Teaching Staff
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Prof. Dr. Mehmet DEMİREZEN |
Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
Prerequisites |
None |
Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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Course Objectives |
The primary goal is to increase their advanced listening and pronunciation skills. It is aimed that the various original
listening texts and academic presentations will develop the listening skills of the students. Additionally, students will
have the chance to develop the sub-skills of listening such as note taking, predicting, reaching certain and detailed
information, inferring from the context, understanding the gist. The original materials taken from various areas such
interviews, movies, songs, conferences, television programs and news which are an important part of the course will
provide the students a detailed perspective on the different accents of the English language. Moreover, it is aimed that
the students get familiar with the various accent of English around the world. Through the course pairs and groups will
be used which are activities which focus on teamwork. |
Course Content |
Taking notes, predict, reaching certain and detailed information, infer from the context, listening sub-skills such as
understanding the gist; original listening materials taken from different areas which include various English speaking
styles such as phonetic, interviews, movies, songs, conferences, television programs and news. |
Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
LO1 – The students will obtain the ability to infer from the context and understand the gist
LO2 - The students will have the skill to make use of original materials which include different English speaking
styles which are IPA, interviews, movies, songs, conferences, television programs and news. |
Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
Course Outline |
Week |
Topics |
1. Week |
English Spelling and English Sounds; The Speech Mechanism; Stress and Intonation |
2. Week |
Vowel Sounds: Producing /iy/ and /ı/; Contrasting /iy/ and /ı/; Producing /ey/ and /ε/; Contrasting /ey/ and
/ε/; Stress and Intonation |
3. Week |
Vowel Sounds: Producing /a/; Contrasting /a/ and /ε/; Producing /a/; Contrasting /a/, /a/, and /ε/; Stress
and Intonation |
4. Week |
Vowel Sounds: Producing /ay/; Contrasting /ay/ and /a/; Producing /aw/; Contrasting /aw/ and /a/; Stress
and Intonation; Listening Quiz 1.
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5. Week |
Vowel Sounds: Producing /ә/; Contrasting /ә/, /a/, /a/, and /ε/; Producing /әr/; Contrasting /әr/ and /ar/;
Stress and Intonation.
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6. Week |
Vowel Sounds: Producing /ɔy/; Contrasting /ɔy/ and /ay/; Producing /ɔ/; Contrasting /ɔ/, /ә/, /a/, and
/ɔ/; Stress and Intonation.
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7. Week |
Vowel Sounds: Producing /ow/; Contrasting /ow/, /ɔ/, /a/, and /ә/; Producing /uw/ and /ʊ/; Contrasting
/uw/, /ʊ/, and /ә/; Stress and Intonation; Listening Quiz 2.
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8. Week |
Mid-term exam |
9. Week |
Consonant Sounds: Producing /l/ and /r/; Contrasting /l/ and /r/; Stress and Intonation. |
10. Week |
Consonant Sounds: Producing /p/ and /b/; Contrasting /p/ and /b/; Producing /t/ and /d/; Contrasting /t/
and /d/; Stress and Intonation; Listening Quiz 3 |
11. Week |
Consonant Sounds: Producing /k/ and /g/; Contrasting /k/ and /g/; Sounds for the Letters “cc,” Sounds for
the Letter “x,” Sounds for the Letters “qu,” No Sound for “k,” and “g”; Producing /f/ and /v/; Contrasting /
f/ and /v/; Producing /θ/ and /d/; Contrasting /θ/ and /d/; Contrasting /θ/ and /t/; Contrasting /d/ and /d/;
Stress and Intonation |
12. Week |
Consonant Sounds: Producing /s/ and /z/; Contrasting /s/ and /z/; Contrasting /s/ and /θ/; Contrasting /z/
and /d/; Producing /ʃ/ and / /; Contrasting /ʃ/ and /ʒ/; Producing /tʃ/ ʒ ʒ ʒ and /dʒ/; Contrasting /tʃ/ and / dʒ/; Stress and Intonation; Listening Quiz 4. |
13. Week |
Consonant Sounds: Producing /h/; Practice the Contrast: Words with initial /h/ and words without /h/; No
Sound for “h” and “gh”; Producing /y/; Contrasting /y/ and /dʒ/; Consonant Vowel Combination /yuw/;
Producing /w/; Contrasting /w/ and /v/; No Sound for “w”; Stress and Inonation. |
14. Week |
Consonant Sounds: Producing /m/; Practice the Contrast: Words with final “m” and words without final
“m”; Contraction “I’m”; Producing /n/; Practice the Contrast: Words with final “n” and words without
final “n”; Syllabic /n/; Producing /ŋ/; Contrasting /ŋ/, /n/, and /ŋk/; /ŋg/ Rules; Stress and Intonation |
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Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
Mid-term (%) |
40 |
Quizes (%) |
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Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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Practice (%) |
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Labs (%) |
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Projects/Field Work (%) |
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Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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Final (%) |
60 |
Other (%) |
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Total(%) |
100 |
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Course Book (s) and/or References |
Fellag, Linda Robinson. North Star Building Skills for the TOEFL and IBT. New York: Longman, 2006.
Orion, F. Gertrude. Pronouncing American English: Sounds, Stress and Intonation. New York: Heinle & Heinle,
1997.
Lebauer, R. S. Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn, Academic Listening and Note-Taking. New York: Longman,
2007. |
Work Placement(s) |
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The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| LO1 | LO2 | PO1 | 1 | 1 | PO2 | 3 | 4 | PO3 | 1 | 1 | PO4 | 3 | 3 | PO5 | 1 | 1 | PO6 | 4 | 4 | PO7 | 3 | 4 | PO8 | 2 | 4 | PO9 | 2 | 1 | PO10 | 1 | 2 | PO11 | 1 | 1 | PO12 | 1 | 1 | PO13 | 1 | 1 | PO14 | 1 | 1 | PO15 | 2 | 2 | PO16 | 1 | 1 | PO17 | 1 | 2 | PO18 | 2 | 2 | PO19 | 2 | 1 | PO20 | 1 | 1 | PO21 | 2 | 3 | PO22 | 1 | 1 | PO23 | 1 | 1 | PO24 | 1 | 1 | PO25 | 1 | 1 | PO26 | 2 | 1 | PO27 | 1 | 1 | PO28 | 1 | 2 | PO29 | 2 | 2 |
1= Very weak 2= Weak 3= Moderate 4= Strong 5= Very strong |