| 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 |
| ELT1102 | Reading Skills II | 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: | |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi PAUL BERNHARDT |
| Course Objectives: | ELT 1102 Reading II course aims at providing students with the reading skills essential to their successful undertaking of academic work at a university. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; By the end of this course students should be able to: • State the main idea of a text. • Define unfamiliar vocabulary. • Locate facts and isolate details of a text. • Retain specific facts and details from a text. • Distinguish between facts and opinions in a text. • Identify the tone, mood, and voice of a literary text through an analysis of its linguistic features and literary devices. • Identify the theme of a literary text and the ways it is embodied by formal elements. • Identify and analyze common semantic features such as connotation, denotation, and figures of speech. • Read critically by asking pertinent questions about a text, by recognizing assumptions and implications, and by evaluating ideas. • Read a literary text analytically, seeing relationships between form and content. 3. Read texts of different genres and disciplines accurately. • Ascertain the meaning of a passage by identifying main ideas, supporting details, and logical or narrative sequences. • Recognize the implicit assumptions and values underlying a written work. • Evaluate ideas presented in a text by determining their logical validity, their implications, and their relationship to ideas beyond the text. • Evaluate ideas presented in a text by determining the rhetorical structures used to persuade readers. |
| 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…). This course is designed to improve students’ critical reading and thinking skills, increase analytical, inferential and evaluative comprehension, expand vocabulary skills, and employ effective study strategies for academic use. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Course overview –Syllabus and requirements Introduction | ||
| 2) | Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury | PART 1 The Hearth and the Salamander Pgs: 9-30 | |
| 3) | Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury | PART 1 The Hearth and the Salamander Pgs: 31-89 | |
| 4) | Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury | PART 2 The Sieve and the Sand Pgs: 93-143 | |
| 5) | Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury | PART 3 Burning Bright Pgs:147-180 | |
| 6) | Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury | PART 3 Burning Bright Pgs:180-211 | |
| 7) | Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury | Afterword | |
| 8) | Midterm | ||
| 9) | Lord of the Flies – William Golding | 1. The Sound of the Shell 2. Fire on the Mountain | |
| 10) | Lord of the Flies – William Golding | 3. Huts on the Beach 4. Painted Faces and Long Hair | |
| 11) | Lord of the Flies – William Golding | 5. Beast from Water 6. Beast from Air | |
| 12) | Lord of the Flies – William Golding | 7. Shadows and Tall Trees 8. Gift for the Darkness | |
| 13) | Lord of the Flies – William Golding | 9. A View to a Death 10. The Shell and the Glasses | |
| 14) | Lord of the Flies – William Golding | 11. Castle Rock 12. Cry of the Hunters | |
| Course Notes: | |
| References: |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Laboratory | % 0 | |
| Application | % 0 | |
| Field Work | % 0 | |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
| Quizzes | % 0 | |
| Homework Assignments | 4 | % 20 |
| Presentation | % 0 | |
| Project | 1 | % 20 |
| Seminar | % 0 | |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
| Final | 1 | % 30 |
| Paper Submission | % 0 | |
| Jury | % 0 | |
| Bütünleme | % 0 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Homework Assignments | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 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 |