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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ING 1103 WRITING SKILLS 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BERNA GÜRYAY

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to help student teachers learn about the form, structure and technical features of the paragraph and make them write different types of paragraphs, summaries, short stories, reviews.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student learns the form, structure and technical features of the paragraph, 2   writes descriptive, comparison, argumentative and narrative paragraphs, 3   makes a summary, 4   writes short stories/reviews, 5   writes formal/informal letters.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 1. Form and Structure of Paragraph 2 2. Paragraph Analysis 3 3. Paragraph Planning 4 4. Descriptive Paragraph 5 5. Comparison Paragraph 6 6. Argumentative Paragraph 7 7. Narrative paragraph 8 8. Midterm 9 9. Making a summary 10 10. Writing a short story 11 11. Writing a short story 12 12. Writing a review 13 13. Writing a review 14 14. Writing a formal/informal letter 15 15. Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Withrow, J., Brookes, G., & Cummings, M. C. (2004). Inspired to write: Readings and tasks to develop writing skills (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, pair and group work, question-answer.

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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

berna.yavuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be aanounced at the beginning of the term

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 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing assignments 3 1 3 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5