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| ORM2016 | Professional English - II | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Derya MUMCU KÜÇÜKER | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Ertuğrul BİLGİLİ | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach English technical terms relation to Forest Engineering, to make students read English texts, to make students translate English texts and preparing English presentations. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will able to learn English technical terms in relation to forest engineering. | 7 | | | LO - 2 : | Students will able to read and understand English texts having forestry terms. | 7 | | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to translate English texts in relation to forest engineering. | 7 | | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to prepare English texts and presentations in relation to forest engineering. | 7 | | | 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 | | |
| Teaching technical terms in relation to forest management, silviculture, ecology, forest transportation, forest protection, forest botany, watershed management and forest economics in the context of forest engineering discipline. Reading and understanding texts including forestry terms. Translating both from Turkish into English and from English to Turkish. English text and presentation preparation including forestry terms. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Technical terms in relation to botanic, forest management,silviculture, forest policy and economics, forest roads and transportation, forest conservation, forest soil and watershed management | | | Week 2 | Watching videos about forest ecosystems, reading and understanding texts | | | Week 3 | Watching videos about biodiversity, reading and understanding texts | | | Week 4 | Watching videos about global warming, climate change, and carbon sequestration in forests, reading and understanding texts | | | Week 5 | Watching videos about deforestation, degradation, afforestation reading and understanding texts | | | Week 6 | Watching videos about non-wood forest products reading and understanding texts | | | Week 7 | Watching videos about forest inventory reading and understanding texts | | | Week 8 | Watching videos about land use/land cover, erosion, landslide reading and understanding texts | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Watching videos about ecosystem services reading and understanding texts | | | Week 11 | Watching videos about wildfires reading and understanding texts | | | Week 12 | Watching videos about remote sensing, geographic information systems reading and understanding texts | | | Week 13 | Watching videos about the sustainability of natural resources reading and understanding texts | | | Week 14 | Preparing presentations including English forestry terms. | | | Week 15 | Preparing presentations including English forestry terms. | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Schuck, A., Paivinen, R., Hytonen, T., Pajari, B., 2002. Compilation of Forestry Terms and Definitions. Available from internet: http://www.efi.int/files/attachments/publications/ir_06.pdf | | | |
| 1 | MFR, 2008. Glossary of Forestry Terms in British Columbia, Ministry of Forests and Range, 130 pp. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 26/04/2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 26/06/2021 | 1,00 | 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 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 86 |
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