MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ELT1101 | Reading Skills I | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi PAUL BERNHARDT |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor RUKİYE ÖZLEM ÖZTÜRK |
Course Objectives: | ELT 1101 Reading I course aims at providing students with the reading skills essential to their successful undertaking of academic work at a university. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; By the end of this course students should be able to: • Read independently, using a critical thinking, problem-solving approach for a variety of purposes in undergraduate level materials; • Select reading strategies appropriate to purpose and text; • Monitor the effectiveness of their comprehension/rate strategies and adjust these as needed; • Select and use strategies from a resource bank when encountering new vocabulary; • Select and demonstrate various study skills and methods to meet the reading demands of undergraduate courses. • Determine the meanings of words and phrases. • Understand the main idea and supporting details in written text. • Identify a writer’s purpose, point of view, and intended meaning. • Analyze the relationship among ideas in written material and draw conclusions inductively and deductively from information stated or implied in a text. • Use reading strategies to comprehend complex texts • Use critical reasoning skills to evaluate written materials |
Strategies will be learned to improve reading skills and a variety of activities will be completed to improve performance (extensive and intensive reading, compositions in a variety of rhetorical styles, etc…).The course participants will be provided with a framework within which they will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to read, paraphrase, summarize and synthesize educational research. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Course and syllabus overview Introduction | ||
2) | Introduction to Advanced Reading Identifying author’s purpose & theme Main Ideas & Supporting Details Facts vs. Opinions | ||
3) | Introduction to Advanced Reading Reading Strategies -Skimming & Scanning | ||
4) | Reading: - Using context clues | ||
5) | Reading: -Making Inferences | ||
6) | Reading: -Questioning | ||
7) | Reading: Critical thinking | ||
8) | MIDTERM | ||
9) | Post-Reading Strategies: -Recall -Organize -Reduce -Revise -Review | ||
10) | Reading: - Improving Vocabulary. Word Structure | ||
11) | Active Reading Strategies: Using Text Structure -Transitions - Identifying Relationships Among Ideas | ||
12) | Active Reading Strategies: Using Text Structure - Author’s Pattern of Organization to Aid Comprehension | ||
13) | Post-Reading Strategies: -Recall -Reduce -Summarize | ||
14) | Wrap Up & In-class Practice |
Course Notes: | |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 0 |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | 8 | % 50 |
Presentation | 2 | % 20 |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | % 0 | |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 30 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 70 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 30 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Presentations / Seminar | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 2 | 10 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper Submission | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Total Workload | 50 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |