Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1ENG101Technical English I3+0+03429.07.2024
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Civil Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course English 101 is a compulsory course for freshman students. English 101 focuses on the cognitive skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The course uses current reading and listening texts and focuses on how to understand relevant parts of a text, how to read quickly and effectively, how to relate different ideas from multiple texts and how to use texts as sources for an output task. In speaking and writing, the course focuses on using sources, paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing and synthesizing. The students will learn how to write coherent, concise informative or persuasive responses to writing questions supporting their point of view.
Course Content The main goal of the English I course is to provide the student with a foreign language foundation. In this course, students acquire basic grammar knowledge of English. Within the classes of this course where foreign language education is given systematically, students' speaking, writing, reading and listening skills, which are the basic elements of language teaching, are developed. Also in the classes of the course which are put into practice to improve the students' level of English, students form the foreign language foundations required to understand academic texts as well as the foreign language they can use in their daily lives.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. Şafak Tercan
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Lecture notes
Course Notes Ders Notları, Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context by Anita Afacan, Nil Akpınar Wising and Stefan O'grady / Editor: Aynur Yürekli Kaynardağ

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %20
Engineering %50
Engineering Design %30

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 13 3 39
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 5 70
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 113

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Recognize levels of formality in e-mails and announcements
2 Identify main and supporting ideas in academic texts
3 Identify clearly stated and implied points of view in academic texts
4 Summarise information from academic texts in an academically acceptable way
5 Paraphrase information from academic texts in an academically acceptable way
6 Quote information from academic texts in an academically acceptable way
7 Synthesise information from a variety of academic sources
8 Write texts on academic topics using a variety of sources and their own viewpoint

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction: Course objectives and assessment
2 Communication at university Pages 1-10 (up to Part D. E-mail writing)
3 Communication at university Pages 10-16 Colour and design pages 20-23 (up to Part C: Listening)
4 Colour and design Pages 23-34 (up to the 2nd exercise)
5 Colour and design Pages 34-42
6 Oral reports Pages 43-45
7 Catch up and Review End of Unit Tests pages 17-19 and 46-52
8 Midterm exam
9 Production planning Pages 53-62 (up to Part B: Reading II)
10 Production planning Pages 62-69
11 Production planning Pages 70-77
12 Social networking Pages 85-93 (up to exercise 3)
13 Social networking Pages 93-96
14 Social networking Pages 97-99

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 5
C1 5
C2 5
C3 5
C4 5
C5 5
C6 5
C7 5
C8 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant