Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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GULSEHIR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / GDT 252 - FOREING TRADE

Code: GDT 252 Course Title: VOCATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE TECQNIQUES Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department FOREING TRADE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NEJDET ÖZBERK (nozberk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To make students use the terms and correspondence techniques used in foreign trade

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can prepare the basic foreign trade documents. PO-12 Demonstrate written and oral communication skills related to foreign trade both in Turkish and English.
 		Examination
LO-2 Can report the foeign trade documents in written formats. PO-11 Have foreign language skills at the overall level of A2 of European Language Portfolio (at least to follow up the information in the field and communicate with colleagues).
PO-12 Demonstrate written and oral communication skills related to foreign trade both in Turkish and English.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic rules of vocational correspondence,basic commercial terms and phrases; parts of bussiness letters:writing and editing bussiness letters, phone calls; english correspondence techniques through internet; international commercial abbreviations, abbreviations about types of payment and delivery, abbreviations on foreign trade documents,terms and correspondence techniques used in foreign trade, banking terms and correspondence on L/C, payment against documents.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic principles of commercial correspondence Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
2 Basic commercial terms and sentences Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
3 Parts of commercial letters Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
4 Commercial letters writing Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
5 Editing and phone interviews Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
6 Online English correspondence Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
7 International commercial acronyms Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
8 mid-term exam
9 Acronyms related to deliveryand payment Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
10 Acronyms related to foreign trade documents Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
11 Basic foreign trade terms and correspondence techniques Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
12 Banking terms and correspondence Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
13 Correspondence about Letter of Credits Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
14 Correspondence about cash on documents Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
15 Correspondences about other payments Lecturing, skills development practice, Text analyisis
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ashley, A.(2011) İngilizce Ticari Yazışma El Kitabı, Ekin Basım Yayın: Bursa.
2 Aslıhan Kocaefe Cebeci (2013) Örnek Yazışmalarla İhracat İthalat İngilizcesi, Gazi Kitabevi
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) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 6 6
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 3 6
       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 2 4 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 5 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60