| Teaching Staff
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Öğr. Gör. Sema OKUR |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
Written expression is the expression of feeling, notion, imagination, want and incidents on a topic in a certain way.
Written expression is an activity and behavior that is learned and improved just as how writing is a activity that is
learned. Thus, written expression is learned and improved in a certain educational process. Therefore, in higher
education institutes the principle of written expression is to evaluate the Turkish language in cultural dimensions and to
specify information on composition and types of texts as the basic topics |
| Course Content |
To ensure the aquisition of the written communication skill, to know the types of written communication with their
examples, to improve the pleasure of reading and selecting, to ensure the correct and good use of Turkish in written
communication.
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| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
LO1 – to know the concepts of language, culture and civilation
LO2 – to ensure a correct and good use of Turkish
LO3 - to form the habit of reading and writing with the use of examples of types of written cımmunication
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Definition and importance of language |
| 2. Week |
The relation of culture and language (definition of culture, relation of language and culture, the cultural
dimensions of language and written texts)
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| 3. Week |
The basic features of written language and communication; the basic differences between written and oral
communication
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| 4. Week |
Spelling rules and punctuation |
| 5. Week |
Expression: Written and oral expression; subjective and objective expression |
| 6. Week |
Paragraph; types of paragraphs (introduction-body-conclusion paragraphs) |
| 7. Week |
Definition of text and types of texts (informative texts, written texts) |
| 8. Week |
Conditions to be a text (cohesion, consistency, intentionality, acceptability, contingency, informativity, relation
among texts) |
| 9. Week |
Written Expression (essay, free composition, planned composition); steps of planned composition |
| 10. Week |
Steps of planned composition (topic, limiting the topic, aim, perspective, specification of main and supporting
ideas, preparation of outline, paper layout) |
| 11. Week |
Informative texts (petition, report, protocol, letter, news, judgement, advertisement, official writing, scientific
writing) |
| 12. Week |
Examination and written practice on informative texts |
| 13. Week |
Summary and outline of a text |
| 14. Week |
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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 |
Yakıcı, Ali - Yücel, Mustafa - Doğan, Mehmet - Yelok, Savaş Üniversiteler İçin Türkçe 1 Yazılı Anlatım, Gazi
Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006 |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | PO1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | PO5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | PO6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | PO9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | PO10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | PO13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | PO15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | PO17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | PO18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | PO19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | PO20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | PO21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | PO22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | PO23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | PO24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | PO25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | PO26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | PO27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | PO28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | PO29 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
1= Very weak 2= Weak 3= Moderate 4= Strong 5= Very strong |