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Information
| Code | AS327 |
| Name | Reading Skills in English |
| 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 |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. GÜLDEN TÜM |
Course Goal
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 | 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.). | 3 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | 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. | 4 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | 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 | 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 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. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. | |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work | 4 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | 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 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | 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 | 5 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | 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 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | 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 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | 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 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, 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 | Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the 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 | ||