COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGLISH READING AND SPEAKING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SHS 2012 ENGLISH READING AND SPEAKING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Vocational School of Healthcare

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NESLIHAN TOYRAN ALOTAIBI

Offered to

Medical Laboratory Techniques
Oral and Dental Clinical
Anesthesia
Medical Documentation and Secretariat
Medical Imaging Techniques
Audiometry
Nuclear Medicine Techniques
First And Emergency Aid
Radioterapy

Course Objective

Updated texts and articles (media, ethic, daily life, health, technoloji, etc.) will be held in this course. Main intention is to improve vocabulary knowledge and new vocabulary usage. Oral presentations during the course and practical Q-A will be held.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Stating themselves oraly
2   Answering and evaluating questions during the course and after
3   Using target vocabulary properly
4   Explaning personal experiences in English
5   Communicating and creating dialogs in English

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the couse and defining objectives
2 Hints for proper pronunciation
3 Strategies for Reading, Starting to selected fiction book
4 Newsletter Reading (daily topics) and debates about news, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
5 Health Article Reading and Debating, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
6 Media Article Reading and Debating, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
7 Technology Article Reading and Debating, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
8 Presentation Technics, Preparing Presenatations, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
9 Ethics Article Reading and Debating, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
10 Presentations, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
11 Presentations, Reading 1 part from the selected fiction book
12 Presentations, Selected fiction book is done

Recomended or Required Reading


Making Connections Intermediate- A Strategic Approach to Academic Reading , Jo McEntire, Jessica Williams. 2009, Cambridge University Press.
An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care: A Self-Teaching Package (ELT / IELTS) , Andrew Hutton
Concise Medical Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference) , Elizabeth A. Martin
Pocket Medical Terminology, Andrew Hutton
Penguin Books for All Levels (Penguin Readers)
Wired Magazine, Forbes Magazine, Health.com
Various Different Foreign Social Articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

To be announced!


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

AraSınavTeorik (%40) + YarıyılsonuTeorik (%60) + BÜTÜNLEME

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: neslihan.toyran@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 0232 4124742

Office Hours

Wednesday: 12:30-14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51