COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGLISH GRAMMAR

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 1009 ENGLISH GRAMMAR COMPULSORY 2 1 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZCAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to carry students knowledge of English to an advanced level and help them use their knowledge gained in this course in reading, writing and speaking skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to identify various grammatical structures
2   identify the functions of grammatical structures
3   compare and differentiate structures and units similar to each other in terms of function and formal structure
4   use his/her knowledge in grammar in other foreign language skills (reading, writing, speaking)
5   use his/her knowledge in grammar in making textual analysis during academic studies and follow the literature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Giving students information about the course content and requirements; learning students expectations from the course
2 Tenses in English Lecture and exercises
3 Tenses in English Lecture and exercises
4 Tenses in English Lecture and exercises
5 Passive Voice Lecture and exercises
6 Passive Voice Lecture and exercises
7 Reported Speech Lecture and exercises
8 Midterm Examination
9 Conditional Clauses Lecture and exercises
10 Clauses: Noun Clauses Lecture and exercises
11 Clauses: Relative Clauses Lecture and exercises
12 Clauses: Adverbial Clauses Lecture and exercises
13 Common Mistakes Lecture and exercises
14 Overview and Exercises Exercises

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hoyt Schmidt, H. (1995). Advanced English Grammar. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures: Lectures are designed in a way that students will remember their knowledge in grammar and carry this knowledge to an advanced level. After necessary information is given in class, it is assured through exercises that students can use their knowledge in practice
2. Discussion: It is an indispensable part of the course in terms of its creating an environment where students share their answers and their views about these answers
3. Quiz: It is important in terms of determining the level of students comprehension and the subjects where they have difficulties
4. Midterm Examination: It is used in evaluating students performance in the first half of the term
5. Final Examination: It is used in evaluating students performance throughout the term

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: These will be evaluated by the midterm and final examinations
2. LO 4-5: These will be evaluated through in-class discussions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is compulsory
2. If students have not come to the class, this situation will not be considered as an excuse for missing quizzes
3. Midterm examination, paper, final examination and participation will be taken into consideration in the overall evaluation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Arsev Ayşen Arslanoğlu
E-mail: arsev@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 12 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5454

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