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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MBD 5064	ENGLISH FOR TEACHERS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR TIJEN AKADA

Offered to

Music Teacher Education
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Social Studies Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The course aims to teach basic reading and writing skills for teacher candidates, and to develop their academic English skills to enable them follow literature in their respective fields. The course also aims to enable teacher candidates to transfer new developments in their fields into their own classes. The course focuses on developing reading and writing strategies of students which are the most commonly employed language skill in academic life out of the four language skills namely reading, writing, listening and speaking. At the end of this course, the students are expected to understand English texts regarding their fields, to recognize and employ related sentence structures and vocabulary as well as to write a paragraph in academic style.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Choose the most appropriate reading strategies (exp; skimming, scanning, referencing etc.),
2	2. Employ several cognitive strategies in order to understand the text (eg; guessing the meaning, using contextual clues etc.),
3	3. Analyze footnotes, tables and graphichs,
4	4. Recognize rhetorical clues (eg listing, compare-contrast, cause and effect etc.),
5	5. Create grammatically correct sentences,
6	6. Spell sentences correctly and use correct punctuation,
7	7. Transfer the skills that they learned into new texts,
8	8. Write a parapraph.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	1. Introduction of different reading skills1.
2	2. Analyzing titles, analyzing questions and answering questions
3	3. Analyzing titles, analyzing questions and answering questions
4	4. Analyzing titles, analyzing questions and answering questions
5	5. Analyzing titles, analyzing questions and answering questions
6	6. Analyzing titles, analyzing questions and answering questions
7	7. Analyzing titles, analyzing questions and answering questions
8	8. Midterm and Referencing
9	9. Guess the meaning
10	10. Parapraph writing
11	11. Writing topic sentences
12	12. Types of paragraps (listing, compare-contrast, cause and effect etc)
13	13. Paragraph writing
14	14. Paragraph writing
15	15. FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Reading materials will be privided by the instructor each week. The students will also be asked to bring reading materials to the class, and these texts will be analyzed in class. In addition, several Internet sites will be shared with the students.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, , Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Text Analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	VZ	Midterm
2	FN	Semester final exam
3	BNS	BNS	Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4	BUT	Make-up note
5	BBN	End of make-up grade	Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The students are expected to attend the classes and participate in the class discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office: HAY 313
tijen.akada@deu.edu.tr
535 560 83 86

Office Hours

Mondays 11.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Practice (Reflection)	13	1	13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	20	1	20
Preparation for final exam	20	1	20
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.10	PO.11	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15	PO.16	PO.17	PO.18
LO.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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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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