FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Physics

ENG 101 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Academic Skills in English I
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ENG 101
Fall
2
2
3
3

Course Objectives English 101 is a compulsory course for freshman students. English 101 focuses on the cognitive skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The course uses current reading and listening texts and focuses on how to understand relevant parts of a text, how to read quickly and effectively, how to relate different ideas from multiple texts and how to use texts as sources for an output task. In speaking and writing, the course focuses on using sources, paraphrasing, quoting, summarising and synthesizing. The students will learn how to write coherent, concise informative or persuasive responses to writing questions supporting their point of view.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • recognise the relationship between ideas in academic texts
  • research an academic topic using a variety of sources
  • summarise information in an academic text
  • paraphrase information in an academic text
  • quote information in an academic text
  • synthesize information in an academic text.
  • write texts on an academic topic presenting their own view point
Course Description This course aims at preparing students to use academic skills in English.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction: Course objectives and assessment - Unit 1: Communication at University (Part A) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 15-16
2 Unit 1:Communication at University (Part B-C) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 16-25
3 Unit 1:Communication at University (Part D-E)- Unit 2: Colour and Design (Part A) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 26-32
4 Unit 2: Colour and Design (Part B-C) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 39-48
5 Unit 2: Colour and Design (Part D-E) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 49-58
6 Unit 2: Colour and Design (Part F) - Assignment Planning - Written Assignment Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 59-63
7 Catch up and Review Test 1 - End of Unit Tests - Mock Midterm Exam Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 33-36,64-70 -Blackboard
8 Unit 3: Production Planning (Part A- B) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 71-84 - Midterm Exam
9 Unit 3: Production Planning (Part C-D) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 85-93
10 Unit 3: Production Planning (Part E) - Assignment Planning - Written Assignment Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 94-95
11 Unit 4: Social Networking (Part A-B-C) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 105-109
12 Unit 4: Social Networking (Part D-E) Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 110-124
13 Unit 4: Social Networking (Part E) - Assignment Planning - Written Assignment Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 119-124
14 Mock Exam - Review Test 2 Blackboard
15 Review of the semester - End of Unit Tests Afacan,A. & Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pp: 96-103, 125-130 - Blackboard
16 Final Exam

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Afacan,A. , Akpınar Wilsing,N. (2022). Anchor 1: Reinforcing English Language Skills in an Academic Context. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. ISBN: 9786057025777

Suggested Readings/Materials

Supplementary material to be prepared when necessary by the course instructors

 

 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
1
15
Homework / Assignments
1
5
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
10
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
20
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
16
1
16
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
1
4
4
Homework / Assignments
1
4
4
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
1
4
4
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
6
6
Final Exam
1
8
8
    Total
106

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

X
10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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