English Language and Literature (English) Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

ELL103

Course Name:

Academic Writing

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory Courses

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:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. LEYLA SAVSAR

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr. Öğr. Üy. LEYLA SAVSAR
Dr. Öğr. Üy. RAHİM SARI

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

This course offers a new and unique perspective for writing. It does not limit itself to only writing a paragraph or essay but adopts a comprehensive approach, offering handy and real writing tasks. It accepts writing as an invaluable means of generating (discovering), clarifying, and organizing ideas. With the help of the tasks in this class, students will focus their attention on the writing process and discover, organize, and finalize their ideas about certain topics. In short, this course helps ELL majors gain insight into the writing process. More specifically, ELL majors will
a. develop required writing skills to improve their written expression.
b. analyze a paragraph and an essay.
c. be familiar with and produce different types of essay
d. generate, clarify, and organize their ideas depending on the nature of a given task.

Course Content:

Basic rules of English language, different types of texts, writing on ideas in different text types at academic level, developing written communication skills.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Be able to write text in accordance with English Language writing rules.
2) Be able to write paragraphs and articles in accordance with the rules.
3) Classify different types of articles according to their characteristics.
4) Be able to write articles in English at an academic level.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	Paragraph -Organizing Writing
3)	-Analyzing the paragraph -Working on the title -Working on the theme of a paragraph
4)	-Working on the topic sentence -Working on the supporting idea -Working on the details and examples
5)	-Working on the conclusion -Drafting a paragraph
6)	-Writing a paragraph
7)	Essay -Working on the introduction -Working on the body
8)	Mid-term
9)	-Working on the conclusion -Writing an essay
10)	Essay Types -Essay Types
11)	-Argumentative essay
12)	-Cause & Effect essay
13)	-Classification essay
14)	-Compare & Contrast essay
15)	-Descriptive essay
16)	Finals

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	• Stuart Greene, April Lidinsky - From Inquiry to Academic Writing, A Practical Guide-Bedford _ St. Martin’s (2016) • Mark Edmundson-Why Write? • Elizabeth Wardle-Writing about Writing: A College Reader (2017)
References:	• Stuart Greene, April Lidinsky - From Inquiry to Academic Writing, A Practical Guide-Bedford _ St. Martin’s (2016) • Mark Edmundson-Why Write? • Elizabeth Wardle-Writing about Writing: A College Reader (2017)

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.	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.			1
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.				2
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.	1
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
Presentation	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
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	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	54
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		100