AS309 Reading Skills in English

3 ECTS - 1-2 Duration (T+A)- 5. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Unit FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES PR.
Code AS309
Name Reading Skills in English
Term 2018-2019 Academic Year
Semester 5. Semester
Duration (T+A) 1-2 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Belirsiz
Type Normal
Label E Elective
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Dr. Öğr. Üyesi FİGEN YILMAZ
Course Instructor Dr. Öğr. Üyesi FİGEN YILMAZ (Güz) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

o enable students to understand and speculate on texts written in English at Level B2 CFR and enhance their L2 using skills towards supporting their thinking and writind skills

Course Content

Make students read and comment on various texts in English, acquire new vocabulary, speculate, discuss and analiyze and synthesize in their own words

Course Precondition

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Learn new vocabulary exposed via the context of the text
LO02 Understand B2 level texts
LO03 Speculate on the text and further the arguments
LO04 Performs the necessary skills in using and elaborating new concepts
LO05 Elaborate on the texts from a crritical point of view
LO06 Expand and develop the ideas presented in the reading text to create new texts of their own


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 - Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies.
PLO02 - Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles.
PLO03 - Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.).
PLO04 - Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication.
PLO05 - Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work.
PLO06 - From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on.
PLO07 - Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications.
PLO08 - As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets.
PLO09 - Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events.
PLO10 - Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments.
PLO11 - Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work
PLO12 - Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions.
PLO13 - Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning
PLO14 - Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts.
PLO15 - Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad.
PLO16 - While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors.
PLO17 - Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy,
PLO18 - Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media)
PLO19 - Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly.
PLO20 - Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 presenting the overall program examining the syllabus of the course on the Course Catalogue
2 Introducing techniques for efficient reading skills web search
3 recognizing the main idea and the supprting ideas reading assignment
4 ways of handling new vocabulary and idioms dictionary practiice
5 autobiographiies reading assignment
6 news texts reading assignment
7 technical texts reading assignment
8 Mid-Term Exam Reading the course materials
9 film scripts reading assignment
10 film scripts watcing films
11 political speech texts I reading assignment
12 political speech texts II watcing the viideo
13 Play scripts reading assignment
14 Academic article I reading assignment
15 Academic article II reading assignmenta and web surf
16 Term Exams reading the course materials
17 Term Exams

Update Time: 17.08.2018 02:00