READING AND WRITING SKILLS - I

Course Description

This course presents a wide range of authentic reading materials including newspapers, journals, reviews and academic texts in order to comprehend contrasting viewpoints, to predict and identify main ideas and to decode suprasentential clues. It also aims to equip students with intensive and extensive reading habits. Critical thinking skills such as synthesizing information or analyzing a problem as well as reacting on the basis of evaluation are fostered. Understanding different aspects of reading using original reading pieces such as newspapers, magazines, reviews and academic writings; acquiring high-level reading skills such as interpersonal and predicting skills and the main idea of the text, reaching the main idea and using semantic cues between words; acquiring the habit of reading in and out of class; the development of critical thinking skills based on the synthesis, analysis and evaluation of knowledge.

READING AND WRITING SKILLS - I

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 Students will be able to name the factors that influence how we teach
2. 02 Students will be able to criticise teaching diverse children in a diverse society
3. 03 Students will be able to explain the three schools of thought about learning and teaching
4. 04 Students will be able to summarize the ways of getting to know thier students
5. 05 Students will be able to differentiate three different school of thoughts
6. 06 Students will be able to list planning the instruction
7. 07 Students will be able to debate how to evaluate one's learning
8. 08 Students will be able to criticise the effective teachers' characteristics

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Philpot, S., & Curnick, L. (2011). Headway academic skills: Reading, writing, and study skills: Level 3 student’s book. Oxford University Press.
2. 02 Lecture notes

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 identify cause and effect SOLO 2
2. L02 summarize and analyze a story SOLO 4
3. L03 predict the reading content SOLO 4
4. L04 identify main ideas and supporting ideas SOLO 2
5. L05 identify meaning from context SOLO 2
6. L06 perform previewing SOLO 4
7. L07 perform skimming and scanning SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1- make use of their professional training in language teaching and achieve effective classroom management,
2. P02 2- carry out research on the development of their learners’ social, psychological and personal characteristics by using testing and evaluation techniques in accordance with ethical principles and then report their results.
3. P03 3- conduct research using basic scientific research techniques with the aim to find solutions to problems that may be encountered in the field of Teaching English,
4. P04 4- evaluate, apply and interpret concepts and scientific methods related to the field of teaching English
5. P05 5- choose appropriate language teaching methods and techniques considering diverse learner characteristics stemming from their ages, learning styles, motivation and background knowledge,
6. P06 6- prepare daily lesson plans appropriate to the things to teach and deliver effective lessons by using appropriate course materials and instructional technology,
7. P07 7- choose appropriate materials available for use and/or develop their own course materials according to students’ level, interest and learning characteristics with the aim to use them in the teaching of language items (phonological, lexical, grammatical items and so on) and in the development of learners’ language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing),
8. P08 8- choose and use appropriate measurement tools and materials to asses and evaluate learners’ development and success,
9. P09 9- explain the similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition theories, and relate these theories to language teaching theories and practices.
10. P10 10- make use of principles, theories, approaches and techniques for the development and evaluation of educational programs.
11. P11 11- explain the concepts of Theoretical Linguistics & Applied Linguistics and use their knowledge for the preparation of lesson plans appropriate to the characteristics of the target language,
12. P12 12- use information and communication technology together with computer software required by the field,
13. P13 13- describe the characteristics of different text types considering basic theories & approaches in translation and translate texts from English to Turkish and from Turkish to English,
14. P14 14- define the basic concepts and principles of classical and modern literature, analyse and construct information, and then make use of their literary knowledge in language teaching,
15. P15 15- use the target language to obtain and transmit information; communicate either orally or in writing.
16. P16 16- identify and solve problems in their social environment with the awareness of social responsibility they have developed.

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