CORE202 Pre-Intermediate Academic Spoken EnglishIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs Geomatic EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Geomatic Engineering
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code: CORE202
Course Name: Pre-Intermediate Academic Spoken English
Course Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
2 2 3 4
Language of instruction: EN
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Foreign Language Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Öğr.Gör. ÖZLEM GÖKKURT
Course Lecturer(s): Öğr.Gör. AYKUT GÜLŞAHİN
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: This course aims to help students improve their listening and speaking skills at A2 level.
Course Content: This pre-intermediate course is a follow-up to CORE 201 and it provides students with exposure to audio from a variety of contexts that incorporate useful vocabulary with the purpose of increasing their listening skills. These skills include listening for main points and specific details, identifying opinions and inferences, following sequences, and assessing the audios with critical thinking by asking analytical questions. As for speaking skills, students develop their ability to express opinions, give instructions, maintain conversation, and respond to suggestions.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
1) COURSE INTRODUCTION
2) • Listening to understand • Starting, maintain and end a conversation • Introducing yourself and another person
3) • Listening for main points • Using linking words • Explaining an invention to a partner and then discuss it
4) REVISION
5) • Listening for specific details • Using talking points • Examining and present a sharing economy business
6) • Listening to compare • Disagreeing politely • Describing your dream job and compare two jobs
7) REVISION
8) MID-TERM EXAM
9) • Listening for opinions • Expressing an opinion • Presenting an opinion and discuss it in a group
10) "• Listening to infer the meaning of words • Giving instructions • Preparing a set of instructions then present and discuss in a group
11) REVISION
12) • Structuring a presentation • Talking about a new habit and discuss it in a group
13) REVISION
14) • Listening for sequence • Making and respond to suggestion • Discussing an extinction event and share ideas in a panel discussion
15) FINAL WEEK
16) FINAL WEEK
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) COURSE INTRODUCTION Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
2) Listening 1: What Will You Learn? p. 2-8 Listening 3: p.15-19 Focus on Speaking p. 19-20 Final Assignment p. 21 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
3) Listening 1: The Joy of Inventing p. 22-28 Listening 3: p.34-37 Focus on Speaking p. 33 Warm-up Assignment p. 34 " Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
4) REVISION Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
5) Listening 1: The Sharing Economy p. 40-47 Listening 3: p.53-57 Focus on Speaking p. 50 Warm-up Assignment p. 51 Academic Survival skill p.52 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
6) Listening 1: The Sharing Economy p. 58-65 Listening 3: p.71-75 Focus on Speaking p. 70 Warm-up Assignment p.70-71 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
7) REVISION Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
8) MID-TERM EXAM Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
9) Listening 1:Where Will You Live? p. 78-84 Listening 3: p.91-95 Focus on Speaking p. 89-90 Warm-up Assignment p. 90-91 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
10) Listening 1: Earth, Your Home p. 98-105 Listening 3: p.112-115 Focus on Speaking p. 110-111 Warm-up Assignment p. 111-112 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
11) REVISION Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
12) Listening 1: Be a Perfect Human p. 118-126 Listening 3: p.131-135 Focus on Speaking p. 130 Warm-up Assignment p. 131 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
13) REVISION Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
14) Listening 1: The Sixth Extinction p. 138-145 Listening 3: p.15-19 Focus on Speaking p. 149 Warm-up Assignment p. 150 Academic Survival skill p.1150-151 Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
15) FINAL WEEK
16) FİNAL WEEK

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Leap-1 Pre-Intermediate Lıstening Speaking
References: Online materials and worksheets

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Expression
Individual study and homework
Lesson
Group study and homework
Reading
Homework
Q&A / Discussion
Web Based Learning

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Homework

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 2 % 30
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 55
Homework Assignments 16 42
Midterms 16 16
Final 16 16
Total Workload 129