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| Code | ELT847 |
| Name | Empowering Academic Literacy |
| Term | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| 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 |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | |
| Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
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 | ||