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| Code | INGZ120 |
| Name | Writing Skills 2 |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 2. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 5 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | İngilizce |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ABDURRAHMAN KİLİMCİ |
| Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to teach students how to structure a research paper, express their ideas effectively in writing, and develop the necessary academic skills to support these ideas. The course also aims to provide students with: Techniques for paraphrasing, summarizing, and citing information from external sources; The ability to integrate these sources effectively into their academic writing.
Course Content
This course teaches students the stages of writing a research paper, the structural differences of various essay types, and the techniques required at each stage of writing. The course content includes: Drafting, writing introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions, Writing comparison, cause-effect, and argumentative essays, Using transitions, conjunctions, and structures for similarities and contrasts, Paraphrasing, summarizing, and citing techniques, Effective integration of source information into research papers.
Course Precondition
Writing Skills 1
Resources
Thomson, P. (2022). Refining Your Academic Writing: Strategies for Reading, Revising and Rewriting. Taylor & Francis.
Notes
Roe, S. C., Den Ouden, P. H. (2018). Academic Writing: The Complete Guide. Kanada: Canadian Scholars.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Compose drafts, introductions, and conclusion paragraphs. |
| LO02 | Develop the basic structure of an essay and write effective introductions. |
| LO03 | Write supportive and coherent body paragraphs. |
| LO04 | Apply grammatical and lexical structures commonly used in argumentative essays. |
| LO05 | Write effective argumentative essays. |
| LO06 | Use expressions for similarities and contrasts to construct paragraphs. |
| LO07 | Write comparison essays. |
| LO08 | Compose coherent paragraphs using cause-effect structures. |
| LO09 | Practice writing cause-effect essays. |
| LO10 | Employ structures to express similarities and differences effectively. |
| LO11 | Write essays that discuss topics using similarity and difference structures. |
| LO12 | Apply techniques for paraphrasing, summarizing, and citing external sources. |
| LO13 | Develop these techniques through practical exercises. |
| LO14 | Integrate information from external sources effectively into essays. |
| LO15 | Enhance academic writing practices by integrating source-based information. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students have knowledge on theory, practice and terminology in the area of learning and teaching English as a foreign language | 3 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knowledge on the basic concept, theories and movement in the areas of linguistics, culture, literature, translation and communication. | 3 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knowledge on learner variables such as age, level, learning styles and strategies and their impact on the process of learning and teaching English | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students have knowledge on qualitative and quantitative research methods in the area | 1 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students can reconstruct knowledge by using pedagogical skills, and develop lesson plans, methods, materials, activities and assessment samples by taking learners´´ ages, levels and needs into account | 5 |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Use information technologies effectively in the process of planning both learning and teaching by taking developmental characteristics and individual differences of learners into account | 4 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Analyze teaching materials with a critical perspective and adopt and develop these teaching materials | 5 |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Evaluate the problems in the process of English language teaching and offer effective solutions to these problems | 2 |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Use teaching methods and techniques in order to develop learners´´ critical and creative thinking skills, and problem solving skills | 5 |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Evaluate the students´´ learning outcomes multi-directionally by using various methods | 5 |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students can take responsibility as an individual and as a member of a team to solve the problems in English language teaching and can develop pedagogical knowledge and skills in a continuous manner | 3 |
| PLO12 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develop independent behavioral skills such as taking initiative and being creative in teaching practices | |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Students can recognize themselves as individuals and use their strengths and learn from their weaknesses | 5 |
| PLO14 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Use the ways to access information effectively | 5 |
| PLO15 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Use language learning strategies effectively | 5 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Students can use information and communication strategies in the area of English language teaching | 4 |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Be aware of cultural factors at a national and international level which might be influential in English language teaching | 5 |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Students can recognize the structure, purpose and function of the National Education System and act in accordance with the legislation, democratic, social, scientific and cultural values, and professional code of ethics | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Communicate with the school administration, parents, colleagues and non-governmental organizations in order to develop individual, psychological, ethical, social and cultural skills of learners | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Students can have professional self-confidence and grasp , internalize and implement social and cultural responsibilities as a teacher |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outlining and developing body paragraphs, concluding paragraphs. | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 2 | Essay structure and introductory paragraphs | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 3 | Writing an expository essay | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 4 | Lexical and grammatical structures used for argumentative/persuasive essays | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 5 | Developing and organizing argumentative/persuasive essays | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 6 | Compare and contrast essay structures | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 7 | Organizing compare and contrast essay | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Mid-term exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Cause and effect essay structures | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 10 | Organizing cause and effect essays | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 11 | Describing smilarities and differences | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 12 | Writing essays of smilarities and differences | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 13 | Quote, paraphrase and summarize information from outside sources | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 14 | Exercises on Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing information from outside sources | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 15 | Effectively integrating information from outside sources in essays. | Reviewing the unit and completing the exercises and completing the homework assigned | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Term exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Term exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 118 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,72 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||