Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / BUS223 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: BUS223

Course Title: YABANCI DILDE OKUMA VE KONUSMA

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 4

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

MUSTAFA ÜNSALAN (mustafaunsalan@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

SERDAR ÇAKMAK,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

This course aims to develop academic reading and speaking skills of students. Beside these skills, students are expected to improve their vocabulary and presentation skills and apply them to their academic and daily lives.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	can express themselves well in daily life	PO-19 Establish effective communication, oral and written; at least one foreign language in general use at the level of the European language portfolio B1.	Examination
LO-2	can compare and contrast differen approaches and thoughts	PO-19 Establish effective communication, oral and written; at least one foreign language in general use at the level of the European language portfolio B1.	Examination
LO-3	can improve vocabulary especially for business administration	PO-19 Establish effective communication, oral and written; at least one foreign language in general use at the level of the European language portfolio B1.	Examination
LO-4	can understand and interpret the texts they read	PO-19 Establish effective communication, oral and written; at least one foreign language in general use at the level of the European language portfolio B1.	Examination
LO-5	can improve their presentation skills.	PO-19 Establish effective communication, oral and written; at least one foreign language in general use at the level of the European language portfolio B1.	Oral Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Why is speaking in English a problem?, introducing himself/herself in a business environment, business vocabulary, skimming, scanning, how to make a presentation, reading techniques, presentation skills, giving information about hometown, importance of colours for companies
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Why can't we speak in English? The problem of learning English in Turkey.	Presentation, Discuss
2	Introducing himself/herself in a business environment, vocabulary for business administration	Presentation, Role playing, Reading and Speaking
3	vocabulary for business administration	Presentation, Reading and Speaking
4	vocabulary for business administration, office environment, reading skills, how to make a introduction in a presentation	Presentation, group study, Reading and Speaking
5	vocabulary for business administration, giving information about hometown, reading skills (skimming and scanning), how to make the main body in a presentation	Presentation, group study, Reading and Speaking
6	vocabulary for business administration, television series as a commercial product	Presentation, group study, Reading and Speaking
7	Immigrant Stories	Reading and Speaking
8	mid-term exam
9	Working in companies, Presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
10	Going on a holiday of a working person, presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
11	School Holiday, presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
12	Lies told by people, presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
13	Moral values, presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
14	Living in a different country, presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
15	Life at university, presentations	Reading and Speaking, Presentation
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	(Sarah Lynn, Lawrence R. Lawson, Q Skills for Success - Reading and Writing, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011)
Required Course instruments and materials
PC, articles, newspaper, course book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam		2	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		2	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	5	10	50
b) Search in internet/Library	2	10	20
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	2	6
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	3	4	12
final exam			0
			0
			0
Total work load;			131