TÜRKÇE
ENGLISH
Information
| Code | AS419 |
| Name | Academic Writing in English |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 7. 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 | Öğr. Gör.Dr. FATMA PINAR NAKİPOĞLU |
| Course Instructor |
Aykut DEMİRYÜREK
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course is to hellp students to develop their writing skills and produce written texts in Engliish in various genres after having learnt basic writing techniques
Course Content
After introducing the basic writing tecniques , various texts are analyzed from the aspect of vocabulary and content and then students are invited to comment on the ideas in the text. Based on those previous readings the topic/thesis and the type of the essay that the students are guided to pruduce their written texts.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Leaflet on Academic Writing Skills
Notes
Basics of Writing (Revised Edition) Middle East Technical University
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Students can recognize different text types and their generic features. |
| LO02 | Students can identify features such as coherence, cohesion and unity through a close observation on the texts. |
| LO03 | Students can use text production strategies based on note-taking while listening and summarizing after reading. |
| LO04 | Students can produce oral and written texts that concorde with given contextual variable. |
| LO05 | Students can produce oral and written texts using different techniques such as, description,classification, comparison, cause-effect relationship. |
| LO06 | Students can produce visual and verbal texts making use of creative writing techniques. |
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. | |
| 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.). | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 2 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 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, | |
| 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. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The writer, aim of the writer and the target audience | Examining the syllabus of the course on the website | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 2 | Taking notes and making summaries while reading and listening | Reading a text on summary writing | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 3 | Coherence, cohesion and unity | Text analysis | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Creative writing samples | Reading sample texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 5 | Opinion essay 1 | Reading and analysing opinion essays | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 6 | Content and organization | Reading and analysing sample texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 7 | General review and practice | Reading and text analysis | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reviewing course materials | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Descriptive writing | Reading and text analysis of Descriptive essays | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 10 | Classification | Reading and text analysis of Classification texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 11 | Comparison and contrast | Reading comparison and contrast sample texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Anlatım, Gösterip Yaptırma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 12 | Cause and effect relationship | Reading Cause and effect essays and text analysis | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 13 | Writing news texts | Analysing news texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 14 | Writing opinion essays 2 | Analysing opinion essays | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 15 | Argumentative essay | Analysing argumentative texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 16 | Final Examinations | Studying course materials | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Final Exams | Reviewing course materials | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 109 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,36 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||