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 |
ELT1104 | Writing Skills II | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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 Objectives: | ELT1104 Writing Skills – II course aims at providing students with the writing and reading as integrally related skills essential to their successful undertaking of academic work at a university. Students will study and practice reading comprehension, the writing process, and critical thinking. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; By the end of this course students should be able to: 1. Use critical thinking to analyze texts they have read, 2. Use critical thinking to analyze their own writing, 3. Peer evaluate other students expository writing, 4. Evaluate their own expository writing, 5. Write summaries of texts they have read, 6. Write responses or reactions to texts they have read, 7. Write several types of expository essays: pros-cons, cause-effect, problem-solution, 8. Paraphrase, quote and summarize from other sources and incorporate them into their own writing, 9. Use APA style citation for paraphrasing and quotation in their own writing, 10. Improve their writing by approaching writing as a process, 11. Get familiar with process writing strategies. |
This course will equip students with basic writing skills, such as prewriting techniques, steps in writing, bases for revision and editing, and peer review. Students’ essay writing skills will be sharpened and they will be trained to write clearly, coherently, and cohesively. Strategies will be learned to improve reading and writing skills and a variety of activities will be completed to improve performance (extensive and intensive reading, variety of focused, developed, organized paragraphs and/or short essays). 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 using conventions of academic writing. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Course and syllabus overview Introduction Revision of First Term – I (Thesis Statement, Topic Sentences, Identifying author’s purpose and theme, Main Ideas and Supporting Details) | ||
2) | Revision of First Term – II (Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Essay Outline) | ||
3) | Unity and coherence | ||
4) | Peer Feedback Revision of First Term – III (Plagiarism – APA Citation) | ||
5) | Essay 1: Pros and Cons Outlining and Organization Essay 1 – First Draft Submission | ||
6) | Essay 1 – First Draft, Peer Feedback + Feedback from the instructor Grammar and sentence structure in essays Essay 1 – Second Draft Submission | ||
7) | Essay 1 – Second Draft, Peer Feedback + Feedback from the instructor Coherence: Dramatic entrance Essay 1 – Final Draft Submission | ||
8) | Midterm | ||
9) | Essay 2: The Cause-and-Effect Analysis Outlining and Organization Essay 2 – First Draft Submission | ||
10) | Essay 2 – First Draft, Peer Feedback + Feedback from the instructor Coherence: Transitions and expressions for cause and effect Essay 2 – Second Draft Submission | ||
11) | Essay 2 – Second Draft, Peer Feedback + Feedback from the instructor Coherence: Organization of examples Essay 2 – Final Draft Submission | ||
12) | Essay 3: Problem-Solution Outlining and Organization Essay 3 – First Draft Submission | ||
13) | Essay 3 – First Draft – Peer Feedback + Feedback from the instructor Essay 3 – Second Draft Submission | ||
14) | Essay 3 – Second Draft – Peer Feedback + Feedback from the instructor Wrap-up Essay 3 – Final Draft Submissio |
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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 | 11 | % 50 |
Presentation | % 0 | |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
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 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 6 | 4 | 24 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Paper Submission | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Total Workload | 75 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |