Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | GERMAN LANGUAGE TEACHING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | FAİK ÖMÜR (faikomur@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | German | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Develop students reading, listening, speaking and writing skills; revise the basic reading skills; analyze key ideas in a text, explain relationship between ideas in a text; define the attitude of the writer, deduce the underlying meaning in sentences or parts of a text; gain a reading experience of challenging authentic materials; identify the strategies of writing a paragraph; revise all the features of different kinds of paragraphs; define the features of an academic essay; explain the kinds of essay; write sample paragraphs and essays. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can define basic reading skills. |
PO-6 The student employs Turkish and German basic language skills and grammar rules effectively and selects the appropriate teaching plan for the target audience and implements them. PO-9 The student translates in different fields from German to Turkish or from Turkish to German. PO-13 The student communicates in this language by using a foreign language at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. PO-14 The student develops individual talents related to artistic and cultural issues, achieves general culture formation, actively participates. PO-15 The student gets to know German culture, makes cultural comparisons and gains the ability to communicate between cultures. PO-18 The student conveys the solution suggestions related to the problems encountered in the field in written and oral form. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-2 | Describe main ideas and explain connections between the ideas in a text. |
PO-6 The student employs Turkish and German basic language skills and grammar rules effectively and selects the appropriate teaching plan for the target audience and implements them. PO-13 The student communicates in this language by using a foreign language at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. PO-14 The student develops individual talents related to artistic and cultural issues, achieves general culture formation, actively participates. PO-15 The student gets to know German culture, makes cultural comparisons and gains the ability to communicate between cultures. PO-18 The student conveys the solution suggestions related to the problems encountered in the field in written and oral form. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-3 | Analyze characteristics of literary genres and explain author’s point of view. |
PO-8 The student evaluates the functionality, currency and effectiveness of publications in his/her field and writes original articles. PO-13 The student communicates in this language by using a foreign language at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. PO-14 The student develops individual talents related to artistic and cultural issues, achieves general culture formation, actively participates. PO-15 The student gets to know German culture, makes cultural comparisons and gains the ability to communicate between cultures. PO-16 The student effectively fulfills the responsibilities taken in individual and group work and evaluates the practices of their peers. PO-18 The student conveys the solution suggestions related to the problems encountered in the field in written and oral form. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-4 | Identify different paragraph types and define different writing techniques. |
PO-6 The student employs Turkish and German basic language skills and grammar rules effectively and selects the appropriate teaching plan for the target audience and implements them. PO-8 The student evaluates the functionality, currency and effectiveness of publications in his/her field and writes original articles. PO-9 The student translates in different fields from German to Turkish or from Turkish to German. PO-13 The student communicates in this language by using a foreign language at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. PO-14 The student develops individual talents related to artistic and cultural issues, achieves general culture formation, actively participates. PO-16 The student effectively fulfills the responsibilities taken in individual and group work and evaluates the practices of their peers. PO-18 The student conveys the solution suggestions related to the problems encountered in the field in written and oral form. |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-5 | Discuss properties of academic essays. |
PO-8 The student evaluates the functionality, currency and effectiveness of publications in his/her field and writes original articles. PO-9 The student translates in different fields from German to Turkish or from Turkish to German. PO-13 The student communicates in this language by using a foreign language at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. PO-14 The student develops individual talents related to artistic and cultural issues, achieves general culture formation, actively participates. PO-18 The student conveys the solution suggestions related to the problems encountered in the field in written and oral form. |
Examination Performance Project |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| This course presents a wide range of authentic reading materials including newspapers, journals, reviews and academic texts in order to comprehend contrasting viewpoints and to predict and identify main ideas and to decode intersentential clues. It also aims to equip students with intensive and extensive reading habits. Critical thinking skills such as synthesizing information or analyzing a problem as well as reacting on the basis of evaluation are fostered. Such sub-skills of reading are employed by the students’ in their writings. Students also analyze and produce different types of writings (e.g. expository paragraph, descriptive paragraph, narrative paragraph, etc.); build up writing skills emphasizing the organization, coherence, and cohesion and such sub-skills as summarizing, outlining, and paraphrasing at paragraph level. The use of spelling and punctuation conventions as well as non-alphabetic symbol use will be practiced as well. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Readings on art thesis statement | Lecture, discussion |
| 2 | Readings on art and thesis statement | Lecture, discussion |
| 3 | Readings on language definition essay, literal and extended meaning | Lecture, discussion,writing |
| 4 | Readings on language and process essay, | Lecture, discussion |
| 5 | Readings on hygiene and using time expressions | Lecture, discussion |
| 6 | Readings on hygiene and literal and extended meaning | Lecture, discussion |
| 7 | Readings on groups, organizations, societies and the descriptive essay | Lecture, discussion,writing |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Readings on groups, organizations, societies and figures of speech | Lecture, discussion,writing |
| 10 | Readings on psychology the classification essay | Lecture, discussion |
| 11 | Readings on psychology and transitions | Lecture, discussion,writing |
| 12 | Readings on gender comparison and contrast | Lecture, discussion |
| 13 | Readings on gender and indicators | Lecture, discussion |
| 14 | Readings on nutrition cause and effect essay | Lecture, discussion |
| 15 | Readings on nutrition and causal chains | Lecture, discussion,writing |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | güncel gazeteler | |
| 2 | Westerhoff, G. (1997). Fertigkeit Lesen. Berlin: Langenscheidt | |
| 3 | Bernd K. (1999). Fertigkeit Schreiben. Berlin: Langenscheidt | |
| 4 | Mitziviris, A.F. (2009). Ausblick 2. Ismaning. Hueber Verlag. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| textbooks, sample texts and essays, internet | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 2 | 30 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | 2-14 | 12 | 10 |
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| c) Performance Project | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 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 | 7 | 7 |
| mid-term exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Own study for final exam | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| final exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 92 | ||