| 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 develop and design a collection independently. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X | ||||
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