COURSE INFORMATION FORM

School School of Foreign Languages Program All undergraduate programs Required

All undergraduates Required Semester Fall 2015-2016

Course Code ENG 101 Course Title in English

English for Academic Purposes I

Course Title in Turkish

Language of Instruction

English

Type of Course Lecture Level of Course Undergraduate - Introductory Semester Fall Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3 Recitation: Lab: Other:

Estimated Student Workload

109 hours

Number of Credits 4 ECTS Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade Pre-requisites None

Expected Prior Knowledge

None

Co-requisites None Registration Restrictions

Undergraduate Students

Overall Educational Objective

To use academic prose in their respective disciplines. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply academic language in different contexts. Students will gain competence in writing clear English academic prose using a variety of arguments. Students will be able to identify different essay types and distinguish them in academic texts. Students will be able to recognize, paraphrase and cite sources.

Course Description Reading: Students are introduced to various text types and deconstruct extracts from authentic academic texts. Students do prediction exercises to explore the content of texts. Further tasks help students to identify important features of text, such as the main idea or specific language. Reading sessions end with a critical thinking task.

Writing: Students focus on aspects of academic writing, such as writing effective sentences, descriptions, and paragraphs. Students learn to analyze paragraph structure, write citations, as well as introductions and conclusions to essays. Different types of essays (e.g. argument, problem-solution, cause and effect) are examined by looking at key aspects of organization, style and use of language. Students write paragraphs and a short essay.

Course Description in Turkish

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:

• read and understand authentic academic texts

• find and use information from a variety of text types

• write effective sentences and paragraphs

• identify different essay types

• participate in writing seminars and reading groups

• prepare and edit types of argument

• exhibit improved study skills including note-taking, skimming/scanning, critical thinking

• recognize and use academic grammar and vocabulary, including citations Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences: N=None S=Supportive H=Highly Related Name of Instructor Joshua SHANNON-CHASTAIN Course Contents Week Topic Understanding and presenting information

1. Knowledge - Identify topics and main ideas; expand notes into sentences; write, edit and evaluate sentences

Perspective and stance 2. Organization - Identify perspective and stance; critically respond to stance; analyze paragraph structure; recognize cohesion in a paragraph; write topic sentences and concluding sentences

Definition and explanation

3. Organization - Recognize, definitions, explanations and examples; write definitions using prepositional phrases/relative clauses; write a paragraph that includes definition

Description 4. Motivation - Identify reference material; analyze, plan and use notes to create a paragraph; use adverbials to add context and supporting information to a sentence

Summarizing (1) 5. Motivation -Identify key features of a summary; use notes to write a summary of a short academic text; identify types of argument write a descriptive paragraph

Definitions 6. Nature - Use source text in writing; use noun phrases to summarize; analyze and use active note-taking strategies; identify and use summarizing words and phrases

Explanations 7. Nature - Analyze the use of sources in a text; ways of referencing sources; select and synthesize sources to use in a paragraph

Description (2) 8. Power – Paraphrase ideas from a source Reporting 9. Power - Analyze essay titles; identify introduction features; evaluate thesis

statements Summarizing (2) 10. Networks - Write an introduction; prepare notes on argument types, write

concluding paragraph Contextualizing 11. Growth - Identify and analyze types of citation in context Using sources 12. Growth – Prepare citations from a variety of sources Referencing 13. Innovation – Plan and write an accurately-referenced paragraph Essay writing 14. Innovation (2) - Write a short essay using cited sources, argument type and

academic prose Exam Prep 15. Final Examination Period Exam Prep 16. Final Examination Period Required/Recommended Readings

English for Academic Purposes (OUP, Edward de Chazal)

Teaching Methods Lecture, group tasks, discussion, peer editing/feedback Homework and Projects 3 WRITING EXAMPLES (2 paragraphs; 1 essay); Homework assignments: summary/citations Laboratory Work None Computer Use Use of LMS; production exercises posted Other Activities Discussion/presentation Assessment Methods 1 Final exam 40%; 1 mid-term 20%; quizzes 20% (reading/writing/citations); project 15%

(writing examples); participation 5%. Course Administration DR. John MCKEOWN - Office: C Block - Preparatory Unit, Room 1

Students are expected to be in class on time. Late students will be marked absent for that period. Students must attend 80% of all classes. Exceptions for medical reasons require a doctor’s report from SGK or private hospitals.

All projects must be submitted on the date and time as specified by the instructor, no exceptions. Students are expected to come to class ready to learn, with assignments completed and with the necessary materials. Students are to refrain from disruptive behavior during lessons. There is no eating or drinking in the class. Plagiarism is not tolerated under any circumstances. This includes the use of non-cited reference materials, borrowing ideas from other sources without giving due credit or copying from other sources.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Calculation Explanation

No/Weeks per Semester (A)

Preparing for the Activity (B)

Spent in the Activity Itself (C)

Completing the Activity

Requirements (D)

Lecture 14 2 2 2 84 A*(B+C+D)

Lab etc. 0

Midterm(s) 1 4 2 6 A*(B+C+D)Assingment, Project, Presentation 3 1 1 1 9 A*(B+C+D)

Final Examination 1 8 2 10 A*(B+C+D)

Total Workload 109

Total Workload/25 4.36

ECTS 4.36

Hours