ECTS - English for Academic Purposes II
English for Academic Purposes II (ENG102) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| English for Academic Purposes II | ENG102 | 2. Semester | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Brain Storming, 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 to enable them to follow their departmental courses with ease as an Independent User at level B2 as stated in the Common European Framework of Reference, • help students develop critical thinking skills and further improve English study skills through written and oral activities and use of technology. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Academic skills such as reading comprehension, class discussions, use of academic vocabulary and critical analysis of texts; research assignments and review of the English language structure; skills such as listening and note-taking, analysis of written products, writing, presentation and use of technology. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation | Course Memo |
| 2 | Unit 5 DISEASE Critical Reading- Reading strategies- Recognising paragraph structure- Revision | Extra Input I Course Book pp: 84-88 |
| 3 | Unit 5 DISEASE Critical reading- Identifying and analyzing arguments- Identifying sentence functions | Extra Input II Course Book pp: 90-93 |
| 4 | Unit 5 DISEASE Critical reading- Practicing cause and effect relations in academic words and idoms- Presentation Skills Input | Course Book pp: 94, 95, 101 |
| 5 | Unit 5 DISEASE Critical reading/listening to draw conclusion | Extra Input III Course Book pp: 102-103 |
| 6 | Unit 6 SURVIVAL Critical reading- Analysing a text and identifying supporting details for opinions- Academic vocabulary development | Course Book pp: 104-108 Course Book pp: 110-115, 121 |
| 7 | PRESENTATIONS | |
| 8 | Unit 6 SURVIVAL Critical reading/listening- Synthesising information in text and podcast- forming research question | Course Book pp: 122-123 Revision |
| 9 | İkna Edici Kompozisyon Yazma Çalışması | |
| 10 | Unit 7 LAW Critical reading- activating prior knowledge- summarizing a text | Course Book pp: 124-129 Course Book pp: 130-133 |
| 11 | Unit 7 LAW Practising legal terms, idioms and hedging expressions- Analysing thesis statement of an essay- developing opposing view | Course Book pp: 134, 135,141 |
| 12 | Yazma Mini Sınav- İkna Edici Kompozisyon Yazma Sınavı | |
| 13 | Unit 8 TOMORROW Critical reading- Identifying conclusion and reasons- Developing scientific vocabulary | Course Book pp: 142-147 Course Book pp: 148-151 |
| 14 | Unit 8 TOMORROW Critical reading/listening- Identifying unreasonable assumptions in a text- Practising academic vocabulary and idioms | Course Book pp: 152, 153, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163 Revision |
| 15 | REVISION | |
| 16 | FINAL EXAM |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Skillful 3, Macmillan Education, Third edition, Louis Rogers & Dorothy Zemach |
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| Other Sources | 2. MDB öğretim görevlileri tarafından hazırlanan ek materyaller / Supplementary materials prepared by DML Instructors |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 1 | 15 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 25 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| 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 | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems. | |||||
| 2 | Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. | |||||
| 3 | An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices. | |||||
| 4 | An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements. | |||||
| 5 | Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects. | |||||
| 6 | An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering. | |||||
| 8 | Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies. | |||||
| 9 | An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. | |||||
| 10 | Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 89 | ||