ECTS - English For Academic Purposes I
English For Academic Purposes I (ENG101) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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English For Academic Purposes I | ENG101 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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N/A |
Course Language | English |
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Course Type | N/A |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Team/Group, Brain Storming, Role Play, Project Design/Management. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | This course aims to: • help students improve their academic skills, which are crucial in their departmental studies. This will enable them to follow their departmental courses with ease as an Independent User at level B1* as stated in Common European Framework of Reference. • help students develop critical thinking skills and improve English study skills through written and oral activities and use of IT. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | English language skills, especially academic skills, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary building and critical analysis of texts; listening and note-taking, class discussions, presentations, writing, research assignments and use of technology. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Orientation & Course Memo | Course Memo |
2 | Unit 1 – THE NEWS MEDIA | Making Connections 2 pp. 2-5 Making Connections 2 pp. 6-10 Extra Material |
3 | Unit 1 – THE NEWS MEDIA | Making Connections 2 pp. 11-17 Making Connections 2 pp. 17-20 |
4 | Unit 1 –THE NEWS MEDIA | Making Connections 2 pp. 21-28 Making Connections 2 pp. 29-30 & 41-42 |
5 | PRESENTATION INPUT/PRESENTATION TASK / Unit 2 - EDUCATION | Making Connections 2 ss. 44-52 Extra Material |
6 | Unit 2 – EDUCATION REVISION | Making Connections 2 pp. 52-54 |
7 | PRESENTATION | |
8 | Unit 2 – EDUCATION | Making Connections 2 pp. 55-60 Making Connections 2 pp. 61-62 & 64-67 |
9 | Unit 2 - EDUCATION | Making Connections 2 pp. 68-73 Making Connections 2 pp. 74-75 & 85-86 |
10 | Unit 3 - THE WORLD OF BUSINESS | Making Connections 2 pp. 88-95 Making Connections 2 pp. 96 & 98-102 |
11 | Unit 3 – THE WORLD OF BUSINESS / WRITING INPUT | Making Connections 2 pp. 103-109 Extra Material |
12 | Unit 3 – THE WORLD OF BUSINESS / IN-CLASS WRITING PRACTICE | Making Connections 2 pp. 110-115 |
13 | Unit 3 – THE WORLD OF BUSINESS | Making Connections 2 pp. 116-117 Making Connections 2 pp. 118-123 |
14 | Unit 3 – THE WORLD OF BUSINESS | Making Connections 2 pp. 124-128 |
15 | REVISION | |
16 | FINAL EXAM |
Sources
Course Book | 1. Making Connections 2- Skills and Strategies for Academic Reading (2nd Edition) by Joe McEntire & Jessica Williams |
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Other Sources | 2. Extra Materials by DML instructors |
Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
Presentation | 1 | 10 |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
Toplam | 4 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | |
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Major Area Courses | |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Accumulated knowledge on mathematics, science and mechatronics engineering; an ability to apply the theoretical and applied knowledge of mathematics, science and mechatronics engineering to model and analyze mechatronics engineering problems. | |||||
2 | An ability to differentiate, identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; an ability to select and implement proper analysis, modeling and implementation techniques for the identified engineering problems. | |||||
3 | An ability to design a complex system, product, component or process to meet the requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; an ability to apply contemporary design methodologies; an ability to implement effective engineering creativity techniques in mechatronics engineering. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include economics, environment, sustainability, producibility, ethics, human health, social and political problems.) | |||||
4 | An ability to develop, select and use modern techniques, skills and tools for application of mechatronics engineering and robot technologies; an ability to use information and communications technologies effectively. | |||||
5 | An ability to design experiments, perform experiments, collect and analyze data and assess the results for investigated problems on mechatronics engineering and robot technologies. | |||||
6 | An ability to work effectively on single disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; an ability for individual work; ability to communicate and collaborate/cooperate effectively with other disciplines and scientific/engineering domains or working areas, ability to work with other disciplines. | |||||
7 | An ability to express creative and original concepts and ideas effectively in Turkish and English language, oral and written, and technical drawings. | X | ||||
8 | An ability to reach information on different subjects required by the wide spectrum of applications of mechatronics engineering, criticize, assess and improve the knowledge-base; consciousness on the necessity of improvement and sustainability as a result of life-long learning; monitoring the developments on science and technology; awareness on entrepreneurship, innovative and sustainable development and ability for continuous renovation. | |||||
9 | Consciousness on professional and ethical responsibility, competency on improving professional consciousness and contributing to the improvement of profession itself. | |||||
10 | A knowledge on the applications at business life such as project management, risk management and change management and competency on planning, managing and leadership activities on the development of capabilities of workers who are under his/her responsibility working around a project. | |||||
11 | Knowledge about the global, societal and individual effects of mechatronics engineering applications on the human health, environment and security and cultural values and problems of the era; consciousness on these issues; awareness of legal results of engineering solutions. | |||||
12 | Competency on defining, analyzing and surveying databases and other sources, proposing solutions based on research work and scientific results and communicate and publish numerical and conceptual solutions. | |||||
13 | Consciousness on the environment and social responsibility, competencies on observation, improvement and modify and implementation of projects for the society and social relations and be an individual within the society in such a way that planing, improving or changing the norms with a criticism. |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Total Workload | 88 |