COURSE UNIT TITLE

: READING SKILLS 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AÖD 1013 READING SKILLS 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ZEYNEP ATEŞ BOZKURT

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

Developing students' reading proficiency through a variety of reading techniques and strategies. The development of reading, understanding and analysing of short texts from German literature and literary analyses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student is able to learn the types of literary texts and reading techniques
2   The student is able to improve his/her reading capability and vocabulary
3   The student is able to determine the types of literary texts by defining its physical, content-related and linguistic features.
4   . The student is able to implement the basic techniques in order to attain comprehension in literary text analysis and to address questions to analyse the text.
5   The student is able to summarize literary texts
6   The student is able to state the socio-cultural differences by comparing it with literary texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of reading techniques
2 Introduction of types of text
3 Written text in level B1 Mit Jeans in die Steinzeit Wolfgang Kuhn Subject analysis with discussion
4 Written text in level B1 Viel Glück from scientific and cultural magazine Subject analysis with discussion
5 Written text in level B1 Auf dem Weg zum Glück from scientific and cultural magazine Subject analysis with discussion
6 Heinrich Spoerl: Warte Nur, Balde Literary text Subject analysis with discussion
7 Die heutige Jugend scientific and cultural article Subject analysis with discussion
8 Course overview, Course evaluation,Midterm Exam
9 Wofgang Borchert: Das Brot Literary text Subject analysis with discussion
10 Wofgang Borchert: Das Brot Literary text Subject analysis with discussion
11 Daumen hoch Rainer Stadler, Süddeutsche Zeitung. Magazine Subject analysis with discussion
12 Daumen hoch Rainer Stadler, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Magazine, Article Subject analysis with discussion
13 Bertolt Brecht: Wenn die Haifische Menschen wären Literary text Subject analysis with discussion
14 Bertolt Brecht: Wenn die Haifische Menschen wären Literary text General Review Subject analysis with discussion
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Uwe, Martin; Klier Linde: Deutsche Erzählungen 1. 2. Band. Max Hueber Verlag, München, 1983
- Griesbach, Heinz: Moderne Welt I. Deutsch für Fortgeschrittene Sachtexte mit Übungen, Max Hueber Verlag, München, 1975
- Kirchhof Gerhard: Deutsche Gegenwart Erster Teil Literarisches Lesebuch, Max Hueber Verlag, München, 1965
- Heinrich Böll: Gesammelte Erzählungen 1. 2. Band, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln, 1981
- Seeger, Harald; Zuleeg Hans: Aktuelle Texte I (Portraits der Deutschen Politik und Arbeitswelt Aus dem Alltag) Ernst Klett, Stuttgart, 1981
- Aktuelle Sachtexte von den unterschiedlichen Deutschen Tageszeitungen und Zeitschriften: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungen, Frankfurter Rundschau, Süddeutsche Zeitungen, die Welt, Spiegel, Magazin Deutschland, Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft: (Onlein)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, analysis, discussion, group work and question- answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

selma.kiris@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.122
LO.25
LO.3335
LO.442
LO.53
LO.653

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