COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EFFECTIVE SPEAKING AND WRITING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SGK 2003 EFFECTIVE SPEAKING AND WRITING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course is about understanding the fundamental principles of effective speaking and writing. The course aims to give students speaking and writing skills by making practices and highlighting the importance of body language and intonation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to use Turkish accurately and effectively in written
2   Being able to think accurate in the context of language - thought relation
3   Being able to express one s sentiments and ideas in a certain order
4   Being able to know and apply the basic rules of written language such as spelling and punctuation
5   Being able to comprehend the difference between spoken and written language

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Effective speaking and writing concepts: Basics
2 Speaking types; Factors affecting speaking; effective techniques; the importance of body language.
3 Narrative types used in speaking. Importance of word accent and intonation.
4 Practices made on speaking examples: Importance of diction.
5 Student presentations: Practices of delivering a preprepared speech. Correcting mistakes.
6 Student presentations: Practices of delivering a preprepared speech. Correcting mistakes.
7 Student presentations: Practices of delivering a preprepared speech. Correcting mistakes.
8 Midterm Exam
9 General Evaluation
10 Ways of narrowing a topic: Explanation, giving examples, making comparisons, quoting, use of statistics etc.
11 Writing techniques: Explanatory, narrative etc.
12 Working on given examples and doing writing exercises
13 Writing exercises
14 Proofreading
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bayrav, Süheyla, Yerguz, Ismail. Okuma, Anlama, Yorumlama: Bir Yaklaşım Denemesi.
Istanbul: Multilinguel, 2001.
Göktürk, Akşit. Okuma Uğraşı. Istanbul: Inkılap, 1988.
Göktürk, Akşit. Sözün Ötesi: Yazılar. Istanbul: Inkılap, 1989.
Karadağ, Metin. Edebiyat Bilgi ve Kuramları. Izmir: Ürün Yayınları, 2000.
Kıran, Zeynel, Kıran Ayşe. Yazınsal Okuma Süreçleri. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınları, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer, case-study, cooperative learning techniques

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Written examinations (long-and short-answer), multiple-choice tests

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of Student s quiz and final exams are avaluated according to learning outcomes
Class participation, coming to class prepared, and ability to use course s terminology

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Its required to join to %70 of courses
The Instructor hides to get various exercises done via individual and cooperation in the planned education and training period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bekir.emiroglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1345
LO.2345
LO.3345
LO.4345
LO.5345