COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 4144 COMMUNICATION SKILLS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YUSUF ZORBA

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

1. develop Professional communication skills in English by learning appropriate linguistic and non-linguistic manners and etiquette.
2. advance their competence and confidence in such language areas as, telephoning, writing formalletters , etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   analyse the ways and procedures of job seeking process
2   produce ways to adapt themselves to working environment
3   learn how to expand their career prospects
4   develop their presentation skills, their competence and confidence in a working environment
5   initiate and maintain discussions on topics about their field of study.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 *restate given informationby answering questions * identify their own personal characteristics * recognize their personal characteristicsby using a mind map
2 *identify the stages of job application *list the stages of job application *skim text to find specific information
3 *find specific information from a listening extract *recognize job-hunting methods *express their opinions about job- hunting methods
4 * scan the advertisements to guess the meanings of given words * select an appropriate job for themselves by considering their own skills and experience.
5 * recognize CV
6 * recognize personal statement * identify the functions of a personal statement
7 Midterm Exam
8 * recognize personal statement * identify the functions of a personal statement
9 * skim text to find specific information * produce sentences about their work experience *demonstrate their interests in their CVs
10 * recognize tips for interviews * recognize the importance of positive first impression * distinguish good and bad advice for successful first impression
11 * recognize common mistakes in interviews * discuss ways of how to avoid common mistakes * use tips to avoid common mistakes
12 * demonstrate that they have done research about the job by using appropriate language patterns * underline correct language items by listening to an extract
13 * underline phrases that demonstrate the STAR method * classify phrases of STAR method * use a range of expressions to structure skills-related answers
14 * underline the language items that emphasise positive information in given texts * discuss the techniques of softening after listening to an extract
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

-Cambridge English for Job-hunting/ Calm Downes/ Cambridge University Press
- Course pack by Foreign Languages Unit
- Communication and Computer-based Learning Skills: English Expeditions, Seibido Publishing Co., Ltd.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review , Presentation and discussion , Case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 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

Lecture; team/class diccussions; communicative / meaningful language exercises; in and out of class, reading/writing tasks

Assessment Criteria

1. simulation of adaption for working life in shipping industry with field study.
2. Improvement of cv demonstration with indoor and outdoor works.
3. development of self expression and crowd adressing techniques with presentation techniques.
4. developing of individual and group discussion competencies with focus group and brainstorming methods.
5. Evaluation of orientation of negative working conditions with exams.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-posta: ali.toz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 91

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.1333
LO.23333
LO.35
LO.43
LO.53333

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