Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (ENGLISH) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SAMET TAŞÇI (samettasci@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| This course has the following aims: Acquire knowledge and understanding of the reading skills to enable the students to read and become fluent readers. Strengthen one’s ability to interview, to give feedback, to gather information and to organize data for reporting. Initiate needed shifts from the traditional to holistic modes of reading instruction for effective and meaningful classroom interaction. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | analyze different types of paragraphs to evaluate texts in terms of comparison- contrast, cause and effect and problem- solution patterns. |
PO-3 To have problem solving skills to compete with the problems due to the cultural and lingual differences |
Examination |
| LO-2 | comprehend relationships between words structures and meaning. |
PO-14 To have a wide knowledge of terminologies of specific fields in both languages |
Examination |
| LO-3 | know elementary points of literary works and distinguish the elements found in such texts. |
PO-3 To have problem solving skills to compete with the problems due to the cultural and lingual differences |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | The Introduction of the course content, talking about the expectations from students and a brief introduction to further reading strategies. | Discussion and Lecture |
| 2 | Analyzing the texts formed with comparison and contrast – “point by point” pattern | Discussion and Lecture |
| 3 | Analyzing the texts formed with comparison and contrast – “the whole ” pattern | Discussion and Lecture |
| 4 | Analyzing the texts formed with comparison and contrast – “same/ different” pattern | Discussion and Lecture |
| 5 | Analyzing the texts formed with cause and effect- distinguishing only causes. | Discussion and Lecture |
| 6 | Analyzing the texts formed with cause and effect- distinguishing only effects | Discussion and Lecture |
| 7 | Analyzing the texts formed with cause and effect- distinguishing only effects | Discussion and Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Analyzing the texts formed with cause and effect- Effects and causes | Discussion and Lecture |
| 10 | Analyzing the texts formed with problem &solution pattern: Problems | Discussion and Lecture |
| 11 | Analyzing the texts formed with problem &solution pattern : Solutions | Discussion and Lecture |
| 12 | Vocabulary learning strategies from different text, practising them with texts. | Discussion and Lecture |
| 13 | General introduction to the elements of literary Works, components of short stories. | Discussion and Lecture |
| 14 | General introduction to the elements of literary Works, components of short stories. | Discussion and Lecture |
| 15 | Reading literary works | Discussion and Lecture |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Spears, D. (2013) Improving Reading Skills (7th Edition),Mc Graw Hill, New York | |
| 2 | Advanced Reading Power: Extensive Reading, Vocabulary Building, Comprehension Skills, Reading Faster (Beatrice S. Mikulecky, Linda Jeffries, Pearson& Longman) | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 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 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 144 | ||