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| JLJ2024 | Professional English | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet ARSLAN | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Emel ABDİOĞLU YAZAR | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course has three purposes. It is intended: to introduce the students to the contents of Earth Sciences, to provide examples of authentic texts written in the language typical of the subject, to help the students to practise the skills they will need in order to study the subject via English and to use it when they learn it. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn English equivalents of various geological terms and concepts. | 7.2 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | develop the ability of translating from Englih into Turkish or the other way around. | 7.2 | 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 | | |
| Understanding a printed text. Checking your understanding. Increasing student's vocabulary, especially in Earth Sciences. Checking grammar. Understanding a lecture. Grammar checking and understanding. Writing a text on a certain subject. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and review of course content.
| | | Week 2 | Acidic, intermediate, and basic rocks.
| | | Week 3 | Definitions of tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, alkaline rocks.
| | | Week 4 | Metamorphic processes.
| | | Week 5 | Concepts of strata, strike, dip, and dip direction. | | | Week 6 | Concepts of basal conglomerate, unconformity. | | | Week 7 | Definitions of fault, fracture, and fold. | | | Week 8 | Processes of mineral deposit formation. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Earth?s interior. | | | Week 11 | Fossils. | | | Week 12 | Orogeny. | | | Week 13 | Porosity and permeability. | | | Week 14 | Concepts of engineering studies (Tunnel, Dam, Landslide, etc.). | | | Week 15 | Geological epochs. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Lapidus, D.F., 1990. Dictionary of Geology, Collins Books, London. | | | |
| 1 | Alexander, L.G., 1988. Longman English grammar. Longman, London. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 7 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 107 |
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