COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4056 COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMPULSORY 2 1 0 5

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZCAN VURAL

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Course Objective

The aim of this course is to gain students the ability to express themselves in daily and occupational contexts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To advance his/her pronunciation.
2   To identify culture, subjects and taboos of speaking.
3   To express himself/herself verbally depending on the contexts s/he is in.
4   To identify different styles in different socio-cultural environments.
5   To maintain occupational talks in occuppational environments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course
2 English-speaking societies and crosslinguistic variation
3 Taboos and subjects in Anglosaxon cultures
4 The cultural use of units such as respect, body language in verbal communication
5 Conventions of verbal communication: discussion, turntaking etc.
6 Daily Life: Small talk
7 Midterm
8 Daily Life: Conversations in public authorities
9 Daily Life: Conversations within the scope of organising a journey, a party and a meeting
10 Daily Life: Conversations as consumers
11 Daily Life: speeches occuring between guest and host, making a speech on a special day
12 Giving a speech on an occupational environment and activity
13 Giving a speech on an occupational environment and activity
14 Wrap-up

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Klippel, Friederike (1989) Keep Talking. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Aijmer, Karin (1996). Conversational Routines in English. Convention and Creativity (Studies in Language & Linguistics). Pearson Longman
3. Audio-visual material from various media sources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Discussion

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

1. Midterm
2. Final

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: Midterm and Final questions,
2. LO 5 with presentation
3. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term exams, final exam assignments and contribution to course

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Midterm, presentation, final and contribution to course will be considered in evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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