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| INS2035 | English Reading and Writing | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şakir ERDOĞDU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to enable the students with an overall knowledge on the basis of Civil engineering, to supply them to understand what the field is interested in, the importance of branch, and the significance of the field in the contemporary world and to comprehend a passage and express what they understand in English verbally and in prose. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | comprehend the texts chosen from various academic topics and make sentences in their fields, write essays.
| 7 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | learn the basic words used in the field and translate the articles from mother tongue to English or vice versa.
| 7 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | to write essays related to the field of civil engineering..
| 7 | 1,3 | | 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 | | |
| Reading texts related to Civil enginerring field.
Grammar activities;
Related vocabulary and translation;
Discussions and reading activities on current issues facing during daily life. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is civil engineering? Who is civil engineer? | | | Week 2 | Tasks and responsibilities of a civil engineer. | | | Week 3 | Globalisation. | | | Week 4 | Globalisation. | | | Week 5 | Energy resources/Short exaam | | | Week 6 | Energy resources. | | | Week 7 | Global warming. Its causes and impacts/Short exam. | | | Week 8 | Global warming. Its causes and impacts. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam. | | | Week 10 | Pollution. Its causes and impacts. | | | Week 11 | Pollution. Its causes and impacts. | | | Week 12 | Man and environment/Short exam. | | | Week 13 | Sustainability. | | | Week 14 | Nano technology. Its importance and application fields/Short exam. | | | Week 15 | Concrete and reinforced concrete. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam. | | | |
| 1 | Jordan R.R. 1990, Academic Writing Course, Nelson, EdinburghEvans Virginia, 2002, Successful Writing, Express Publishing, Liberty House, New Greenham Park, Newbury | | | 2 | Brumby Paul and Sheila, 1985, A Reading Skills Course, Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, AnkaraMosback Gerald, Mosback Vivienne, 1988, Practical Faster Reading, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | | | |
| 1 | Öztirk Cesur, 2000, Fundamentals of English Grammar, Hacettepe Taş, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,5 | 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 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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