Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ENG1052016136ADVANCED READING AND WRITING SKILLS- ICompulsory115
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to equip students with intensive and extensive reading habits, to produce different types of writings (e.g. Expository paragraph, descriptive paragraph, narrative paragraph, etc.); to build up writing skills emphasizing the organization, coherence, and cohesion.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Fevzi Umut Özçelik Öğrç Gör. Mine Bektaş
Learning Outcomes
1The students who complete this course successfully make use of necessary reading and writing skills for their academic studies.
2The students who complete this course successfully use critical thinking skills.
3The students who complete this course successfully put into practice the writing sub-skills (summarizing, outlining, and paraphrasing at paragraph level, etc.)
4The students who complete this course successfully distinguish reading sub-skills (getting the main idea, understanding the details, guessing vocabulary from the text, etc.)
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
In this course, critical thinking skills such as synthesizing information or analyzing a problem, sub-skills of reading and writing will be taught.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
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3intensive & extensive reading
4Reading: Understanding Purpose
5Reading Letters
6Reading discussion forums
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8Finding the main idea
9Reading official documents
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11Reading lists
12Evaluating reports
13Finding idiosyncratic applications on texts
14Understanding the purpose of the author
15Deciding the tone of writing
Recommended or Required Reading
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
İngilizce
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Quiz717
Attending Lectures16464
Self Study15115
Individual Study for Mid term Examination8216
Individual Study for Final Examination15345
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
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