ADVANCED ENGLISH SKILLS I PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
YDL103	ADVANCED ENGLISH SKILLS I	1	3	3	3

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language of Instruction :	İngilizce
Level of the Course Unit :	LİSANS, TYY: + 6.Düzey, EQF-LLL: 6.Düzey, QF-EHEA: 1.Düzey
Type of the Course :	Zorunlu
Mode of Delivery of the Course Unit	-
Coordinator of the Course Unit	Dr.Öğr.Üyesi OĞUZHAN ÖZTAŞ
Instructor(s) of the Course Unit
Course Prerequisite	No

OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
Objectives of the Course Unit:	This course is designed to help freshmen better cope with the English-language coursework in their major fields of study by concentrating on reading, critical thinking, vocabulary development and writing. It is aimed to reinforce and expand the students’ English competence and performance through textual and structural analysis, i.e., through learning how meaning is communicated by the organization of a text and learning how English syntax contributes to meaning.
Contents of the Course Unit:	This course combines elements of both the strategies approach and the task based approach to language learning. The students are being trained to incorporate materials from several textual sources and to use academic texts critically. Coursework involves reading and analyzing various upper-intermediate and advanced level texts as well as listening activities relevant to the chosen topics

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)
Identify advanced level of grammar structure.
Criticize and interpret the advanced level of reading passages.
Develop listening skills
Develop the ability to expand their vocabulary through multiple methods.
Compose an essay by developing content, using specific grammatical structures and giving thematically related examples about the given topic.

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	The relevant unit in the course book	Introduction to the Course Goals, Assignments, Schedule, Criteria, Policies	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
2	The relevant unit in the course book	Unit 1: The Way We Are Talking about the dysfunctional families, telling and writing a story about an unusual person from the past with Narrative Tenses.	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
3	The relevant unit in the course book	Managing conversation: Agreeing, Disagreeing and Partially Agreeing	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
4	The relevant unit in the course book	Unit 2: Wild World Listening conversations and reading a text about animals and their characteristics and human’s attitudes to animals	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
5	The relevant unit in the course book	Managing conversations on similarities and differences between humans and chimpanzees with using a wide range of Verbs of Senses and Articles	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
6	The relevant unit in the course book	Unit 3: On the Money Listening to people talking about how they spend money and writing a web article called ‘How to be rich’	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
7	The relevant unit in the course book	Reading an article about money trends, giving and responding to opinions about money issues with the use of Future Forms.	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
8	-	ARA SINAV	-
9	The relevant unit in the course book	Reading and analyzing movie review; Hobbits and Other Creatures Studying on Adjective Clauses with Prepositions	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
10	The relevant unit in the course book	Unit 4: Through The Ages Giving a talk about the uses of and history of plastic. The Passive Structure	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
11	The relevant unit in the course book	Using Compound Nouns and Possessive ‘s Writing a paragraph about advantages and disadvantages of internet.	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
12	The relevant unit in the course book	Unit 5: Island Hopping Managing conversations using Discourse Markers	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
13	The relevant unit in the course book	Listening of an interview about a survival TV show Reading the text ‘An Unexplained Mystery’ Studying on Past Deduction and Speculation	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
14	The relevant unit in the course book	Talking about utopian and dystopian stories, films and games. Listening a conversation about dystopian fiction as a study of Pronouns and Substitution.	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
15	The relevant unit in the course book	Writing a paragraph comparing science fiction and reality	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
16	-	FİNAL	-
17	-	FİNAL	-

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING
Selingson, P. (2010) Essential English. Richmond Publishing.
Foley, M., & Hall, D. (2011). Pearson.
Friedland,D. Tomalin, M. (2017) Jetstream Advanced. United Kingdom: Helbling languages

ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Grading of In-Term Activities	Number of Activities	Degree of Contribution (%)	Description

Level of Contribution
0	1	2	3	4	5

KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Explains the fundamental engineering concepts of computer science and relates them to the groundwork of computer science.

KNOWLEDGE
Factual
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Uses theoretical and practical knowledge coming from mathematics, probability, statistics and various other branches of life sciences, to find solutions to engineering problems.

SKILLS
Cognitive
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Determines the components and the underlying process of a system and designs an appropriate computational model under reasonable constraints.
2	Designs a computer-aided conceptual model with modern techniques.

SKILLS
Practical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Determines, detects and analyzes the areas of computer science applications and develops appropriate solutions.
2	Identifies, models and solves computer engineering problems by applying appropriate analytical methods.
3	Determines and uses the necessary information technologies in an efficient way for engineering applications.

OCCUPATIONAL
Autonomy & Responsibility
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Possess the responsibility and ability to design and conduct experiments for engineering problems by collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
2	Possess the ability to conduct effective individual study.
3	Takes responsibility as a team work and contributes in an effective way.

WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE UNIT
Workload for Learning & Teaching Activities
Type of the Learning Activites	Learning Activities (# of week)	Duration (hours, h)	Workload (h)
Ders	14	3	42
Derse Ön Hazırlık ve Ders Sonrası Pekiştirme	13	1	13
Arazi Çalışması	0	0	0
Grup Çalışması / Ödevi	0	0	0
Laboratuvar	0	0	0
Okuma	0	0	0
Ödev	0	0	0
Proje Hazırlama	0	0	0
Seminer	0	0	0
Staj	0	0	0
Teknik Gezi	0	0	0
Web Tab. Öğrenme	13	1	13
Uygulama	0	0	0
Yerinde Uygulama	0	0	0
Mesleki Faaliyet	0	0	0
Sosyal Faaliyet	0	0	0
Tez Hazırlama	0	0	0
Alan Çalışması	0	0	0
Rapor Yazma	0	0	0
Final Sınavı	1	1	1
Final Sınavı Hazırlığı	1	4	4
Ara Sınav	1	1	1
Ara Sınav Hazırlığı	1	3	3
Kısa Sınav	0	0	0
Kısa Sınav Hazırlığı	0	0	0
TOPLAM	44	0	77