DIL501 English for Academic Purposes 1Istinye UniversityDegree Programs International Relations (English)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
International Relations (English)

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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: DIL501
Course Name: English for Academic Purposes 1
Semester: Fall
Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University 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: Eğitim Danışmanı GÜLŞAH ERDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s): Öğr. Gör. BEHROOZ RASAEI
Öğr. Gör. NOORHAN QASIM MOHAMMED AL-ANI
Öğr. Gör. SHAMIM BAZOOBANDI
Öğr. Gör. ASSEM AMIRZHANOVA
Öğr. Gör. STAFF
Öğr. Gör. İLKAY ÖZDEN
Eğitim Danışmanı GÖKCAN AYDIN
Eğitim Danışmanı ERDEM AYDEMİR
Expert EMİNE TANRISEVEN
Expert CAN GENCER UÇAR
Eğitim Danışmanı GÜLŞAH ERDAŞ
Eğitim Danışmanı AHMET KAPLAN
Eğitim Danışmanı ATİLLA ONURALP KOCABALCIOĞLU
Öğr. Gör. CEM ŞENCAN
Öğr. Gör. MELİKE İŞCAN
Öğr. Gör. MOHAMMAD REZA KHODADADI
Öğr. Gör. FURKAN ATMACA
Öğr. Gör. GİZEM İNCİ
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: Taking the academic program of the students into consideration, academic reading and writing exercises are carried out in order to improve students' reading and writing skills. It is aimed for students to be able to reach a level where they can do researches related to their own departments.
Course Content: Course content consists of activities aimed at improving the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills of the students.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students are able to read simple texts that are overlapping with interest or professional subjects, and understand the basic idea in a text.
2) Students can understand written and oral expressions based on common subjects in daily life.
3) Students can handle most situations, such as shopping or address recipes, which require a foreign language to communicate when it is spoken or when traveling.
4) Students can write texts that are simple, but inter-ideas, in the subjects of personal interest.
5) Students can transfer experiences, talk about their dreams and wishes, briefly explain their thoughts and plans.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Past tense, used to for habitual actions Interchange 2 Unit 1
2) Expressions of quality with count and noncount nouns Interchange 2 unit 2
3) Evaluations and comparisons with adjectives Interchange 2 unit 3
4) Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Interchange 2 unit 4
5) Future with be going to and will Interchange 2 unit 5
6) Two part verbs Interchange 2 unit 6
7) Gerunds and Infinitives Interchange 2 unit 7
8) Midterm Week
9) Adverbial clauses of time Interchange 2 unit 8
10) Conditional sentences Interchange 2 unit 9
11) Short sentences. Interchange 2 unit 10.
12) Passive Voice. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous. Interchange 2 unit 11 and 12.
13) Relative pronouns for people. Modal fiiller. Interchange 2 unit 13 and 14.
15) Unreal conditional sentences. Reported speech. Interchange 2 unit 15 and 16.
15) Final Week
16) Final Week

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Interchange (Cambridge Yayınları)
References: Öğrencilerin alanlarına yönelik gelişmeleri yakından takip edebilecekleri websiteleri, güncel makale ve araştırmalar.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations.
2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level.
3) Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy).
4) Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework.
5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field.
6) Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork.
7) Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired.
9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally.
10) Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
11) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations.
2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level.
3) Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy).
4) Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework.
5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field.
6) Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork.
7) Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired.
9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally.
10) Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
11) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 10 % 10
Presentation 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 35
Final 1 % 45
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 45
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 0 4 56
Homework Assignments 10 0 7 70
Midterms 1 0 1 1
Final 1 0 1 1
Total Workload 128