Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / BF 315 - BANKING AND FINANCE

Code: BF 315 Course Title: PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BANKING AND FINANCE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ANIL BÖLÜKOĞLU (anil.bolukoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to improve the students’ vocational vocabulary as well as making them comprehend and use the skills of basic translation effectively. Furthermore, by developing students' pre-acquired speaking and writing skills, it is to increase the level english proficiency of the students.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can analyze the foreign literature related to the problems of business administration. PO-21 Use research methods and techniques for doing scientific research.
Examination
LO-2 can be able to differentiate the vitality of life-long learning. PO-20 Have lifelong learning behavior, high communication skills, initiative, the ability of analytical and critical thinking and solving the problem and tend to teamwork and to able to use Turkish and Professional foreign language in written and oral communication to own expression and represent institutions
Examination
LO-3 can express the demands and terms of business by using both Turkish and English. PO-20 Have lifelong learning behavior, high communication skills, initiative, the ability of analytical and critical thinking and solving the problem and tend to teamwork and to able to use Turkish and Professional foreign language in written and oral communication to own expression and represent institutions
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The students are taught through the reading texts about their departments beginning with the translations of the frequently used English concepts in vocational circles and the concepts particular to business administration.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the Course Visual and verbal expression.
2 Basic Translation Skills and Sentence Translation Visual and verbal expression.
3 Vocational Terminology through Sentence Translation Visual and verbal expression.
4 Vocational Terminology through Sentence Translation Visual and verbal expression.
5 Reading Text: Inflation Visual and verbal expression.
6 Reading Text: How to Invest Your Money? Visual and verbal expression.
7 Reading Text: The Consumer Society Visual and verbal expression.
8 mid-term exam
9 Reading Texts: The Target Market and Production Operations Visual and verbal expression.
10 Reading Text: Management and Accounting Visual and verbal expression.
11 Reading Text: Economic Analysis Visual and verbal expression.
12 Reading Text: Management and Human Resource Development Visual and verbal expression.
13 Reading Texts: Finance and The Balance Sheet Visual and verbal expression.
14 Reading Text: Money and Banking Visual and verbal expression.
15 Revision Visual and verbal expression.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Business Vocabulary in Use, (Cambridge University Press), 2002
2 Yabancı Dil Öğretimi, Hülya Can, Akademi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1985
3 Dilbilim, Sibel Avşar, Kordon Yayınları, İzmir, 1993
4 Modern Approach to English Teaching, John Doe and William J. Smith, Cyber Publishing, Baltimore,1994.
Required Course instruments and materials

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) 3 12 36
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 10 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 10 10
       c) Performance Project 0
       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 3 7 21
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 7 21
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120