Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | GENG1052016146 | ADVANCED READING AND WRITING-I | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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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 |
1 | The students who complete this course successfully make use of necessary reading and writing skills for their academic studies. | 2 | The students who complete this course successfully use critical thinking skills. | 3 | The students who complete this course successfully put into practice the writing sub-skills (summarizing, outlining, and paraphrasing at paragraph level, etc.) | 4 | The students who complete this course successfully distinguish reading sub-skills (getting the main idea, understanding the details, guessing vocabulary from the text, etc.) |
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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 |
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1 | The Process of Writing | | | 2 | The Process of Writing | | | 3 | Introduction to the paragraph | | | 4 | Introduction to the paragraph | | | 5 | Official holiday | | | 6 | The Narrative paragraph | | | 7 | The Narrative paragraph | | | 8 | The Descriptive paragraph | | | 9 | The Descriptive paragraph | | | 10 | Mid-term exam | | | 11 | The Expository paragraph | | | 12 | The Expository paragraph | | | 13 | Introduction to the Essay | | | 14 | Introduction to the Essa | | | 15 | The Example Essay | | |
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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
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
SUM | 0 | |
SUM | 0 | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | SUM | 100 |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | Work Placement(s) | None |
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Workload Calculation |
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Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Quiz | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Attending Lectures | 16 | 4 | 64 |
Self Study | 15 | 1 | 15 |
Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 8 | 2 | 16 |
Individual Study for Final Examination | 15 | 3 | 45 |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
LO1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | LO2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | LO3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | | | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | 3 | 3 | | LO4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | |
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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