COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: TURKISH I

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
FL 201	D	3	3	0	0	3	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Sadullah Yılmaz
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Mondays: B/010 8:45-9:30 & 9:45-10:30, Thursdays: B/010, 8:45-9:30 & 9:45-10:30
Course Description:	The objective of this course is to develop reading, speaking and writing skills of students in Turkish language
Course Objectives:	To equip students with the analytical/critical reading and writing skills needed to carry out academic endowments at Epoka University as well as in any other professional or academic English speaking environment . - to Acquire an awareness of and ability to use effectively the discourse patterns of academic English - to improve the reading and learning styles of students enabling them to think, read, reflect , analyse and write more effectively and coherently - To have the opportunity to develop writing process through generating ideas, drafting, peer evaluation and team work assessment - to sharpen reading, writing and public speaking skills through defending the written work convincingly through argument in verbal manner.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction; My first essay, Process writing
2	Pre-writing: Getting ready to write, Sources
3	Grammar: Tenses, Conditionals
4	The structure of a paragraph, The development of a paragraph
5	Grammar, Reported speech, Relative clauses, Conjunctions
6	Descriptive and process paragraphs, Grammar
7	Opinion paragraphs, Grammar
8	Midterm exam
9	Comparison / Contrast paragraphs, Grammar
10	Problem / Solution paragraphs, Grammar
11	The structure of an essay, Outlining an essay, Introduction and conclusions, Grammar
12	Unity and coherence, Grammar
13	Present essays
14	Present essays; review for final exam

Prerequisite(s):	Students enrolling to ENG 109 , Development of Reading and Writing Skills in English course should have taken advanced score B2 and/or C1 level at Aptis entry test held at the premises of Epoka University prior to course registration and students' enrollment.
Textbook:	Dorothy E. Zemach, Lisa A. Rumisek (2005). Academic writing from paragraph to essay. Macmillan.
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	For research, writing, and presentations
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will develop academic vocabulary in English
2	Students will be able to academically inform, describe, express their opinion, offer a solution to an issue in spoken and written English, while maintaining unity and coherence
3	Students will be able to critically read and discuss essays
4	Students will be able to interact using academic English

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Electronics and Digital Communication Engineering (3 years) Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice	5
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	5
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	4
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	5
5	5 Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions. 4	5
6	6 Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue. 4	4
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.	4
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.	5
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology	5
10	10 Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics. 2	3
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.	4
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.	4

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	1	5
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	3	5
Final Exam	1	50
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	5	5
Assignments	2	7	14
Final examination	1	6	6
Other	2	2	4
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5