GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

ACADEMIC DISCOURSE/1640004

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

English

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will know the basic concepts of academic discourse.
Students will know the basic models of academic discourse.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face-to-face in the classroom

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to academic discourse
2. Week	Terms of and approaches to academic discourse
3. Week	Academic communities and research discourses
4. Week	Instructional discourses and student discourses
5. Week	Written genres in academic discourse
6. Week	Written genres in academic discourse
7. Week	Mid-Term Exam
8. Week	Spoken genres in academic discourse
9. Week	Spoken genres in academic discourse
10. Week	Research presentations
11. Week	Research presentations
12. Week	Research presentations
13. Week	Research presentations
14. Week	Research presentations
15. Week	Revision
16. Week	Final Exam

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	0	0
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	10	7	70
Searching in Internet and Library			0
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	4	8	32
Presentation	4	1	4
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	3	9	27
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	3	9	27
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			202
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			8.08
Course Credit (ECTS):			8

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	1 improve and deepentheir knowledge in the English Language Teaching field at expert level based on Bachelor’s degree competencies					X
2	2 understand the interaction between the disciplines (Linguistics, Educational Sciences, Culture and Literature) related to the field					X
3	3 use the theoretical and applied knowledge that he/she acquire in the English Language Teaching fieldat expert level					X
4	4 develop new knowledge combining the knowledge from the related disciplines and the knowledge in the ELT field					X
5	5 analyze the problems in the field using scientific research methods					X
6	6 define a problem in the ELT field					X
7	7 develop suggestions for the problems in the field					X
8	8 solve problems				X
9	9 evaluate solution results in terms of quality processes				X
10	10 develop new approaches and methods by taking responsibility in complex situations encountered in practice of the ELT				X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cemal ÇAKIR)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ccakir)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(ccakir@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University