COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VOCATIONAL ENGLISH II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SIV 2012 VOCATIONAL ENGLISH II COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Aviation Transportation Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Civil Aviation Transportation Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop language skills that will enable students to read and understand English resources in the aviation field, to acquire English communication skills that can follow important topics of the sector by analyzing various publications on the air transportation industry and to use English terminology effectively in aviation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns grammar rules to keep up with current events related to civil aviation.
2   Uses English communication skills effectively from passenger services to all operational operations services.
3   Reads, understands and evaluates texts written in connection with an operation process at airports and works related to aviation.
4   Has the language competencies to follow the English aviation terminology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to air communications: Setting the scene, basic of the radio communuciation, introduction to non routine situations.
2 Preflight: Preflight checks, delays and problems, local conditions.
3 Preflight: Preflight checks, delays and problems, local conditions.
4 Ground movements: airport markings and airside vehicles, taxiing and holding, weather problems.
5 Ground movements: airport markings and airside vehicles, taxiing and holding, weather problems.
6 Departure, climbing, and crusing: Take off, encountering traffic, warning about hazards.
7 En route events: operational situations, unusual events, medical situations.
8 Mid-Term Exam.
9 En route events: operational situations, unusual events, medical situations.
10 Contact and approach: Descent, circuit joining, approach and landings problems.
11 Contact and approach: Descent, circuit joining, approach and landings problems.
12 Landing: Landing incidents, runaway conditions, landing hazards.
13 Landing: Landing incidents, runaway conditions, landing hazards.
14 On the ground: Taxiing, getting to the gate, clear communication.
15 On the ground: Taxiing, getting to the gate, clear communication.
16 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Ellis Sue, Gerighty Terence, English for Aviation for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers, Oxford University Press, 2010.
2) Henry Emery, Andy Roberts, Aviation English, Macmillan Publishers, 2009.
3) English for Airport Management, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face expression technique in the classroom, discussion, reading research, classroom applications, student presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be held on mid-term exam and final exam during the semester.
Grades: 40 % Mid-Term Exam, %10 Preparing Assignment, 50 % Final Exam, 50 % Make-up Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1) Attending at least 70 percent of lectures and fulfill the requirements of the course are mandatory.
2) Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday, 13:00 - 16:30, Ground Floor, No: 8, Efes Vocational School, Selçuk / IZMIR.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation about subject 12 1 12
Student Presentations 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
In-class practices 2 1 2
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Reading 4 1 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.14
LO.25
LO.35
LO.44