| Teaching Staff
|
Öğretim Görevlisi Dr Elif Derya Şenduran |
| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
- |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
- |
| Course Objectives |
After completing this course, students will:
• determine the meanings of words and phrases in context.
• understand the main idea and supporting details in written text.
• identify a writer’s purpose, point of view, and intended meaning.
• analyze the relationship among ideas in written material and draw conclusions inductively and deductively from information stated or implied in a text.
• use critical reasoning skills to evaluate written materials.
• apply translation theories to the reading texts.
|
| Course Content |
The aim of the reading component of this course is threefold. Students will form a basic core of reading skills (skimming, scanning, making inferences, guessing vocabulary ,recognizing patterns etc.) and learn to apply these skills in an intensive reading environment. Additionally, the students will focus on some ESP vocabulary or general language use to be able to translate orally certain parts of the texts. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
Successfully completing this course results in the following learning outcomes:
1. Reading independently, using a critical thinking, problem-solving approach for a variety of purposes;
2. Selecting reading strategies appropriate to purpose and text;
3. Monitoring the effectiveness of their comprehension/rate strategies;
4. Using appropriate strategies from a resource bank when encountering new vocabulary;
5. Demonstrating various study skills and methods to meet the reading demands;
6. Translating different kinds of upper-intermediate written materials.
|
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
|
| 2. Week |
REAL READING UNIT ONE POP CULTURE CHAPTER 1 Move Over, Holywood |
| 3. Week |
REAL READING UNIT ONE POP CULTURE CHAPTER 2 MARKETING THE FUTURE |
| 4. Week |
REAL READING UNIT TWO PERSONAL BEST CHAPTER 3 RUNNING AROUND THE WORLD , QUIZ I |
| 5. Week |
REAL READING UNIT TWO PERSONAL BEST CHAPTER 4 BIGGER IS BETTER, EXCEPT WHEN IT'S NOT |
| 6. Week |
REAL READING UNIT THREE DOING THE REAL BUSINESS IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD , QUIZ II |
| 7. Week |
REAL READING UNIT THREE DOING THE REAL BUSINESS IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD CHAPTER 6 VIRTUAL REALITY: A POWERFUL TOOL FLUENCYPRACTICE 1 SLEEPER HITS |
| 8. Week |
Midterm |
| 9. Week |
REAL READING UNIT FOUR CHECKING OUT CHAPTER 8 WELCOME TO LEISUREVILLE |
| 10. Week |
REAL READING UNIT FIVE GREAT MINDS CHAPTER 9 READING COLORS - CHAPTER 10 NOT ENOUGH POINTS ON THE CHICKEN |
| 11. Week |
REAL READING UNIT FIVE GREAT MINDS CHAPTER 10 NOT ENOUGH POINTS ON THE CHICKEN UNIT SIX CREATURE FEATURE CHAPTER 11 CROW'S BRAINS AND GECKO'S FEET QUIZ 3
|
| 12. Week |
REAL READING UNIT SIX CREATURE FEATURE CHAPTER 12 CREATURE COMFORTS - CHAPTER 13 TRENDS IN TOURISM |
| 13. Week |
REAL READING UNIT SEVEN GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL CHAPTER 13 TRENDS IN TOURISM CHAPTER 14 JUST BACK: HIGH TIDE IN LA SERENNISSIMA QUIZ IV |
| 14. Week |
REAL READING UNIT NINE FAMILY MATTERS CHAPTER 17 WIDOWS CHAPTER 18 LOST AND FOUND |
|
| Assessment |
| |
Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
|
| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
10 |
| Practice (%) |
- |
| Labs (%) |
- |
| Projects/Field Work (%) |
- |
| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
- |
| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
|
| Total(%) |
100 |
|
| Course Book (s) and/or References |
REAL READING 3
CREATING AN AUTHENTIC READING EXPERIENCE
PEARSON - LONGMAN
|
| Work Placement(s) |
- |
| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | PQ14 | PQ15 | LO1 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | LO2 | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | LO3 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | LO4 | | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | | | 4 | | | | LO5 | | 4 | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | LO6 | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 3 | |
|