Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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SEMRA & VEFA KÜÇÜK SCHOOL OF HEALTH / HEM425 - NURSING

Code: HEM425 Course Title: ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department NURSING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer CELAL YILMAZ (cyilmaz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MELTEM KARATAŞ,
Language of Instruction English
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to improve academic writing skills that students will need in their academic and professional life.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can distinguish the basic elements of a paragraph (Topic sentence, development and main and auxiliary support sentences, the concluding sentence). PO-7 7. Being able to make group work on indisciplinary and interdisciplinary.
PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
LO-2 can express events in a whole by making a historical order. PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
LO-3 can write description paragraphs according to the principles of unity, coherence, dependence, integrity. PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
LO-4 can write explanatory paragraphs in accordance with the principles of unity, consistency, dependence, integrity. PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
LO-5 Knows the writing process and its stages (brain storming, arranging ideas, writing the first draft, rewriting the first draft, writing the final version). PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
LO-6 can know how a paragraph can be expanded and transformed into a composition. PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
LO-7 can write compositions of classification. PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course follows a curriculum designed to enable have skills of accessing and arranging information and to improve students' writing skills that they will need in their academic and professional life.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introducing the course Introduction: Writing in English. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
2 The process paragraph Basic Organization-The Topic Sentence The Body (Supporting Sentences Major and Minor Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence Structure and Mechanics /Paragraph Format. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
3 Major and Minor Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence Structure and Mechanics /Paragraph Format. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
4 Writing a reason paragraph Basic Organization- The Topic Sentence The Body (Supporting Sentences Major and Minor Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
5 Writing a reason paragraph Prewriting the First Draft Writing the Final Paper. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
6 Writing an effect paragraph The Topic Sentence The Body (Supporting Sentences Major and Minor Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
7 Writing an effect paragraph Prewriting the First Draft Writing the Final Paper. Lecture, discussion question and answer, team/group work, brainstorming
8 mid-term exam
9 Writing a contrast paragraph The Topic Sentence The Body (Supporting Sentences Major and Minor Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence. Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
10 Writing a contrast paragraph Prewriting the First Draft Writing the Final Paper Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
11 Writing an opinion paragraph and essay Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
12 The Topic Sentence The Body (Supporting Sentences Major and Minor Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence. Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
13 Writing an opinion paragraph and essay Prewriting the First Draft Writing the Final Paper Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
14 Writing an opinion paragraph and essay Prewriting the First Draft Writing the Final Paper Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
15 Peer Checking & Whole Class Discussion Lecture, discussion question and answer, problem solving, brain storming.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Fitzpatrick Mary (2011). Engaging Writing I. Pearson Education ESL; 1 edition (January 21, 2011)
Required Course instruments and materials
Course book, board, computer.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 10 10
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 10 10
       c) Performance Project 1 8 8
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 1 1
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 1 1
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60