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YDI2001Reading and Writing in English2+0+0ECTS:3
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerÖğr. Gör. Dr Zeynep ŞAHİN TİMAR
Co-Lecturer
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The course aims to enable the students with an overall knowledge on the basis of the field, 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 OutcomesCTPOTOA
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 essay.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,131,2,3
LO - 2 : learn the basic words used in the field and translate the articles from mother tongue to English or vice versa.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,131,2,3
LO - 3 : make sentences and write essays related to the significance of the field.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,131,2,3
LO - 4 : make some presentations and evaluations.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,131,2,3
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

 
Contents of the Course
Reading texts related to the department; grammar activities; related vocabulary and translation; listening activites; discussions over the current issues in the field
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Revision of tenses, The history of the internet
 Week 2Health and medicine, revision of passives
 Week 3Social issues(divorce trends, where are all the boys?)
 Week 4Environmental issues, Revision of Modals
 Week 5Law and crime, revision of relative clauses
 Week 6Language and literature, Noun Clauses
 Week 7Space and exploration,conjunctions
 Week 8Sports and fitness, adverbial clauses
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10People and opinions, conditionals
 Week 11Cross-cultural viewpoints, paragraph studies
 Week 12Business and economics
 Week 13The Future of water
 Week 14Illegal Immigration
 Week 15Hackers and crackers
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Jordan R.R. 1990, Academic Writing Course, Nelson, EdinburghEvans Virginia, 2002, Successful Writing, Express Publishing, Liberty House, New Greenham Park, Newbury
2Brumby Paul and Sheila, 1985, A Reading Skills Course, Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, AnkaraMosback Gerald, Mosback Vivienne, 1988, Practical Faster Reading, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
 
Recommended Reading
1Öztürk Cesur, 2000, Fundamentals of English Grammar, Hacettepe Taş, Ankara
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 50
End-of-term exam 16 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (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
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 1 2
Arasınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 4 1 4
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load50