COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WRITING SKILLS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YAÖ 1007 WRITING SKILLS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR ZEYNEP ATEŞ BOZKURT

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To improve the students writing skills in analyzing and producing different text types at a B1-level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students can structure texts using their knowledge on writing processes and text
2   The students can distinguish different types of texts.
3   The students con convert texts into different text types.
4   The students can analyze texts according to perspective, language, content
5   The students can plan and compose a composition.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Writing techniques and writing processes
2 Planning techniques
3 Different text types and their structures
4 Different text types and their stylistic devices
5 Linguistic criteria of different text types
6 Text production of different parts of texts
7 Text analysis of sample texts
8 Midterm Exam
9 Text analysis of sample texts
10 Scientific texts
11 Text completion
12 Text planning of different text types
13 Text production of different text types
14 Text production: Secondary texts in response to a primary text
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Ateş-Bozkurt, Zeynep: Teaching materials for Writing skills I.(is updated every year)
- Fertigkeit Schreiben. 2000. Fernstudieneinheit 12, Langenscheidt
- Duden: 2001 Die deutsche Rechtschreibung, Mannheim, Leipzig, Wien, Zürich.
- Duden : 2001 Grammatik, Mannheim, Leipzig, Wien, Zürich.
- Hohmann, Sandra,: Einfach schreiben, A2-B1 Niveau.
- Schreiter Ina: 2001 Schreibversuche, München .
- Pommmerin, Gabriele: 2000. Tanzen die Wörter in meinem Kopf, Kreatives Schreiben für
den DaF- Unterricht,Max Hueber Verlag

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, individual work, pair work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeynep.ates@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Application 0
Theoretical 13 3 39
Quiz Preparation 0
Paper Preparation 0
Research Presentation 0
Others (Please indicate) 0
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 3 3
Final Preparation 1 6 6
Quizzes 0
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.135453233221
LO.235453243221
LO.335453244221
LO.435453234221
LO.535453243221

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2012 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / INFORMATION ON THE INSTITUTION / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / LLP/ERASMUS