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
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
- 01 The students will be able to learn
- 02 Acquiring an introductory knowledge of Turkish
- 03 Acquiring skills to communicate with his/her friends
- 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
- 01 Haugnes, N. & Maher, B. (2020). NorthStar: Reading & Writing Level 2, Fifth Edition, Pearson.
Learning Outcomes
- 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.
- L02 extend their reading skills through a variety of higher level reading passages.
- L03 analyze various reading passages by employing necessary reading techniques such as skimming, scanning, inferring and etc.
- L04 reflect the acquired knowledge by writing a short descriptive paragraph about themselves.
Program Outcomes
- P01 Has knowledge of social service application areas (health, social welfare services, education, social security, civil society, local government).
- P02 Has knowledge of social work theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory).
- P03 Has knowledge of human development and social environment.
- P04 Use knowledge of communication skills (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups).
- P05 Use knowledge of management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations)
- P06 Apply knowledge of research methods and techniques in social work.
- P07 Has the ability to perform planned change process (linking, diagnosis and evaluation, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination and monitoring of applications) by considering similarities and differences for all levels of applicants.
- P08 Social service application areas (Health, education, social security, civil society, local government), social service theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory), human development and social environment, communication (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups) apply management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations), research methods and techniques, professional ethics, principles and values, and the ability to practice social work with different client groups.
- P09 Has the ability to distinguish and collect appropriate information for social investigation, evaluation and report preparation
- P10 Has the ability to interpret research results and professional literature.
- P11 Has the ability to develop inter-institutional relations, communication and joint services.
- P12 Acts in accordance with professional ethics, norms and standards that determine duties and rights related to social work profession.
- P13 It adopts social justice and rights based approach within the framework of social, scientific, cultural and professional values.
- P14 Develop an understanding of individual, family, group, institution, community, community and global practices in order to improve social functionality and facilitate social change
- P15 Becomes a model to the society with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes and adopts the understanding of lifelong learning.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | P15 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |