Course Language:
İngilizce
Course Objectives:
Teaching students necessary strategies to summarize and how to write different essay types which include introduction, body and concluding paragraphs so that their writing abilities can be improved.
Course Content:
The purpose of this course is to help students improve their skills to write different text types such as description, comparison, debate, narration, and formal / informal letters. The focus of this course will be on paragraph forms and structure; technical specifications of the paragraph, and paragraph analysis in different text types. Students will also work on writing and interpreting summaries, short stories, and review essays (on books and / or on film).
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Discussion, 3: Simulation, 4: Demonstration, 5: Problem solving, 6: Group work, 7: Drama, 8: Micro teaching
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Exam, B: Multiple choice, C: Gap filling, D: True false, E: Oral exam, F: Portfolio
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. The students learn how to apply academic writing rules. | 6, 7 | 1,2,3,4,6 | A,F |
| 2. The students learn how to write paragraphs of an essay | 15,19 | 1,2,3,4,6 | A,F |
| 3. The students learn how to write opinion essays. | 11,14,17 | 1,2,3,4,6 | A,F |
| 4. The students learn how to summarize. | 11,14,17 | 1,2,3,4,6 | A,F |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Meeting & Introduction | textbook |
| 2 | Paragraph Structure | textbook |
| 3 | Unity and Coherence | textbook |
| 4 | Supporting details: Facts, Quotations & Statistics | textbook |
| 5 | Paraphrasing & Summarizing | textbook |
| 6 | From paragraph to essay | textbook |
| 7 | Organization of Process Essays | textbook |
| 8 | Process Essays | textbook |
| 9 | Process Essays | textbook |
| 10 | Organization of Descriptive Essays | textbook |
| 11 | Descriptive Essays | textbook |
| 12 | Organization of Opinion Essays | textbook |
| 13 | Preparing an outline and writing an opinion essay | textbook |
| 14 | Overall review | textbook |
| 15 | Overall review | textbook |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. (2006). Writing Academic English (Level 4). Pearson Longman |
| Additional Resources | |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Handouts, model essays |
| Assignments | Paragraph, outlining and essay assignments |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Participation | 14 | 5 |
| Quiz | 3 | 15 |
| Assignment | 5 | 50 |
| Total | 70 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 30 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 70 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To have a command of the concepts about education and the structure and operation of the Turkish education system. | x | |||||
| 2 | To benefit from the developmental and learning psychology approaches in providing educational development and in knowing the basic domains of educational sciences. | x | |||||
| 3 | To be able to evaluate and implement the scientific methods in the field of English language education and teaching. | x | |||||
| 4 | To be able to select, evaluate and implement the efficiency of ready-made course materials according to students’ age, language and proficiency level, interests, and learning characteristics. | x | |||||
| 5 | To be able to use information and communication technologies efficiently in English education and teaching. | x | |||||
| 6 | To recognize the literary texts such as short story, poem, and novel in English and to be able to use them in teaching language skills. | x | |||||
| 7 | To understand the properties and structure of human language and to be able to use them in language teaching. | x | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop original materials in order to enhance language skills. | x | |||||
| 9 | To be aware of language learning properties of different age groups and to be able to use language teaching methods in line with these properties. | x | |||||
| 10 | To know and to apply the basic theories, principles and methods about teaching English as a foreign language. | x | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use English at the levels of reaching information, sharing it orally and written form and in production. | x | |||||
| 12 | To grasp and to apply the social, cultural and societal responsibilities. | x | |||||
| 13 | To prepare a lesson plan taking the students’ needs, language proficiencies, age, intelligence types and learning styles into account and by using the proper instructional technology. | x | |||||
| 14 | To be able to organize and apply activities aimed at enabling students to use English grammar and vocabulary effectively. | x | |||||
| 15 | To be able to organize and apply activities that will develop the students’ reading, speaking, writing and listening skills in English. | x | |||||
| 16 | To be able to evaluate measurement and evaluation tools and English instruction methods in terms of usefulness, validity and reliability. | x | |||||
| 17 | To know the scientific research methods necessary for his/her personal and academic development and to have the ability to apply them in the school context. | x | |||||
| 18 | To know the theoretical and applied linguistics concepts and to use language teaching methods in the light of these theories and concepts. | x | |||||
| 19 | To develop writing, listening, reading and speaking skills in English | x | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: x Total course hours) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Quiz | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Assignment | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total Work Load | 64 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 2.56 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 2 | ||