COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WRITING SKILLS 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FRA 1007 WRITING SKILLS 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

French Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DUYGU ÖZTIN PASSERAT

Offered to

French Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To enable students to develop their writing skills by means of writing exercices

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   express themselves in written form according to European Langage Portfolio criteria at A1 level
2   reduce their grammar mistakes to the least level
3   comprehend the features of explanatory, descriptive and expressive texts
4   write texts in definite types when it is required
5   apply the rules of writing and punctualization in French
6   develop French vocabulary knowledge

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition of the course, its components and material sources Comleting a story with a given introduction sentence
2 Dictation and its correction Writing a story with a given conclusion sentence
3 General grammar mistakes Reviewing the common mistakes writing in French
4 Examples from explanatory and descriptive texts. Final Exam
5 Writing portrait
6 Definition of a place
7 Compound Sentences
8 General review, Course evaluation, Midterm exam
9 The features of explanatory texts
10 Creative Writing Studies

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Debyser,F., (1986), L Immeuble,Hachette, Paris
2. Gülmez,B.(1986) ; L Ecrit: De la Théorie à la Pratique, Anadolu Üniv. Yay., Eskişehir
3. Vigner,G., (1985) ; Ecrire à tout le monde ; Hachette, Paris
4. Genouvrier, E., Peytard, J., (1983) ; Linguistique et enseignement du français , Larousse, Paris

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

dictation, narration, writing text, correcting, rewriting

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.154535
LO.254535
LO.354535
LO.454535
LO.554535
LO.654535