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 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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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. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Course book Unit 01 – Introduction to Speaking | |
2 | Course book Unit 02 – Personality | |
3 | Course book Unit 03 – Exploring Famous Art | |
4 | Course book Unit 04 – Memory | |
5 | Course book Unit 05 – The Art of Listening | |
6 | Course book Unit 06 – Trust | |
7 | Course book Unit 07 – Retail Sales | |
8 | Course book Unit 08 – Conflict Resolution | |
9 | Course book Unit 09 – Applying for a Schengen Visa | |
10 | Course book Unit 10 - Schengen Visa Interview | |
11 | Oral Exam (Role Play) | |
12 | Oral Exam (Role Play) | |
13 | Oral Exam (Role Play) | |
14 | Review and catch up | |
15 | Review and catch up | |
16 | Final Exam (Oral Interview) |
Course Notes/Textbooks | The Compass - Route to Academic Speaking, Nüans Publishing, 2014 |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 20 |
Laboratory / Application | - | - |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 5 |
Presentation / Jury | - | - |
Project | 1 | 10 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 20 |
Final Exam | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 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 | 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 | 5 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 5 | |
Presentation / Jury | - | - | |
Project | 1 | 7 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 12 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 15 | |
Total | 122 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services. | |||||
2 | To be able to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of design and construction. | |||||
3 | To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.
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4 | To be able to understand, interpret, and evaluate methods, concepts, and theories in architecture emerging from both research and practice. | |||||
5 | To be able to develop environmentally and socially responsible architectural strategies at multiple scales. | |||||
6 | To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment. | |||||
7 | To be able to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in construction materials, products, components, and assemblies based on their performance within building systems. | |||||
8 | To be able to present architectural ideas and proposals in visual, written, and oral form through using contemporary computer-based information and communication technologies and media. | |||||
9 | To be able to demonstrate a critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and direct self-education skills for developing solutions to architectural problems and design execution. | |||||
10 | To be able to take the initiative for continuous knowledge update and education as well as demonstrate a lifelong learning approach in the field of Architecture. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Architecture 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 the human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest