Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF EDUCATION / İDEAE 103 - PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Code: İDEAE 103

Course Title: WRITING SKILLS 1

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 2

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

İSMAİL SERDAR ALTAÇ (serdaraltac@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

To develop learners skill of communicating in a more fluent, intelligible and natural way in various written communication situations in English by using appropriate paragraph development methods at a more advanced level.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Identifies and locates the thesis statement and the topic sentence in an essay and a paragraph respectively.	PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills.	Examination
LO-2	Identifies and locates supporting ideas in essays and paragraphs.	PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills.	Examination
LO-3	Analyzes and evaluates academic texts of various rhetorical modes based on their organization, unity, and content.	PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills.	Examination
LO-4	Writes paragraphs and essays in various academic rhetorical modes based on given topics.	PO-11 Applies appropriate methods and techniques by collaborating for the development of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Paragraph forms and structure; technical specifications of the paragraph; paragraph analysis; paragraph planning; comprehension, comparison, discussion, producing texts with narrative types,
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction to the Course Content	Lecture, Question and Answer
2	The process of writing. Introduction to paragraph	Lecture, Question and Answer
3	Topic sentence, supporting ideas, concluding sentence, unity, coherence	Lecture, Question and Answer
4	Expository paragraph, peer feedback	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5	Descriptive paragraph (Person, place), peer feedback	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
6	Narrative paragraph, peer feedback	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
7	Introduction to essay. Thesis statement. Essay outline	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	Introduction and conclusion techniques	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
10	In class practice	Question and Answer, Discussion, Group Work
11	Opinion essay	Question and Answer, Discussion, Group Work
12	Peer feedback on opinion essay	Question and Answer, Group Work
13	In class practice	Question and Answer, Discussion, Group Work
14	In class practice	Question and Answer, Discussion, Group Work
15	Revision and conclusion	Question and Answer, Discussion, Group Work
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
Required Course instruments and materials
Book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam		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		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	1	14	14
b) Search in internet/Library	1	14	14
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	1	3
mid-term exam			0
Own study for final exam	3	1	3
final exam	2	1	2
			0
			0
Total work load;			64