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IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE-II

Course
ENGL034 - IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE-II
Department
School of Foreign Languages
Course Type
In-sessional English
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
0
ECTS
0
T+P+L
4 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Sr. Instr. Feryal VARANOĞULLARI
Prerequisite
Keywords

Course Description

This course is the continuation of ENGL033 with more detailed information. Students will be able to acquire their academic reading skills such as finding the main idea, skimming, scanning, understanding the text by reading comprehension and answering relevant questions, inferring meaning by ordering information, finding suffixes and similar meanings, guessing meaning from texts, recognizing parts of speech in sentence structures and identifying text organization through matching pieces of information. In effective written skills aims to develop critical thinking, which enables students respond to ideas in a well-organized written format. They identify process paragraphs, narrative paragraphs and opinion paragraphs. The writing goals are divided into two: rhetorical focus, language and grammar focus.

IN-SESSIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE-II

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Item Type Weight (%)
Mid-term Examination Midterm 30
Final Examination Final 40
Assignments Assignment 30
Total 100

Course outcomes

  1. 01 1- apply necessary reading strategies which are skimming and scanning, and understanding the reading texts.
  2. 02 2- differenciate the main ideas of the reading texts and statements from the supporting details.
  3. 03 3- identify three sections of essay writing. (The sentence and the paragraph, Descriptive Paragraphs, Example Paragraphs)

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction to the course NS: Unit 5/ Reading one- Main Idea and details, make inference: inferring when humour is used
Week 2 NS: Unit 5/ Reading two – Taking notes with bullets, Predicting content from titles and subheadings
Week 3 NS: Unit 5/ Focus on writing: A Cover letter, Use future time clauses
Week 4 NS: Unit 6/ Reading one- Make inferences: inferring probability
Week 5 NS: Unit 6/Reading two- Taking notes on supporting details, use content clues to understand vocabulary
Week 6 NS: Unit 6/ Focus on writing: Vocabulary, Grammar for writing: because and even though
Week 7 NS: Unit 6/ Focus on writing: Opinion essay, Effective and supporting details
Week 8 Midterm Examination (09-20 November 2026)
Week 9 Midterm Examination (09-20 November 2026)
Week 10 NS: Unit 7/ Reading one, Infer both sides of a debate
Week 11 NS: Unit 7/ Reading two, take notes with an outline, Identify key information in charts
Week 12 NS: Unit 7/ Focus on writing, Vocabulary +Adverb Clauses of Concession, Writing an opinion essay, Sentence Variety
Week 13 NS: Unit 8/ Reading one- Infer Purpose, Taking notes with symbols, Identifying cohesive devices of contrast
Week 14 NS: Unit 8/ Focus on writing- Vocabulary + Future modals, writing a cause-and-effect essay, Conjunctions and Transitions to show cause and effect
Week 15 Final Examination (04-15 January 2027)

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 English, A. K. & English, M. L. NorthStar 3. Reading & Writing. 5th Ed. Pearson, 2020

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 1- apply necessary reading strategies which are skimming and scanning, and understanding the reading texts.
  2. L02 2- differenciate the main ideas of the reading texts and statements from the supporting details.
  3. L03 3- identify three sections of essay writing. (The sentence and the paragraph, Descriptive Paragraphs, Example Paragraphs)

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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -