GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED LANGUAGE SKILLS I/ENG401
Course Title: ADVANCED LANGUAGE SKILLS I
Credits 4 ECTS 3
Course Semester 7 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
They will be able to report on academic subjects.
Students will be able to prepare oral presentations about academic subjects and present them with effective language skills.
They will be able to conduct research in their own fields and share the findings of this research both verbally and in writing.
Students will be able to recognize the distinction between reality and opinion in academic English verbal and written texts.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Academic English reading text work (Preview, Reading for detailed information, Reading for main idea)
2. Week  Academic English reading text work II (Finding the information implied in the text, Understanding the text using various strategies and techniques)
3. Week  Academic English listening text study (Listening to the main idea, Listening to detailed information, To distinguish between cause and effect in a text)
4. Week  Academic English listening text study II (Finding the information implied in the text)
5. Week  Working with paragraph types (Descriptive Paragraph, Narrative Paragraph)
6. Week  Study on paragraph types II (Expository Paragraph, Persuasive Paragraph)
7. Week  Discussion and discussion about a topic (Expressing an opinion, Asking for clarification, Asking questions, debating)
8. Week  Making short presentations on specific topics (Using certain strategies, preparing effective note cards)
9. Week  MIDTERM EXAM- Academic English reading text study III
10. Week  Academic English reading text study III (Summarizing the outlines of the text, Understanding the cause-effect relationship in a text, Understanding the unknown words)
11. Week  Academic English listening text study III (To be able to distinguish the cause-effect relationship in a text, summarizing the outlines of the text)
12. Week  Study on paragraph types III (Cause & Effect Paragraph, Reaction Paragraph)
13. Week  Speaking on Photography / Picture / Table / Figure, Using graphic organizers, Note taking techniques
14. Week  STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
15. Week  
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
14
4
56
 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: 
82
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.28
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to gain the basic concepts in chemistry theory and applications and to make necessary connectionsX
2To be able to use the approaches and knowledge of different disciplines in chemistry in basic and applied fields.X
3Identifying problems related to chemistry, making hypothesis about problem solving by synthesis and problem solving by using various observational and experimental methods.X
4To be able to follow and use the chemistry literature and to transfer the acquired knowledge and skills orally or in writing.X
5To gain the ability to work actively in projects and activities aimed at professional development in both individual and multidisciplinary groups and to take responsibility in situations that may arise in this process.X
6To be able to establish links with the other disciplines about social problems and concerns and to learn the differences and similarities of the knowledge between this discipline and related disciplines.X
7To have a certain knowledge on the methods of reaching to written and visual data sources, and to be able to assess this data in terms of theoratical analysis and practise.X
8To be able to share ideas and solutions on problems both verbally and in written by providing quantitative and qualitative data.X
9To be able to follow the knowledge and information on Chemistry science and communicate with collagues by using a foreign language.X
10To be able to use the computer softwares alongwith other informatic and communicative Technologies on a required level by the field.X
1111-To be able to maintain the knowledge and the experiences on Chemistry alive, to be able to develop one’s self by exchanging and sharing these experiences with others andX
12To be able to use information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the fieldX
13To keep its knowledge and experience in chemistry constantly alive; to enrich this knowledge by sharing with others; to carry the education to an advanced level of education.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (School of Foreign Languages)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ()
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ydyo@gazi.edu.tr)