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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:

ELL024

Course Name:

Academic Reading 1

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental 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:

Araş. Gör. BURAK ASLAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	Students read medium lenght texts on different subjects. Different grammar structures are practised to paraphrase the important points in the reading texts . The use of grammatical English structures is consolidated through oral and written exercises. Students practise paragraph writing. Written assignments are draft-based. Students receive feedback on their papers.
Course Content:	The aim of the course is to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students can improve their knowledge of vocabulary and sentence structure.
2) Students can improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
3) Students can paraphrase target structures.
4) Students can use basic sentence structures in upper-intermediate level.
5) Students can write a coherent and cohesive paragraph on a given topic.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction; discussion of the aim, procedure and assessment of the course; Difference in meaning between similar sentences.
2)	Listening ; Reading Text; Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs; Paragraph writing
3)	Reading Text ; Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; adjective + infinitive; adjective + gerund) ; Phrasal Verbes - get/bring
4)	Reading Text ; Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Prepositions used with adjectives and participles; gerunds after prepositions
5)	Listening; Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary; Paragraph writing
6)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; gerund - infinitive; Difference in meaning between similar sentences.
7)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Phrasal Verbs - make/do
8)	Listening; Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary; Paragraph writing
9)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Reported Speech.
10)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Phrasal verbs - come / go.
11)	Listening; Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary; Paragraph writing
12)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Passive Voice
13)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Phrasal verbs - keep / hold
14)	Reading Text (Comprehension questions, vocabulary, paraphrase; Difference in meaning between similar sentences; Phrasal verbs - put / set

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Hewings, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use: A Self-study reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1999.
Really Learn 100 More Phrasal Verbs. Oxford University Press. 2007.
Smalley, Regina L., and Mary K. Ruetten. Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar.5th Ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle. 2000.
B.D. Graver. Advanced English Practice, 14th Ed. Oxford University Press. 2000.
Broukal, Milada. Weaving It Together IV. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1994.
Cook, Mary Jane. Trouble Spots of English Grammar: A Text-Workbook For ESL. Volume I. & Volume II. NewYork:Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,Inc. 1983.
Jones, Leo. New Progress to Proficiency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
L.G. Alexander. Longman Advanced Reference and Practice. 3rd Ed. Longman. 1993.
Thomson, A.J., and A.V. Martinet. 1999. A Practical English Grammar. 14th Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

References:

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.	3	3	3	3	3
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
6) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
7) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12) Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion.
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License.
14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Uses academic English language skills effectively.	3
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3)	Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.
4)	Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
6)	Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
7)	Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
8)	Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9)	To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10)	Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11)	Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12)	Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion.
13)	Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License.
14)	Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15)	Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 50
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
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	3		42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	0	5		80
Midterms	1	0	2		2
Final	1	0	2		2
Total Workload					126