Course Name | Academic Skills in English II |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ENG 102 | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims at preparing students to use academic skills in English. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | ENG 102 is a compulsory course for first year students. ENG 102 focuses on the cognitive skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking. Students' academic listening skills will be improved by listening to important / relevant information from lectures or discussions and reading skills by reading recent academic texts and then using this information to create an output task. Speaking focuses on giving presentations and students get prepared to express their ideas and opinions by speaking persuasively and coherently. The writing component is a consolidation of the speaking activities. |
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Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction: Course objectives and assessment / Unıt I: Introduction to research | |
2 | Unit I: Introduction to research | |
3 | Unit I: Introduction to research | - |
4 | Unit I: Introduction to research | Blackboard 1 |
5 | Unit II: Data collection methods | - |
6 | Unit II: Data collection methods & Planning and cue cards for Optional Online Presentations | |
7 | Unit II: Data collection methods & Planning and cue cards for Optional Online Presentations & Catch-up Review | Blackboard 2 |
8 | Unit III: Phony pharmaceuticals | |
9 | Unit III: Phony pharmaceuticals / Planning and cue cards for Online Presentation 1 & Mock Midterm | Blackboard 3 |
10 | Online Presentation 1 | |
11 | Unit IV: Animal Testing | |
12 | Unit IV: Animal Testing | Blackboard 4 |
13 | Unit IV: Animal Testing & Evidence of Learning & End of Unit Test | |
14 | Planning and cue cards and visuals for Online Presentation 2 | |
15 | Online Presentation 2 | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Anchor 2 - 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 |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 20 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
Project | - | - |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 20 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
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 |
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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 | 2 | 32 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 6 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 6 | |
Project | - | - | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 3 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 3 | |
Total | 114 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field. | |||||
2 | To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals. | |||||
5 | To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires. | |||||
6 | To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically. | |||||
7 | To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output. | |||||
8 | To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society. | |||||
9 | To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | |||||
10 | To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | |||||
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 human history to their field of economics. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest