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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FZR 1037	READING COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜLAY TARSUSLU

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

The aim of this lesson is to review of reading comprehension and learning strategies, to bring of reading comprehension skills and to teach critical thinking ability.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Identify the main idea(s) in the texts
2	Understand the main idea(s) of the author and explain it.
3	Summarize the texts
4	Discuss and explain him/her opinion

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	Distribute the texts
3	Reading comprehension strategies
4	The use of reading comprehension strategies
5	Approach about reading comprehension skills
6	Learning skills (listening, writing, etc)
7	Cognitive awareness skills
8	Course overview
9	Discussion about the text-I
10	Discussion about the text-II
11	Discussion about the text-II
12	Text preparation- I
13	Text preparation- II
14	Text preparation- III

Recomended or Required Reading

Sidekli S, Çetin E. Okuduğunu Anlama Stratejilerinin Okuduğunu Anlamaya Etkisi: Bir Meta-Analiz Çalışması. Trakya Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017.
Analysing a critical thinking reading lesson. Technical report. Michelle Commeyras University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. March 1989.
Aktaş E, Bayram B. Türkçe öğretiminde okuduğunu anlama stratejilerinin kullanımı üzerine bir inceleme. Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Eylül 2018 22(3): 1401-1414

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework/presentation techniques
Conference system lectures, seminar presentations and homework preparation.

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Performance (40%)+ final exam (60%)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Tülay Tarsuslu Şimşek
24923

Office Hours

Meetings are held every Thursday between 12.00-14.00.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	5	5
Preparing presentations	6	1	6
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.9	PO.11
LO.1	5	5	4
LO.2	5	5	4
LO.3	5	5	4
LO.4	5	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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