| 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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| Transferable Skill Courses | X |
| 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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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| 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 perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional | |||||
| 2 | To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice | |||||
| 5 | To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession | |||||
| 6 | To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies | |||||
| 7 | To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats | |||||
| 9 | To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language | |||||
| 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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