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Course Code: 
AFE 131
Course Period: 
Autumn
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
2
Application: 
2
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
5
Course Language: 
İngilizce
Course Objectives: 

This course aims to equip students with the necessary skills to express themselves verbally and in writing in academic language.

Course Content: 

Reading, comprehension, critical comment and discussion; basic verbal skills (individual, pair and group); cover writing techniques, essay writing dealing with a problem and its solutions, speech preparation techniques; techniques for transferring table and graphic information.

Course Methodology: 
1. Anlatım Yöntemi 2. Örnek Olay Yöntemi 3. Problem Çözme Yöntemi 4. Tartışma Yöntemi 5. Gösteri Yöntemi 6. Grup çalışması
Course Evaluation Methods: 
1. Ödev 2. Sınav 3. Uygulama

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Can read and understand academic texts

3,4,6,8

1,2,3

A

Can guess the meanings of new unknown words

2,3,4,6,10

1

A

Can summarize, paraphrase, cite and cite in-text

3,7

1

A

Can present a topic or text orally

1

1,2,3

A

Can write a formal e-mail

9

1,2

A
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

Introduction to the course
Class policy and rules
Unit 1 : Pages 6, 7, 8

  

2

Unit 1 : Pages 9, 10, 11, 12

  

3

Unit 1 : Pages 13, 14, 15
Writing Assignment: Page 15 Exercise 12
MyEnglishLab : Unit 1
Unit 2 : Pages 16, 17

  

4

Unit 2 : Pages 18, 19, 20, 21

  

5

Unit 2: Pages 22, 23, 24, 25
Writing Assignment: Page 24 Exercise 10

  

6

Unit 3: Pages 26, 27, 28, 29

  

7

Unit 3: Pages 30, 31, 32, 33

  

8

Mid-term Review

  

9

Unit 3: Pages 34, 35
Writing Assignment: Page 34 Exercise 8a
MyEnglishLab : Unit 3
Unit 4 : Pages 36, 37

  

10

Unit 4 : Pages 38, 39, 40, 41

  

11

Unit 4 : Pages 42, 43, 44, 45
Writing Assignment: Page 45 Exercise 16
MyEnglishLab : Unit 4

  

12

Unit 5 : Pages 46, 47, 48, 49

  

13

Unit 5 : Pages 50, 51, 52, 53

  

14

Unit 5 : Pages 54, 55
MyEnglishLab : Unit 5

  

15

General review for the final exam

 

 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

New Language Leader Advanced  Pearson Education Ltd.

Additional Resources

MyEnglishLab
 

Material Sharing

Documents

Textbook, MyEnglishLab (digital platform)

Assignments

Overwriting techniques, essay writing dealing with a problem and its solutions, speech preparation techniques; techniques for transferring table and graphic information.

Exams

Mid-term, Final Exams
 

Assessment

IN-TERMS STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-term

1

30

MyEnglishLab Assignments

5

10

Attendance

1

20

Total

 

60

Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade

1

40

Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade

 

60

Total

 

100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

1

Students can keep themselves informed and analyze the current economic development in Turkey and in the world from an international political economy perspective paying a particular attention to the interaction of the Turkish economy with the global economy.

 

 

 

X

 

2

Being aware of the development and accumulation of economic thought, students can master qualitative and quantitative knowledge and methods to test various economic theories that can be applied to the analysis of the current economic problems.

 

 

 

 

X

3

Students can use statistical and econometric analyses by learning how to use information technologies that have validity and widespread use in the field of economics.

 

 

X

 

 

4

By learning how to learn in the field of economics, students can research and work individually or as a team using the Turkish and English academic resources.

 

 

 

X

 

5

Being aware of the ethical values, students know the individual, social and ecological dimensions of the concept of social responsibility and can prove that they understand the active citizenship duty that falls upon them within this framework.

 

 

 

 

 

6

Students can clearly express, present and share their knowledge, the outcomes of their studies, their ideas and comments to people in their field or other disciplines/units using the necessary data, in national and international academic and professional environments, in Turkish or English.

 

 

X

 

 

7

Students can show that understanding the universality of social rights and the concepts of social justice, which form the basis of the modern societies, and the importance of scientific perspective, which is necessary to the social development and global competitiveness.

 

 

 

 

X
 

ECTS

Activities

Quantity

Duration (Hour)

Total Workload (Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)

15

4

60

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

15

4

60

Mid-terms

1

3

3

Final Examination

1

3

3

Total Workload

 

 

126

Total Workload / 25 (h)

 

 

5,04

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

5
 
1

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