Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
HYD1002015252TEMEL İNGİLİZCECompulsory000
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to provide students with verbal and written communication skills necessary to reach various foreign sources in their departments, use them efficiently, exchange information and to use English effectively in future business life and contribute to the academic development of the students.Basic English courses are aimed at improving the structural and lexical knowledge of students at the target level.Basic English classes are supported by listening, speaking, reading and writing activities and are integrated with all language skills.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Okt. Şeyma VAROL ŞANLI Okt. Mehmet ÇOLAKOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1At the end of this course, students  communicate fluently and correctly verbally at a reasonable level in English in different social settings and needs.
2Students use the necessary knowledge, skills and strategies by reading various texts to become a successful, independent and fast reader.
3Students recognize the speech language used in everyday life.
4Students use basic language structures in written communication.
5Students use appropriate and correct language knowledge in accordance with the style and social discourse forms by selecting relevant knowledge in the texts they write.
6Students set out the main ideas and details of conversations.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Students in the Preparatory Unit attend the "Main Course" lesson 16 hours per week in the first semester and 8 hours per week in the second semester. The "Main Course" courses are conducted under the New Headway series, a course book that develops all the skills. Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate boks of the series are used. Especially listening, reading, speaking, grammar and vocabulary are emphasized in the book series. Reading & Writing: All students studying in the Preparatory Unit take "Reading & Writing" lessons 4 hours in the first semester and 8 hours in the second semester. As a textbook, Reading & Writing Targets series 1, 2 and 3 are used. it is aimed at developing reading comprehension skills and vocabulary of learners in English through reading materials presented in a wide range of folks and different types of texts as well as reading techniques that students may need throughout the undergraduate period. Based on these text types and topics, students are given written assignments.This course has been prepared in accordance with the objectives of the European Language Portfolio. All students studying in the Preparatory Unit take "Reading & Writing" lessons 8 hours a week in the second semester. Reading & Writing I in Fall, Reading & Writing II and III in Spring terms will be used. Listening & Speaking: For all students studying in the Preparatory Unit, listening and speaking skills are given through activities in the main course during the first semester; In the second semester, "Listening & Speaking" is given as a separate lesson, 8 hours a week. The main purpose of the courses accompanied with Q-Skills for Success Listening and Speaking book is to develop communicative language skills of the students. In line with this goal, the topics are prepared considering the criteria in the European Language Portfolio. Extra audiovisual and visual materials are used to enrich the content of the lesson and make the students practice. All students studying in the Preparatory Unit take the "Listening & Speaking" lesson 8 hours a week in the second semester. Listening & Speaking I book will be used during spring semester. Grammar (Grammar): Grammar lessons are given 6 hours per week during the fall term and 2 hours per week during the spring term. In this lesson, topics in Oxford Practice Grammar-Basic book is covered.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
11. Verb to be; Possessive adjectives; The family; Personal information
22. Present simple; verbs, jobs; expressing the time
33. Adverbs of frequency; Social expressions; Free-time activities
44. There is/are; some/any/ a lot of; this/that/these/those; Things in the house; derscribing a house
55. Can/can’t; adverbs; was/were; could; was born; polite requests
66. Past simple; Time expressions; decribing feelings and things; writing a biography
77. Telling a story; talking about my life; time expressions
88. Count/uncount nouns; some/any; How much/how many; Daily needs; food and drink
99. Comparative adjectives; superlative adjectives; directions; describing a place
1010. Present continuous; something/anything/everything..; describing people; clothes
1111. Going to future; infinitive of purpose; describing a holiday
1212. Present perfect; tense revision; transport and travel; talking about you
1313. Prespositions; decribing friends; question words
1414. Things I like doing; writing a postcard
1515. Past continuous; narrative writing; irregular verbs
1617. Verb patterns; future forms; phrasal verbs
1717. Verb patterns; future forms; phrasal verbs
1818. As…as; synonyms; antonyms; describing hometown
1919. Ever never; Word stress; question tags; Word endings
2020. Have to; should; must; letters and emails
2121. Past perfect; conjunctions; feelings; so/such
2222. Passives; on the phone;discussing pros and cons
2323. Present perfect continuous; marriage/birth/death; filling in forms
2424. First conditional; might; second conditional; listening and note-taking
2525. Word formation; everyday situations; an informal letter
2626. Positive and negative adjectives; making small talk
2727. Used to; spelling and pronunciation; giving opinions; linking ideas
2828. Advice, obligation and permission model verbs; rules for life
2929. Future possibilities; suffixes and prefixes; arranging to meet
3030. Relative pronouns; participles; information questions
3131. Making the right noises; likes and dislikes; gerund and infinitive
3232. Third conditionals; noun phrases; reported speech; expressing attitude
Recommended or Required Reading
"Main Course'': New Headway Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate ve Intermediate. Oxford University Press. “Reading&Writing”: Reading & Writing Targets 1, 2 ve 3. Express Publishing. “Listening & Speaking”: Q-Skills for Success Listening and Speaking I. Oxford University Press. ''Grammar'': Oxford Practice Grammar-Basic. Oxford University Press.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination2816
Final Examination144
Quiz2816
Attending Lectures2826728
Discussion12448
Question-Answer12672
Team/Group Work10440
Brain Storming28256
Report Preparation14228
Writing Paper10440
Self Study286168
Individual Study for Homework Problems286168
Individual Study for Mid term Examination148112
Individual Study for Final Examination258200
Reading284112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)1808
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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