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| Unit | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION |
| COMMUNICATION SCIENCES PR. | |
| Code | ILT123 |
| Name | Oral and Written Communication Skills 1 |
| Term | 2021-2022 Academic Year |
| Semester | 1. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. ÇİĞDEM YASEMİN ÖZKAN BERKSUN |
| Course Instructor |
Öğr. Gör. Dr. FIRAT BERKSUN
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
Doç. Dr. ÇİĞDEM YASEMİN ÖZKAN BERKSUN (Güz) (B Group) (Ins. in Charge) |
Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to enable students to express their messages through the oral and/or written medium , by considering i contextual/Pragmatic variables such as the purpose, audience, speaker/writer, and also genre-specific features of the given texts.In line with this, students are expected to internalize concepts vital to text formation, such as Unity, Coherence and Cohesion.
Course Content
Towards enabling students to gain insight in different communication styles of institutional conversation and everyday talk, various texts and real-life situations will be examined and oral and written texts will be produced. Additionally, a variety of writing techniques such as, classification, descripton, comparison and contrast, cause and effect relationship will be practiced through in and out of classroom applications.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Defines the basic concepts related to the field of communication sciences. |
| LO02 | Understand the knowledge, skills and values associated with communication sciences at a high level. |
| LO03 | Know the historical development of communication processes and tools. |
| LO04 | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. |
| LO05 | It expresses the communication process and the characteristics of the items involved in the process. |
| LO06 | To acquire creativeness, to use initiatives and to be able to act independently |
| LO07 | Acts colloboratively and cooperatively with her/his colleagues in work place |
| LO08 | They can analyze the communication processes they witness. |
| LO09 | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. |
| LO10 | It effectively applies what is needed for effective speaking. |
| LO11 | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work |
| LO12 | Acts appropriately with professional ethical standards |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | 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 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students will be able to associate basic knowledge about the instrumental (Radio, Television, Cinema, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Relations, Journalism, etc.) and objective (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.) fields of Social Communication. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains how communication works in all aspects of individual, group, mass, institution or different cultures. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Associates scientific knowledge and methods with technological innovations in the field. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | With an interdisciplinary perspective on the concept of communication; Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, Anthropology, etc. synthesises information from fields such as Communication Sciences. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | As a requirement of the ability to communicate effectively, as well as the ability to express oneself; empathizes with the ability to understand the people and the environments they are in. | 5 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Reports his/her observations in social, artistic and cultural events that he/she organises and actively participates in. | 3 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Interprets local, national and international events with a critical perspective. | 3 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | They take an active role in group work as well as individual work. | 4 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | As an individual with a developed sense of responsibility towards society, develops projects for the benefit of society. | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | In addition to professional development, it continuously improves itself in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields in line with its interests and abilities. | 4 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Rational thinking skills as well as methods and strategies to develop creative thinking, as well as written, verbal, visual, etc. express their thoughts through tools appropriate to the purpose. | 5 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues abroad with the knowledge of a foreign language at least at the general level of the European Language Portfolio (B). | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Acts in accordance with ethical principles in the process of accessing, using and transmitting all kinds of information and in all other thoughts and endeavors related to the profession. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Uses methods that can be disseminated to the society in general with basic application skills specific to the field such as media literacy. | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | 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 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Realizes future career planning in line with learning needs. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | It directs all its work within the framework of the legal legislation related to its field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course -Language and communication: verbal7nonveral/extra liguistic features -Comparing oral and written communication | Listening | |
| 2 | Dictionary meaning/ Communicative meaning -Spacial,temporal,physical context -cognitive context and Information Processing Model | Collect recorded natural speech samples | |
| 3 | What are we doing with words, Speech Acts, basic category | Recorded conversation samples | |
| 4 | Note- taking while listening (a lecture/lesson) -Paragraph analysis | note taking activity tobe reported in the next lesson | |
| 5 | Narrowing down subject to topic -Pre writing techniques | HW: Sample analyses | |
| 6 | Setting up the paragraph -Main ideas -Supporting ideas | HW: Writing Sample paragraph | |
| 7 | unity, coherence , cohesion in texts | HW: Sample paragraph writing | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | HW: Sample paragraph writing | |
| 9 | Writing Technique 9: Observing and reporting | HW: video clips | |
| 10 | Writing Technique 1: Descriptive essays -Poiteness issues in talk | HW: Reading Assignment Principles of Politeness(Brown and Levinson) | |
| 11 | Writing Technique 2: Comparison and Contrast | HW: Reading Text : Right Brain or Left Brain dominance. | |
| 12 | Writing Technique 3: Creative writing | HW: Reading Text: Body language of writing | |
| 13 | Writing Technique 4 :Cause and Effect Rlationship: | HW: Reading Text: social fobies | |
| 14 | Portfolio Assessment | HW: Completing the Port Folios | |
| 15 | Assesing Portfolios(CONT.) -REVISION | HW: Completing the Port Folios | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading the All Lecture Notes and Textbooks | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading the All Lecture Notes and Textbooks |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 88 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,52 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||