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| FBE5008 | Scientific Article Writing in English | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ali Şükrü ÖZBAY | | Co-Lecturer | ----- | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to familiarize graduate students with the different genres of academic writing (e.g., seminar papers, journal articles, etc.) and how these genres vary from discipline to discipline
to help graduate students become better writers by analyzing writing on both the micro (sentence) and macro (organizational) levels;
to teach graduate students basic skills of professional editing so that they can become better editors of their own work and that of peers;
to enable graduate students to apply these skills to a piece of their own writing and to the writing of peers.
to use corpus tools and AI technologies to become expert academic writers in their own filelds of scientific inquiry |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | defines the main features of an English academic research article | | | | PO - 2 : | learns English spelling rules and grammar | | | | PO - 3 : | reviews English articles | | | | PO - 4 : | presents English articles at international conferences | | | | PO - 5 : | writes thesis and project proposals in English | | | | PO - 6 : | learns English words in various fields | | | | PO - 7 : | learns writing an abstract in English | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course provides graduate students with formal instruction in the genres and mechanics of academic writing at the graduate and professorial level. Through structural and lexical analyses, discussion, and weekly peer editing, graduate students will develop writing and editing skills necessary for their success as graduate students and future faculty. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Writing CV in English | | | Week 2 | Examining English academic articles | | | Week 3 | Identifying the parts of academic articles | | | Week 4 | Writing an academic article absract | | | Week 5 | Examining APA citation guide | | | Week 6 | Techniques for identifying key words | | | Week 7 | Text-based thematic vocabulary study | | | Week 8 | Text-based thematic grammar study (Tenses) | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term | | | Week 10 | Text-based thematic grammar study (Passive Voice) | | | Week 11 | Text-based thematic grammar study (Conjunctions) | | | Week 12 | Writing project proposal | | | Week 13 | Scientific article writing techniques | | | Week 14 | Writing scientific article title | | | Week 15 | Text-based spelling rules | | | Week 16 | General Revision | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 10 | 30 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 176 |
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