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| BIY2016 | Professional English | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Nesrin ÇOLAK | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin İNCEER | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to help students comprehend the terms that are necessary to follow literature in biology, gain abilities to accomplish oral or verbal communication which will then be used in social media, such as presentation, meeting, communication and correspondence. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | read and analyse the printed sources, such as articles, texts and reports | 9,11,12 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | prepare curriculum vitae, cover letter and reports | 8,11,12 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | have abilities that enable them to evaluate business life, to talk informative as well as enhancing dialogs | 7,8,11 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | possess vocabulary knowledge; recognize and practice Evglish words that are commonly used in business life | 9,11,12 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Practising English required in employment, business and administration, correspondence styles commonly used in business life, admission to postgraduate courses, research area and writing articles, problems in business life, preparing presentation, the rules in writing curriculum vitae and cover letters. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Defining work and profession | | | Week 2 | Ways of working | | | Week 3 | Recruitment and selection | | | Week 4 | Skills and qualifications | | | Week 5 | Pays and benefits | | | Week 6 | People and workplaces, the career ladders | | | Week 7 | Problems at work | | | Week 8 | Managers, executives and directors, Businesspeople and business leaders | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Production patterns: manufacturing and services, the development process, | | | Week 11 | Communication; telephone, fax and e-mail | | | Week 12 | Presentations; preparation and introduction, main part, closing and questions | | | Week 13 | Presentations | | | Week 14 | CV and cover letter preparation | | | Week 15 | Business meetings, negotiations and discussion | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Mascull, B. 2002; Business Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge university Press. 172 p.
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| 1 | Karl Drobnic, Sharon Abrams and Marjorie Morray 2000; Reading and Writing- the English of Science and Technology PranticeHall, Inc.
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 05/04/2014 | 1 | 30 | | Quiz | 13 | 07/05/2014 | 0,75 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 30/05/2014 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 13 | 26 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 13 | 13 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 50 |
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