Course Name | Essential Speaking Skills in English |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ENG 310 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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Course Language | English | |||||||||||
Course Type | Required | |||||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||||||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionGroup WorkSimulationLecture / Presentation | |||||||||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims at improving students' speaking skills in several different key areas and focuses on an interactive approach in order to fully involve students in this process. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | ENG 310 is a compulsory course for third year students and is designed to enable them to speak more effectively while expressing themselves in a variety of areas, such as business related and academic related topics. These areas range from participating in discusiions to presenting information in the form of short presentations, known as Pecha Kuchas. Students will also take part in role plays and formal debates. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to the Course | |
2 | Unit 01 – Breaking the Ice | Jones, A. (2023) Essential Speaking Skills. İzmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 13-20 |
3 | SDG 14: Life Below Water | |
4 | Unit 03-Personality | Jones, A. (2023) Essential Speaking Skills. İzmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 32-40 |
5 | SDG 4: Quality Education | |
6 | Unit 05 – Memory | Jones, A. (2023) Essential Speaking Skills. İzmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 53-60 |
7 | Speaking Assessment (Role Play) | Assessment |
8 | Speaking Assessment (Role Play) | Assessment |
9 | Midterm Exam Week | |
10 | Unit 7: Retail Sales | Jones, A. (2023) Essential Speaking Skills. İzmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 71-80 |
11 | SDG 5: Gender Equality | |
12 | Interview: SDGs in Action | |
13 | SDG 2: Zero Hunger | |
14 | Speaking Assessment | Assessment |
15 | Speaking Assessment | Assessment |
16 | Final Exam (Oral Interview) |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Jones, A. (2023) Essential Speaking Skills. İzmir: Izmir University of Economics. ISBN: 9786057272409 |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | - | - |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 5 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 5 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | 1 | 30 |
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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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 | 15 | 2 | 30 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 3 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 3 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 8 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | 1 | ||
Midterms | 16 | ||
Final Exams | 1 | 12 | |
Total | 104 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | |||||
2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | |||||
3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | |||||
4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | |||||
5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | |||||
6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | |||||
7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | |||||
8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | |||||
9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | |||||
10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest