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| END2027 | English in Business | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Dr Pınar BABAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To equip the students with effective technical communication skills in written and/or oral in order to be able to develop a succesful career. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Have an ability to communicate effectively in English written or oral in working environment. | 7 | 1,5 | | LO - 2 : | Work well in teams | 6 | 5 | | LO - 3 : | For various targets and situations, students will be able to apply their English knowledge. | 9 | 5 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| presentation techniques, group discussion language, comparing and contrasting, the process of finding a job, preparing a resume, supporting an argument in a meeting, studying articles, working on grammer,
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | presentation techniques | | | Week 2 | Group discussions | | | Week 3 | Writing professional emails and speaking on the phone | | | Week 4 | Group presentation | | | Week 5 | Finding a job, preparing a resume | | | Week 6 | Supporting an argument | | | Week 7 | comparing and contrasting | | | Week 8 | Midterm exam. | | | Week 9 | working on articles | | | Week 10 | working on articles | | | Week 11 | studying grammer: sentence structure, subject, verb, object, tenses in English, conjuction words, reporting sentences | | | Week 12 | studying grammer | | | Week 13 | Organising paragraphs | | | Week 14 | Group presentations | | | Week 15 | Group presentations | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Burnett, R. E. 1994; Technical Communication, Wadsworth Publishing Company, California. | | | |
| 1 | Anderson, J. and Paul, V. 1999; Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach, Harcourt, Fort Worth. | | | 2 | McCarthy, M., O'Dell, F., 2008. Academic Vocabulary in Use, Cambrigde University Press | | | 3 | various websites: youtube, coursera.org, bbc.co.uk/learningenglish, purdue online writing lab | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/04/2024 | 1,5 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 4
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1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/06/2024 | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Uygulama | 1.5 | 3 | 4.5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 56.5 |
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