ELT847 Empowering Academic Literacy

6 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- . Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code ELT847
Name Empowering Academic Literacy
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language İngilizce
Level Doktora Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Goal

The main objective of this course to strengthen the academic literacy of the learners.

Course Content

Empowering academic literacy skills involves building knowledge and skills in two areas. The first is of technical aspect such as summarizing, paraphrasing, sentence and paragraph level word choices, frequently used language patterns. The second comprises disciplinary components about how texts are constructed in our particular subject area. The course will further develop the language and genre-based skills that needed to comprehend, organise and produce particular types of texts in graduate studies. This course is organised considering these important academic styles on evaluative texts academic essays and reviews and research reports essays, and empirical reports in theses and dissertations. A particular focus will be given on the various kinds of metadiscourse strategies that writers use to organise information coherently and persuasively in the text, and to express the writers’ own attitudes through the use of strategies.

Course Precondition

NA

Resources

Badke, W. B. (2008). Research Strategies: Finding your way through the information fog (3rd ed.). New York: iUniverse. Pyrczak, Fred. (1999). Evaluating Research in Academic Journals. Pyrczak Publishing.

Notes

Recent articles on the related topics


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Students critically examine and analyze an academic study .
LO02 Students know the rules of writing an academic article or thesis in line with their course achievements.
LO03 Students apply the rules of writing an academic article or thesis in line with their course achievements.
LO04 Students analyze all parts of an academic work and the language use.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The students can critically analyze language learning theories 3
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The students can develop themselves professionally 4
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The students can critically evaluate the research studies in the field 3
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The students can join in collaborative team work 3
PLO05 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği The students can present his knowledge and share his experience in the field
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı The students can think creatively to construct novice ideas
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği The students can apply scientific research methods in novel studies 4
PLO08 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The students can be aware of the ethical issues in their research studies 5
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği The students can discuss their arguments with evidence
PLO10 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı The students can implement higher order thinking skills in solving problems 4
PLO11 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The students can contribute to their fields by publishing their studies in journals 4
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği The students can contribute to the goal of becoming an intellectual community 3


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction Videos on academic writing Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Gösteri
2 Evaluative writing and argumentation The related chapter is prepared Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
3 Evaluating scientific journals Preparation for the material Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
4 Critically Evaluating Scholarly Journal Articles Prior examination of articles Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Gösterip Yaptırma
5 Topic Continued Prior examination of articles Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma
6 Metnin veya pasajın yeniden ifade edilmesi Examination of different methods of paraphrasing Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Alıştırma ve Uygulama
7 Özetleme Examination of summarising methods Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Gösterip Yaptırma
8 Mid-Term Exam mid-term exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev
9 Synthesizing and citing sources Prior examination of articles Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Alıştırma ve Uygulama
10 Composing and editing processes Prior examination of articles Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Alıştırma ve Uygulama
11 Writing Abstract Examining Theses Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Alıştırma ve Uygulama
12 Reviewing and writing literature Examining PhD Literature Reiews Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması
13 Academic literacy and the use of technology Examining the use of technology and AI in research Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması, Tartışma
14 Languge Use in Academic Writing Examining the Language Use in Articles and Dissertations Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Grup Çalışması, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
15 Writing Conclusion Examination of conclusion parts of articles and theses Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Alıştırma ve Uygulama
16 Ovarall evaluation Değerlendirici ve Yansıtıcı Geribildirim Yazma Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Bireysel Çalışma
17 Term Exams Evaluation of an article and a dissertation from a critical perspective Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Proje Temelli Öğrenme


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 5 70
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 30 30
Total Workload (Hour) 157
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,28
ECTS 6 ECTS