Tourism and Hotel Management (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | CORE301 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Intermediate Academic Written English | ||||||||
Course Semester: | Fall | ||||||||
Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | EN | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Foreign Language Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Öğr.Gör. ÖZLEM GÖKKURT | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Öğr.Gör. AYKUT GÜLŞAHİN |
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Course Objectives: | This course aims to help students develop their reading and writing skills at B1 level. |
Course Content: | This intermediate course is designed to help students develop specific skills required for academic reading, including skimming, scanning, identifying organizational patterns, constructing meaning by making inferences, identifying topic sentences and distinguishing fact from opinion. Students will also develop skills specific to writing, including use of logic flow and paragraph organization, incorporation of both facts and personal opinions, ensuring unity and coherence, comparing and contrasting along with explaining processes. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | COURSE INTRODUCTION | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
2) | Reading 1 "Looking for Money: Crowdfunding and Angels" p. 3-10 Focus on Writing p.16-17 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
3) | Reading 1 ""Man vs. Robot""p.27-33 Focus on Writing p.33 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
4) | REVISION | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
5) | Reading 1: ""Bicycling: Health Risk or Benefit""p.49-56 Focus on Writing p.61-63 " | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
6) | Reading 1:"The Walking Cure" p. 73-78 Focus on Writing p.85-86 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
7) | REVISION | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
8) | MID-TERM | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
9) | Reading 1:""Three ways 3D Printing Could Revolutionize Health Care"" p.95-102 Focus on Writing p.107-109 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
10) | Reading 1:""Guide to Augmented Reality"" p. 119-125 Focus on Writing p.125-127 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
11) | REVISION | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
12) | Reading 1:"" To Adapt MOOC, or not? That is No Longer a Question"" p. 141-148 Focus on Writing p.154-155 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
13) | Reading 1:""Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers"" p.165-172 Focus on Writing p.178-179 | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
14) | REVISION | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
15) | FINAL EXAM WEEK | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
16) | FINAL EXAM WEEK | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Leap-2 Intermediate Reading and Writing |
References: | Online materials and worksheets |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||
1) Learning the facts, concepts and principles related to tourism and hotel management | ||||||||||||||||
2) Having a theoretical and practical knowledge at the basic level related to the field | ||||||||||||||||
3) To be able to make analytical evaluations for tourism and travel sector | ||||||||||||||||
4) Learning the basic laws and regulations and professional standarts that apply regarding the tourism sector in Turkey and physical environment associated with hotel management space, tools, and use acquainted with the technology, applying the ethical values, protecting the natural environment | ||||||||||||||||
5) To be able to work efficiently in the tourism sector | ||||||||||||||||
6) Learning the characteristics of the major tourist destinations to apply this knowledge in the tourism sector for Turkey and worldwide | ||||||||||||||||
7) Organizing, coordinating and developing departments in accommodation organizations | ||||||||||||||||
8) To be able to define and develop sales techniques and income management practices applied in accommodation and food and beverage companies | ||||||||||||||||
9) Demonstrating the ability to apply professional working techniques in food and beverage establishments |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Learning the facts, concepts and principles related to tourism and hotel management | |
2) | Having a theoretical and practical knowledge at the basic level related to the field | |
3) | To be able to make analytical evaluations for tourism and travel sector | |
4) | Learning the basic laws and regulations and professional standarts that apply regarding the tourism sector in Turkey and physical environment associated with hotel management space, tools, and use acquainted with the technology, applying the ethical values, protecting the natural environment | |
5) | To be able to work efficiently in the tourism sector | |
6) | Learning the characteristics of the major tourist destinations to apply this knowledge in the tourism sector for Turkey and worldwide | |
7) | Organizing, coordinating and developing departments in accommodation organizations | |
8) | To be able to define and develop sales techniques and income management practices applied in accommodation and food and beverage companies | |
9) | Demonstrating the ability to apply professional working techniques in food and beverage establishments |
Expression | |
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats | |
Individual study and homework | |
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Q&A / Discussion | |
Web Based Learning |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Homework | |
Group project | |
Presentation |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20 |
Project | 2 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 16 | 55 |
Homework Assignments | 15 | 41 |
Midterms | 16 | 16 |
Final | 16 | 16 |
Total Workload | 128 |