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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS EED 1007 DEVELOPMENT OF READING & WRITING SKILLS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR EMINE YEŞIM ZORAL

Offered to

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is to give the practice of skills required for successful academic writing and reading in engineering area. Development of research documentation techniques will be enabled via practical writing assignments. Technical research papers will be reviewed for faster reading and new vocabulary.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to follow a research documentation 2   To be able to prepare a technical documantation in English 3   To be able to give a technical presentation in English 4   To be able to listen and understand a presentation in English 5   To be able to use English fluently in technical communication.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Basic grammar review 2 Basic grammar review 3 Transferable skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing 4 Reading strategies to comprehend challenging texts 5 Terminology in electrical engineering 6 Exam 1 7 Analysis of academic writing in terms of rhetorical purpose, audience. 8 Analysis of academic writing in terms of content, genre, pattern 9 Development of stylistic features 10 Techniques for presentation 11 Write well-structured sentences and paragraphs in standard English 12 Writing a basic research paper 13 Exam II 14 Critisizing your own and others writing

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading technical documents, homeworks, exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 ASG ASSIGNMENT 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for final exam 1 4 4 Midterm 2 4 8 Final 1 4 4 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 4 2 5 3 LO.2 4 2 5 3 LO.3 4 2 5 3 LO.4 4 2 5 3 LO.5 4 2 5 3