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IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH-I

Course
ENGL031 - IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH-I
Department
School of Foreign Languages
Course Type
In-sessional English
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
0
ECTS
0
T+P+L
6 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Instr. Rüya TALAB
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course is designed to assist students whose language proficiency level is not adequate to achieve academic reading and writing skills. In this respect this course provides a general revision on grammatical structures such as present tenses, past tenses, future forms, and adverbial clauses to ensure that students are equipped with the required background knowledge to achieve academic reading and writing tasks successfully. Regarding writing skills, students are introduced to sentence structures, basic components of paragraphs such as topic sentence, topic and controlling idea, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences. Students are expected to reflect the acquired knowledge by writing a short descriptive paragraph about themselves. This course also provides the opportunity to improve students’ reading skills through a variety of reading passages.

IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH-I

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Item Type Weight (%)
MIDTERM Midterm 30
FINAL Final 40
ASSIGNMENT Assignment 30
Total 100

Course outcomes

  1. 01 By the completion of the course the students will able to:
  2. 02 1- tranfer a general revision on grammar structures
  3. 03 2- intrepret and synthesize reading comprehension.
  4. 04 3- identify three sections of essay writing. (The sentence and the paragraph, Descriptive Paragraphs, Example Paragraphs)
  5. 05 4- arranging a performance on specific topics

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction to the course + UNIT 1 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: Finding the Ideal Job)
Week 2 How to Answer True and False Statements + UNIT 1 (Inferring the Author’s Opinion + Reading Two: The Ideal Job + Taking Margin Notes on Main Ideas)
Week 3 UNIT 1 (3 Focus on Writing: Putting sentences in order to create a coherent paragraph + Using Descriptive and Possessive Adjectives + Writing a Descriptive Paragraph)
Week 4 UNIT 2 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: Can We Teach Creative Thinking in Schools? + identifying main idea of a reading text + Making Inferences)
Week 5 UNIT 2 (Reading Two: Tips for success in college + Listing Details in Notes + Matching Details with Paragraphs)
Week 6 UNIT 2 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing – Using the Past Simple Tense)
Week 7 MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
Week 8 MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
Week 9 UNIT 2 (3 Focus on Writing: Writing a Complete Paragraph)
Week 10 UNIT 3 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: Making Money + matching the main idea with the correct paragraph + inferring future situations)
Week 11 UNIT 3 (Reading Two: I Made it Myself + Taking Notes Using a Time Line + Identifying the Sequence of Events)
Week 12 UNIT 3 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing: Comparative Adjectives + Writing a Well-Organized Paragraph)
Week 13 UNIT 4 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: A Civilized Suggestion + Inferring the Author’s Attitude + Reading Two: Riding the Subway in Japan + Identifying the Main Elements of a Story)
Week 14 UNIT 4 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing: Writing Imperative Sentences + Writing a Blog Post to Inform
Week 15 FINAL EXAMINATIONS (1-12 June 2026)

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Haugnes, N. & Maher, B. (2020). NorthStar: Reading & Writing Level 2, Fifth Edition, Pearson

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 By the completion of the course the students will able to:
  2. L02 1- tranfer a general revision on grammar structures
  3. L03 2- intrepret and synthesize reading comprehension.
  4. L04 3- identify three sections of essay writing. (The sentence and the paragraph, Descriptive Paragraphs, Example Paragraphs)
  5. L05 4- arranging a performance on specific topics

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
  2. P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
  3. P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
  4. P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
  5. P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
  6. P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
  7. P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
  8. P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
  9. P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - -
L03 - - - - - - - - - -
L04 - - - - - - - - - -
L05 - - - - - - - - - -