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YDI1008 | @English-2 | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Yunus Emre KARABACAK | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The aim is to provide students with comprehensive knowledge related to their field of study, to teach them the fundamental concepts of their discipline, and to enable them to express the knowledge they acquire by reading relevant sources in the classroom environment. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Students will be able to comprehend selected texts related to their field, construct sentences in this area, and write compositions related to their discipline. | 21 | 1, | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to learn the basic vocabulary used in their department and translate sentences and texts between Turkish and English. | 21 | 1, | LO - 3 : | Students will understand the importance of specializing in their field and will be able to write various articles related to this area. | 21 | 1, | LO - 4 : | By giving examples related to being a successful employee, students will be able to present this information in the form of a presentation in front of their classmates. | 21 | 1, | 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 | |
Reading passages and grammar exercises related to the field; vocabulary and translation activities between two languages; listening exercises; debates on current topics related to the field. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Education and Life; Description, Using Context Clues, Suffix.
| | Week 2 | City Life; Exploration, Using Context Clues, Identifying Main Idea.
| | Week 3 | Work and Finance; Synonyms and Phrases, Antonyms.
| | Week 4 | Jobs and Professions; Adjective and Noun Phrases; Participles as Adjectives
| | Week 5 | Lifestyles Around the World; Dictionary Work, Understanding Idiomatic Expressions
| | Week 6 | Global Connections; Outlining Essays, Expressing Personal Opinions | | Week 7 | Language and Communication; Distinguishing Theories from Facts, Classifying Word Types
| | Week 8 | Tastes and Preferences; Increasing Reading Speed, Predicting Reading Content.
| | Week 9 | Midterm Exam
| | Week 10 | New Horizons; Prefixes and Suffixes in Words, Summarizing
| | Week 11 | Medicine, Myths, and Magic; Conducting Information Scanning, Inferring Meaning from Context
| | Week 12 | Media; Using Context Clues, Writing Main Idea Sentences
| | Week 13 | Freedom and Justice for All; Identifying Important | | Week 14 | Language and Learning; Text Analysis, Identifying Verbs
| | Week 15 | Gender; Using Contextual and Structural Clues, Paraphrasing the Main Idea
| | Week 16 | Final Exam | | |
1 | Velioğlu, A., Kandiller, B. 1996; Reader at work-1-2, METU, Ankara | | |
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Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | | | |
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