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| ULS2020 | Professional English-II | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Öğretim Görevlisi Cem KÜÇÜKALİ | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Alper T. Bulut | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The students will be able to comprehend academic publications with the support of various articles and publications in the field of international relations and to gain the ability to make academic publications. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Read and comprehend academic publications | 4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Learn citing and paraphrasing | 4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Learn to use resources in academic publications | 4 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Produce essays and articles regarding relevant subjects. | 4 | 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 | | |
| Professional English courses are aimed at improving the academic language and academic skills students need in both the general university and the department they are studying. In these classes students improve their ability to broadcast in English through an effective writing process consisting of planning, research, information gathering and editing. In the academic writing process, students will also be taught the necessary citation, explanation and report writing skills. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | Analyzing EU Council Reports | | | Week 3 | Analyzing EU Parliament?s reports regarding Turkey | | | Week 4 | Analyzing EU Commission press releases | | | Week 5 | Analyzing EU progress reports on Turkey | | | Week 6 | Analyzing NY Times editorial articles | | | Week 7 | Analyzing Washington Post editorial articles | | | Week 8 | Analyzing Foreign Policy articles | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Analyzing White House Press Releases | | | Week 11 | Analyzing Kremlin Press Releases | | | Week 12 | Analyzing UN Press Releases | | | Week 13 | Analyzing NATO Press Releases | | | Week 14 | Student presentations | | | Week 15 | Student presentations | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Various diplomatic and academic texts, daily news articles. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/03/2022 | 60 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 16/06/2022 | 60 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 3 | 18 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 4 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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