READING AND WRITING SKILLS-I
- Course
- ENGL141 - READING AND WRITING SKILLS-I
- Department
- School of Foreign Languages
- Course Type
- Online Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 2 + 2 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Sr. Instr. Feryal VARANOĞULLARI
- Keywords
Course Description
This course aims to develop students' listening, speaking, reading - writing and study skills. The course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills through controlled activities and to equip students with the basic study skills necessary to follow the curriculum of English. This course also provides students with the opportunity to process the newly acquired knowledge and to develop their ability to ask questions about how to apply the new knowledge to new situations and ask them to think critically. In addition, this course will enable students to learn about the different strategies required to review the various reading pieces, such as finding the main idea and distinguishing the details from the main idea.
READING AND WRITING SKILLS-I
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-term Examination | Midterm | 30 |
| Final Examination | Final | 40 |
| Assignments | Assignment | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
- 01 1. be able to apply necessary reading strategies which are skimming and scanning, and paraphrase the academic reading texts.
- 02 2. be able to interpret the given text and classify the given statements.
- 03 3. be able to summarize the given text.
- 04 4. be able to differenciate the main ideas of the reading texts from the supporting details.
- 05 5. be able to identify the irrelevant sentences that destroy the unity of the paragraph.
- 06 6. be able to process the required presentation skills.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course + Registration to the e-book and online assignments |
| Week 2 | Registration to the Assignment+Online Weekly Lesson 1: NorthStar4 (NS4): Unit 1/ 1 and 2/ FOCUS ON READING - READING ONE (VOCABULARY) + READING ONE (MAIN IDEAS&MAKE INFERENCES) + READING ONE ( NOTE-TAKING) |
| Week 3 | Registration to the Assignment+Online Weekly Lesson 2: NS4 : Unit 1 / FOCUS ON READING - READING TWO (TAKE NOTES&READING COMPREHENSION"ATIONS) |
| Week 4 | Registration to the Assignment+Assignment 1 (Unit 1) (7.5%);Online Weekly Lesson 3: NS4 : Unit 1 / 3 FOCUS ON WRITING A & EXTRA MATERIAL - (VOCABULARY&CHOOSING A TOPIC SENTENCE and A CONTROLLING IDEA) + NS4 1 / 3 FOCUS ON WRITING (Summary Writing&Sentence Fragments) |
| Week 5 | Assignment 1 (Unit 1) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 4: NS4 : Unit 2 / 1 and 2 FOCUS ON READING - READING ONE (VOCABULARY- Synonyms & Antonyms & Take Notes) & (MAKE INFERENCES) |
| Week 6 | Assignment 2 (Unit 2) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 5: NS4 : Unit 2 / 2 FOCUS ON READING - READING TWO (TAKING NOTES & COMPREHENSION + Answering True / False / Not Mentioned Qs- Extra mat.) |
| Week 7 | Assignment 2 (Unit 2) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 6: NS4 : Unit 2 / 3 FOCUS ON WRITING - (VOCABULARY - REVIEW SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS) + WRITING A PARAGRAPH |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS (09-20 November, 2026) |
| Week 9 | MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS (09-20 November, 2026) |
| Week 10 | Assignment 3 (Unit 3) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 7: NS4 : Unit 3 / 1 and 2/ FOCUS ON READING - READING ONE (Vocabulary & Take Notes & Main Idea) |
| Week 11 | Assignment 3 (Unit 3) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 8: NS4 : NS4 : Unit 3 / 1 / FOCUS ON READING - READING TWO (Revising True / False / Not Mentioned Qs - Extra mat.) + Assignment 1 (Unit1) |
| Week 12 | Assignment 4 (Unit4) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 10: NS4 : Unit 3 / 3 FOCUS ON WRITING (VOCABULARY & WRITING AN OPINION ESSAY) |
| Week 13 | Assignment 4 (Unit4) (7.5%)+Online Weekly Lesson 11: Extra Mat. : WRITING AN OPINION ESSAY + NS4 : Unit 4 READING ONE (VOCABULARY) + READING TWO (VOCABULARY & COMPREHENSION) - Assignment 2 (Unit 2) |
| Week 14 | Online Weekly Lesson 12: NS4 : Unit 4 / REVISING SUMMARY WRITING + PARAPHRASING |
| Week 15 | NS4 : Unit 4 / FOCUS ON READING - READING ONE and FINAL EXAMINATIONS (04-15 January, 2027) |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 English, A. K & English, L.M. (2020). NorthStar 4 (5th Ed.) e-book, Pearson.
- 02 ENGL141/ENGL143/ENGL145 Course Page on CIU Moodle (http//ciu.edu.tr)
- 03 Pearson English Portal (login.pearson.com) for Online Assignments
Learning Outcomes
- L01 1. be able to apply necessary reading strategies which are skimming and scanning, and paraphrase the academic reading texts.
- L02 2. be able to interpret the given text and classify the given statements.
- L03 3. be able to summarize the given text.
- L04 4. be able to differenciate the main ideas of the reading texts from the supporting details.
- L05 5. be able to identify the irrelevant sentences that destroy the unity of the paragraph.
- L06 6. be able to process the required presentation skills.
Program Outcomes
- P01 1. Students will be able to adopt theoretical and practical knowledge in a challenging work environment.
- P02 2. Students will be able to guide teamwork in intercultural and various international working environments.
- P03 3. Students will be able to obtain the communicative, conceptual and analytical skills necessary for conflict environments.
- P04 4. Students will be able to recognize the importance of basic competence to create a competitive advantage and achieve a success on a global scale.
- P05 5. Students will be able to integrate ethical and social responsible practices that are environmentally friendly and applicable both in business and personal life.
- P06 6. Students will be able to raise awareness about continuous improvement to increase business performance in professional life.
- P07 7. Students will be able to adopt and apply critical and strategic thinking together with research capabilities for organizational decisions.
- P08 8. Students will be able to use and manage the information technologies required for the contemporary business world.
- P09 9. Students will be able to have a knowledge of, at least, one foreign language at basic level in addition to English.
- P10 10. Students will be able to acquire effective teamwork skills.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |