meanings of the words.
  • will be able to identify the manipulative strategies used in the texts.
  • will be able to differentiate between the deductive and inductive arguments.
Course Description In this course, students’ critical thinking and reading abilities will be advanced. This course aims to make reading activity a dynamic, critical and effective process; to enable active reading through recognition of text types; to identify reasoning strategies and developing reading skills in accordance with the validity or invalidity of arguments present in texts.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Discussing the Syllabus In-class participation
2 Reading for understanding: practice in basic comprehension skills Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 1 (s. 10-33) 978-0073407326
3 Reading for understanding: practice in basic comprehension skills Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 1 (s. 10-33) 978-0073407326
4 Reading between the lines I Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 3 (s. 78-101) 978-0073407326
5 Reading between the lines II Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 4 (s. 118-143) 978-0073407326
6 form and its effects on reader Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 5 (s. 158-166) 978-0073407326
7 Patterns of paragraph organization Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 5 (s. 166-172) 978-0073407326
8 Language and its effects on reader Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 6 (s. 188-220) 978-0073407326
9 Language misused and abused Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 7 (s.238-272) 978-0073407326
10 Tone, point of view and choice of word, Midterm Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 8 (s. 286-323) 978-0073407326
11 Elements of critical reading Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 9 (s.336-349) 978-0073407326
12 Evaluating arguments: problems in motivated reasoning 1 Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 9 (s. 349-360)- 978-0073407326
13 Evaluating arguments: problems in motivated reasoning 2 Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 9 (s. 360-373)- 978-0073407326
14 Exercises on the current examples Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill CHAPTER 9 (s.336-373) 978-0073407326
15 Review of the semester
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

Spears, Deanne (2009). Developing Critical Reading Skills. Boston: McGraw Hill  ISBN 978-0073407326
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
35
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
14
3
42
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
1
30
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
20
Final Exams
1
20
    Total
180

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired,
2

To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods,
3

To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages,

 X
4

To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production,

 X
5

To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language,
6

To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired,
7

To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act,
8

To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields,
9

To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work,
10

To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources,
11

To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level,

 X
12

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

 X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest