GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED LANGUAGE SKILLS II/ENG-402
Course Title: ADVANCED LANGUAGE SKILLS II
Credits 4 ECTS 3
Course Semester 8 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to understand academic texts and take necessary notes.
Will be able to use reading strategies in academic English texts effectively.
Students will be able to understand the implications of academic English verbal and written texts.
Will be able to design visual presentations related to academic subjects.
Will be able to use basic techniques and skills such as providing fluent transitions between the sections that make up the presentation and using the

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Academic English reading text work (Understanding figurative speech, Making inferences, Critical Reading)
2. Week  Reading, reading, reading, reading, reading, reading, reading, reading, reading
3. Week  Listening for the main idea
4. Week  Academic English Listening Text Study II (Listening for note taking)
5. Week  Study on trial types (Narrative Essays, Descriptive Essays)
6. Week  Study on trial types II (Expository Essays, Persuasive Essays, Process Essays)
7. Week  Presenting the research related to the field verbally, Effective presentation techniques
8. Week  Expressions to be used during the discussion, Answering questions, Preparing presentation as a team,
9. Week  MIDTERM EXAM-Creating a draft
10. Week  Academic English reading text study III (Identifying writer çalışs technique)
11. Week  Academic English listening text study III (taking note of detailed information in a text, summarizing the received information)
12. Week  Study on trial types III (Comparison (similarity) Essays, Argumentative Essays), Preparing CV, writing a letter of intent.
13. Week  Reading and interpreting graphics, commenting on shapes
14. Week  STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
15. Week  Final Exam
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
25
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
10
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
3
15
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
13
4
52
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
2
4
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
1
1
1
 Preparing a Presentation
2
2
4
 Presentation
1
4
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
2
4
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
3
2
6
 Other (should be emphasized)
3
1
3
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
78
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.12
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To train individuals who are contemporary, entrepreneur and have unique and aesthetic values, self-confidence and capable of independent decision-making.X
2To give good education in the program fields as algebra, geometry, applied mathematics, topology and analysis in order to be equipped with enough mathematics.
3To teach mathematical thinking methods in order to improve the ability to express mathematics both orally and in writing.X
4To train individuals who are knowledgeable about the history of mathematics and the production of scientific knowledge and can follow developments in these disciplines.X
5To provide necessary equipments to take positions such areas as banking, finance, econometrics, and actuarial.
6To acquire ability to solve problems encountered in real life by means of mathematical modeling using mathematical methods.
7To provide ability to do necessary resource researches in the areas of mathematics and to use accessed information.X
8To give appropriate training in such areas as in computer programming and creating algorithms in order to take parts in developing IT sector.
9To gain substructure to be able to study at graduate level.X
10To enable the student to gain the ability of relating mathematics with the other sciences.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (YDYO Öğretim Elemanları)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ydyo@gazi.edu.tr)