COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN LANGUAGE I (ENGLISH)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 1009 FOREIGN LANGUAGE I (ENGLISH) COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ELIF TOPRAK SAKIZ

Offered to

Public Finance
Economics (Evening)
Business Administration
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Economics
Tourism Management
Public Administration (Evening)
Public Finance (Evening)
Econometrics (Evening)
Coaching Education (Evening)
Econometrics
Public Administration
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Business Administration (Evening)
Management Information Systems

Course Objective

This course aims to improve the learners speaking and comprehension skills, their vocabulary storage and ability to use grammar effectively at pre-intermediate level by means of communicative approach and learner-centered techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have English vocabulary storage and grammar rules at pre-intermediate level
2   To be able to read and comprehend texts in English at pre-intermediate level
3   To be able to answer questions in English at pre-intermediate level
4   To be able to write texts in English at pre-intermediate level
5   To be able to speak in English at pre-intermediate level

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Let s get started Introducing oneself; Daily life expressions
2 On the jobs Jobs; simple present tense
3 My Daily life Describing someone s day; simple past tense (affirmative sentence)
4 My life story Life events; asking and answering using simple past tense
5 My life story Simple past tense; affirmative, negative and questions
6 Getting around Asking what people are doing; present continuous tense and simple present tense
7 Getting around present continuous tense and simple present tense
8 Revision of the first 7 weeks and mid-term Revision of important structures using written and oral exercises
9 What a good story Giving directions; describing location; prepositions of place
10 What a good story Past continuous tense
11 What a good story Simple past tense - past continuous tense; various texts and supplementary exercises
12 Seeing the World Talking about future plans; future tense (be going to)
13 What s she like Descriptions; adjectives and adverbs
14 General revision of the important topics Revision of important structures using written and oral exercises

Recomended or Required Reading

Network 2 Tom Hutchinson Kristin Sherman, OUP
Presentation slides, presentation videos and various supplementary materials prepared by the course instructors will be used.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Question-answer sessions
3. Reading, Listening, writing and speaking activities

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

With visas and final exams, five learning outcomes will be evaluated.

Assessment Criteria

40% visa
60% final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 % of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism and cheating of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

www.ydy.deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Meetings with the students will be planned in accordance with the weekly schedule of the lecturers.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for monthly exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final 1 3 3
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Final 1 1 1
Monthly exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511