ECTS - Critical Reading
Critical Reading (KAM332) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Critical Reading | KAM332 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| Yok |
| 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, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course helps students to gain skill on critical reading. Besides, they will have improved their writing and listening skills as well. This course aims to help students to gain skill on critical reading as well as critical thinking. Articles from newspapers, magazines and academic journals in their subject matter will be used during the course. They will learn what a text says and how that text describes the subject matter. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | English language course. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Course information. What is critical reading and critical thinking? | |
| 2 | How is critical reading done? What are the steps? Analysis (main idea and outlining) | Class notes |
| 3 | Analysis (main idea and outlining) of abstracts from Journals /articles | Class notes |
| 4 | Analysis (main idea and outlining) of abstracts from Journals/ articles | Class notes |
| 5 | Analysis (main idea and outlining)/ Texts from magazines, newspapers, web sites | Class notes |
| 6 | What is an annotation? Why do we need the annotation? | Class notes |
| 7 | Annotation practices | Class notes |
| 8 | MIDTERM EXAM (%40) | |
| 9 | Annotation practices / Articles from academic Journals | Class notes |
| 10 | Annotation practices / Texts from magazines, newspapers, web sites | Class notes |
| 11 | What is evaluation and summary? What is the help of the evaluation? | Class notes |
| 12 | Evaluating and Summary/ Article from journals, | Class notes |
| 13 | Evaluating and summary / texts from magazines, newspapers and websites | Class notes |
| 14 | Full text critical reading class activity | Class notes |
| 15 | Full text reading class activity | Class notes |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. The texts to be analysed will be delivered to the students in advance via “Atılım Moodle”. The lecture notes will be delivered via Atılım Moodle. |
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| Other Sources | 2. - Critical Reading: English for Academic Purposes, Tania Pattison, |
| 3. - Critical Reading in Higher Education: Academic Goals and Social Engagement by Manarin, Karen Carey, Miriam Rathburn, Melanie Ryland, Glen Hutchings, Pat, Indiana University Press |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 60 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 40 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 60 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Have an advanced level of basic theoretical knowledge on the field of public finance in order to obtain the practical gains. | X | ||||
| 2 | Identify the issues related to the field of public finance by dealing with it within the framework of the methodological approach, and report and evaluate it from an analytical point of view. | X | ||||
| 3 | Understand, interpret and analyse economic and financial events, equipped with knowledge of certain disciplines, especially economics, business and law. | X | ||||
| 4 | Develop policies and strategies for solving the problems by establishing the cause-effect relationship related to fiscal and economic issues through theoretical information and the discussions. | X | ||||
| 5 | Establish the relationship of public financial management and budget theory with public policies, he/she makes strong budget analysis, develop analysis on public finance and makes a link with the policy implementation | X | ||||
| 6 | Understand the tax theory, learning the legal structure, following the legal and financial developments and gaining a professional competence in tax matters effectively develop it. | X | ||||
| 7 | Have knowledge of accounting systems in private and public institutions and businesses, analyze and interpret the financial and financial structure of institutions with the knowledge and competence gained. | X | ||||
| 8 | Gain knowledge of macroeconomic framework and growth theory, including theoretical and country examples, evaluates economic developments from a theoretical perspective. | X | ||||
| 9 | Use foreign language in financial and economic fields, follow international literature, communicate on professional issues. | X | ||||
| 10 | Benefit from technological developments in studies specific to its field by using information technologies, digital developments and common software. | X | ||||
| 11 | Use qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis of economic, financial, social and institutional events. | X | ||||
| 12 | While fulfilling its academic and professional responsibilities, develop an approach that respects s United Nations sustainable development goals, freedoms, rights of the disadvantaged groups, environment, cultural and moral values. | X | ||||
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 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||