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IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH-II

Course
ENGL032 - IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH-II
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 the continuation of ENGL031. In this respect this course provides a further general revision on grammatical structures such as active and passive voice, adverbial clauses, and connectors to ensure that students are equipped with the required higher level of 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 higher level reading passages.

IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH-II

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

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

Course outcomes

  1. 01 The students will be able to learn
  2. 02 Acquiring an introductory knowledge of Turkish
  3. 03 Acquiring skills to communicate with his/her friends
  4. 04 Ability to use Turkish in shopping, travel and other daily needs

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction to the course + UNIT 5 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: Is Blue Always Blue? + identifying main idea of a reading text)
Week 2 UNIT 5 (Identifying a General Abstract Idea from a Single Concrete Example + Reading Two: The Dress that Almost Broke the Internet + Scanning for Information)
Week 3 UNIT 5 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing – using linking verbs + using descriptive adjectives + Structure of a Paragraph (Topic Sentence, Supporting Sentences and a Concluding Sentence) + Writing a Personal Experience Paragraph)
Week 4 UNIT 6 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: What is a Hero? + Inferring Meaning from Metaphors)
Week 5 UNIT 6 (Reading Two: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Creating an Outline to Take Notes + The Use of the Present Tense in a Story About the Past)
Week 6 UNIT 6 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing – Time Clauses in the Present Tense)
Week 7 MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
Week 8 MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
Week 9 UNIT 6 (3 Focus on Writing: Writing a One-Paragraph Story)
Week 10 UNIT 7 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: Leech + How to Answer True and False Statements )
Week 11 UNIT 7 (Reading Two: Gross Medicine + Taking Double Entry Notes)
Week 12 UNIT 7 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing: Adverbs of Manner + Writing a Narrative Paragraph)
Week 13 UNIT 8 (1 Focus on the Topic + 2 Focus on Reading – Reading One: Will Indigenous Culture Survive? + Reading Two: Touring Penan Country + Identifying the Purpose of Quoted Spech)
Week 14 UNIT 8 (3 Focus on Writing: Vocabulary + Grammar for Writing: Will and Be Going To to Express Predictions and Future Plans + Writing a Narrative Paragraph)
Week 15 FINAL EXAMINATIONS

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 end of the course students will be able to recognize basic components of a paragraph such as topic sentence, topic, controlling idea, supporting sentences etc.
  2. L02 extend their reading skills through a variety of higher level reading passages.
  3. L03 analyze various reading passages by employing necessary reading techniques such as skimming, scanning, inferring and etc.
  4. L04 reflect the acquired knowledge by writing a short descriptive paragraph about themselves.

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 Students know the stages of production of radio, television and cinema productions, have the ability and competence to plan and implement work in the stages of production.
  2. P02 Students know the basic working principles and operations of audiovisual production tools, have the ability to effectively use these tools in the production process of radio, television and cinema productions.
  3. P03 Students have knowledge about theories in the field of radio, television and cinema.
  4. P04 Students know the historical development process of radio, television and cinema in the world and in Turkey.
  5. P05 Students know the legislation governing the field of radio, television and cinema, national and international professional organizations and ethical principles.
  6. P06 Students know the types of programs in radio and television broadcasting.
  7. P07 Students know the genres and trends of Cinema.
  8. P08 Students know the methods of analyzing and evaluating messages in audio and visual environments.
  9. P09 Students prepare, design and implement project proposals for radio, television and cinema projects suitable for different broadcasting environments.
  10. P10 Students know the techniques of writing scripts, have the ability to write scripts and prepare a shooting script.
  11. P11 Students have the ability to make sound and image editing, apply it in the fields of digital sound design, image design and visual effects use in field-specific content production.
  12. P12 Students have the ability to consider, analyze and evaluate the social, economic, political, cultural, etc. effects of media content in written, audio and visual environments from a critical point of view.
  13. P13 Students have the competence to design and produce programs and/or make films in the field of radio, television and cinema.
  14. P14 Students are proficient in the basic principles of Image aesthetics, visual design, cinematographic language/expression and composition.
  15. P15 Students have knowledge about Radio and Television management.
  16. P16 Students know the standards in field-specific products.
  17. P17 Students are proficient in collaborating for joint work and production in the field of radio, television and cinema.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -