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 | X |
| 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 | The ability to have and use theoretical and practical information in international trade and logistics | X | ||||
| 2 | The ability to define problems, as well as to collect, evaluate, analyze, and interpret data, and to devise solutions, making use of the information, skills, and competencies in the field | X | ||||
| 3 | The ability to perform numerical analyses and research through accessing different resources of information in the field | X | ||||
| 4 | The ability to take part in intra- and interdisciplinary, or multi-cultural working groups, as well as work individually | X | ||||
| 5 | The ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English, and to make use of at least 1 foreign language | X | ||||
| 6 | The ability to act responsibly, and with the awareness in the issues of environmental sensitivity, sustainability, transparency, social responsibility, and ethical values | X | ||||
| 7 | The ability to read, understand, and interpret the relevant legislation in the field of international trade and logistics, and to see the global, and social effects of practices | X | ||||
| 8 | The ability to question and interpret the acquired interdisciplinary pieces of information within the framework of the current economic, social, and environmental conjuncture | X | ||||
| 9 | The ability to stay up to date regarding the local, regional, and global changes in the international trade and logistics, and the supply chain sector; and relevant through improvements on professional competencies and backgrounds, and to devise quick and effective solutions to possible problems through an innovative approach | X | ||||
| 10 | The ability to track national and international regulations in international trade and logistics, to learn logistic procedures and risk management, to use current instruments of technology and informatics, to analyze and improve processes, to devise new ideas and suggestions, to manage activities for change, and to report and document these processes | |||||
| 11 | - | |||||
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 | ||