Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
GENG1052016146ADVANCED READING AND WRITING-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)
Yrd. Doç Dr. Ercan TOMAKİN
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
Evening 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
1The Process of Writing
2The Process of Writing
3Introduction to the paragraph
4Introduction to the paragraph
5Official holiday
6The Narrative paragraph
7The Narrative paragraph
8The Descriptive paragraph
9The Descriptive paragraph
10Mid-term exam
11The Expository paragraph
12The Expository paragraph
13Introduction to the Essay
14Introduction to the Essa
15The Example Essay
Recommended or Required Reading
Main Source: A. Savage & M. Shafiei (2007) Effective Academic Writing 1 Supp. Sources: 1. D Shiach, & J. Murray (2005) Basic Written English 2. Graham King, (2005) Good Writing
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
Turkish
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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