Architecture (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | CORE303 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Upper-Intermediate Academic Written English | ||||||||
Course Semester: |
Fall |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | EN | ||||||||
Course Requisites: | |||||||||
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. ZEYNEP GÜLER | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Öğr.Gör. AYKUT GÜLŞAHİN |
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Course Assistants: |
Course Objectives: | To improve students' Reading and Writing skills |
Course Content: | This upper-intermediate course aims to endow students with the development of their academic reading proficiency by instructing them on text annotation, multi-clause and multi-phrase sentences, recognition of different types of texts, understanding examples and identifying writer/reader responsibility. Writing proficiency is developed through instruction on writing in the third person, summarizing and referencing to avoid plagiarism, choosing effective vocabulary, presentation of personal views via conceding and refuting, and varying sentence structure. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Reading: 1 p. 3 / Focus on Writing: p. 16 | Course Book |
2) | Focus on Accuracy: p. 24 / Final assignment: p.27 | Course Book |
3) | Reading: 1 p. 29 / Focus on Writing: p. 34-35 | Course Book |
4) | Focus on Accuracy: p. 56-57 / Final assignment: p.57-58 | Course Book |
5) | Reading: 1 p. 61 / Focus on Writing: p. 84 | Course Book |
6) | Focus on Accuracy: p. 75 / Final assignment: p.86 | Course Book |
7) | Reading: 1 p. 89 / Focus on Writing: p. 107-108 / Focus on Accuracy: p. 94-95 / Final assignment: p.117 | Course Book |
8) | Midterm Week | |
9) | Reading:1 p. 119-128 / Focus on Writing: p. 129-130 | Course Book |
10) | Focus on Accuracy: p. 128 / Final assignment: p.149 | Course Book |
11) | Reading: 1 p. 151-158 / Focus on Writing: p. 169-171 | Course Book |
12) | Focus on Accuracy: p. 168 / Final assignment: p.177 | Course Book |
13) | Reading: 1 p. 179-184 / Focus on Writing: p. 188 | Course Book |
14) | Focus on Accuracy: p. 185-187 / Final assignment: p.204 | Course Book |
15) | Reading: 1 p. 207-213 / Focus on Writing: p. 214-215 / Focus on Accuracy: p. 215-217 / Final assignment: p.236 | Course Book |
16) | Final Week |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Pearson LEAP 3 Upper-Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing |
References: | Online materials and worksheets |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||
1) - Gaining discursive, theoretical and factual information from various environments, in local, national and global context for related field, architectural design/ planning/ design activities and researches, she has required ability and comprehension to reflect the information on academic environment. | ||||||||||||||||
2) - Has intellectual, discursive, scientific, technologic, esthetic, artistic, historic and cultural information and comprehension about related field. | ||||||||||||||||
3) - Has knowledge and understanding on human and community oriented and sensitive to environment (natural and built) architectural design/ planning/ design/ research methods on the related field. | ||||||||||||||||
4) - Has multidimensional knowledge and understanding on economics, topics related to disasters and environmental and societal sustainability principles and standards. | ||||||||||||||||
5) - They have knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to their field. | ||||||||||||||||
6) - Has knowledge and understanding about institutional and ethical values related to the concerned field. | ||||||||||||||||
7) - Has knowledge and understanding about the place / importance of the related field in its historical, geographical, social and cultural context. | ||||||||||||||||
8) - Has ability to develop concepts in architectural design/ planning/ design fields. | ||||||||||||||||
9) - Has ability to provide integrity between discourse, theory and practise for architectural design / planning / design activities and researches. | ||||||||||||||||
10) - Has ability to identify facts, potential, problems and required researches for these in architectural design/ planning/ design issues. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | - Gaining discursive, theoretical and factual information from various environments, in local, national and global context for related field, architectural design/ planning/ design activities and researches, she has required ability and comprehension to reflect the information on academic environment. | |
2) | - Has intellectual, discursive, scientific, technologic, esthetic, artistic, historic and cultural information and comprehension about related field. | |
3) | - Has knowledge and understanding on human and community oriented and sensitive to environment (natural and built) architectural design/ planning/ design/ research methods on the related field. | |
4) | - Has multidimensional knowledge and understanding on economics, topics related to disasters and environmental and societal sustainability principles and standards. | |
5) | - They have knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to their field. | |
6) | - Has knowledge and understanding about institutional and ethical values related to the concerned field. | |
7) | - Has knowledge and understanding about the place / importance of the related field in its historical, geographical, social and cultural context. | |
8) | - Has ability to develop concepts in architectural design/ planning/ design fields. | |
9) | - Has ability to provide integrity between discourse, theory and practise for architectural design / planning / design activities and researches. | |
10) | - Has ability to identify facts, potential, problems and required researches for these in architectural design/ planning/ design issues. |
Expression | |
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats | |
Individual study and homework | |
Lesson | |
Group study and homework | |
Reading | |
Homework | |
Project preparation | |
Q&A / Discussion | |
Web Based Learning |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Oral Examination | |
Homework | |
Group project | |
Presentation |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 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 | 64 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 16 |
Homework Assignments | 16 | 16 |
Midterms | 16 | 16 |
Final | 16 | 16 |
Total Workload | 128 |