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ENGLISH
Information
| Code | AS327 |
| Name | Reading Skills in English |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 1-2 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. GÜLDEN TÜM |
| Course Instructor |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi FİGEN YILMAZ
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
To 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
Students are required to be over A2 level
Resources
Materials prepared by the instructor and also surfind and gathering information and data regarding the field of the students
Notes
Cambridge English for the Media
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 | 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 3 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains how communication works in all aspects of individual, group, mass, institution or different cultures. | 4 |
| 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. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Reports his/her observations in social, artistic and cultural events that he/she organises and actively participates in. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Interprets local, national and international events with a critical perspective. | |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 4 |
| 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. | 3 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | presenting the overall program | examining the syllabus of the course on the Course Catalogue | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 2 | Introducing techniques for efficient reading skills | web search | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 3 | recognizing the main idea and the supprting ideas | no preparation is necessary | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 4 | ways of handling new vocabulary and idioms | no preparation is necessary | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Soru-Cevap |
| 5 | autobiographies | finding the spesicif information | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 6 | news and newspapers | reading and writing assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 7 | technical texts | scanning and finding info | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | reviewing all the materials studied | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | scripts related to the film | reading assignment | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 10 | film scripts | no preparation is required | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Gösterip Yaptırma |
| 11 | speech texts in politics | guessing the meaning | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 12 | political interview | no preparation is required | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 13 | Play scripts | preparing the dialogue between interlocutors | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Gösteri |
| 14 | Academic texts | reading within deep structure | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 15 | Academic article | analizing texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reviewing the exercises | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | dönüt | no preparation is required | 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 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 100 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,00 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||