SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ELT5008	Language Awareness and Analysis	Fall	3	0	3	8

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ENİSA MEDE
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. KENAN DİKİLİTAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Written and spoken English-language texts will serve as a foundation for exploration into the elements that determine meaning, tone, rhetoric and strength of expression. Students, too, will produce original spoken and written texts that highlight their understanding of these topics. A variety of readings will expose students to various genres and registers. In addition, the course will draw students’ attention to the use of language in advertising, media, politics to engender specific outcomes and shape cultural values.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning outcomes for successful students of ELT 5008 include the following:

1. The ability to identify key elements of written and spoken language, including tone, genre, and lexical choice

2. A deeper understanding of rhetorical patterns found across a variety of texts.

3. An awareness of cultural influences on rhetorical patterns

4. The strengthening of written and spoken English skills according to this awareness

5. An appreciation for foreign students' different approaches to expression

Course Content

The course will focus on various genres and rhetorical styles of written and spoken language. Language will be explored vis-à-vis its role in politics, media, advertising, and cultural contrast. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the specified topics through presentations, papers, and projects.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course Introduction; Critical Reading	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 116-123: The Prescriptive Tradition by David Crystal
2)	Writing for an audience	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 139-143: Linda Flower
3)	Contrastive Rhetoric and Language Teaching	Kaplan, Robert B. (1966). Cultural thought patterns in inter-cultural education. Language Learning, 18, 1-20. Contrastive Rhetoric in Applied Linguistics (Conner & Long Chapter 2)
4)	Discourse analysis through the Discourse Matrix	Mackie, A. & Bullock, C. (1990). Discourse matrix: A practical tool for ESL writing teachers. TESL Canada Journal/Revue TESL du Canada 8, 1, 67-76.
5)	Contrastive Rhetoric through the years: from Kaplan to the present day	Historical Evaluation of Contrastive Rhetoric (Conner & Long Chapter 3)
6)	Contrastive Rhetoric and the Field of Rhetoric and Composition	Conner & Long Chapter 4
7)	Writing: the Transaction	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 144-154
8)	Language and culture	The Language-Culture Connection (Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 309-337); A Mosaic of Cultures in Language (Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 338-396)
9)	Personal Names: Making Family Connections	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 179-214
10)	The Nature of Prejudicial Language	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 243-271
11)	Language, Race, and Gender	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 272-308
12)	The Language of Politics	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 525-553
13)	Jargon, Political Correctness, Doublespeak and Euphemism	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 465-524
14)	The Language of Advertising	Escholz, Rosa, Clark pp. 565-608

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Eschholz, P., Rosa, A. & Clark, V. (2000). Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers. Boston; New York: Bedford’s/Saint Martin’s. Conner, U. & Long, M. H. (1996). Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second-Language Writing. Cambridge (England); New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	10	% 10
Homework Assignments	20	% 40
Presentation	5	% 20
Project	10	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Presentations / Seminar	2	15	30
Project	2	20	40
Homework Assignments	3	12	36
Paper Submission	2	20	40
Total Workload			188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.