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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MUT 1052 ENGLISH LISTENING SKILLS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

LECTURER AYDAN APAYDIN

Offered to

Translation and Interpreting Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Course Objective

This course aims at showing students how they can adjust their listening behavior to deal with a variety of situations, types of input and listening purposes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develop a set of listening strategies and match appropriate strategies to each listening situation. 2   Listen to the texts for the main idea and for specific details. 3   Select strategies that are appropriate to the listening task and use them interactively. 4   Activate background knowledge of the topic in order to predict the content.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction 2 Listening to lectures and notetaking 3 Unit 1. Strategies for listening `predicting 4 Unit 2. Strategies for listening `monitoring 5 Unit 3. Strategies for listening `responding 6 I. Midterm 7 Unit 4. Strategies for listening ` clarifying 8 Unit 5. Strategies for listening `inferencing 9 Unit 6. Strategies for listening `evaluating 10 Unit 7. Post listening tasks focusing on lecture language as well as lecture content 11 Unit 8. Troubleshooting activities dealing with the problems of understanding natural speech : speed and accent 12 Unit 8 part 2 13 Revising 14 Revising, editing and evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Study Listening Tony Lynch 2004 Cambridge University Press 2. Video

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course book `Study Listening contains 2 audio CDs and cassettes. Students practice in 6 macrostrategies for listening, predicting, monitoring, responding, clarifying, inferencing and evaluating.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1 2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2 3 PRC PRACTICE 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 +MTE 2 * 0.20 + PRC * 0.20 +FIN* 0.40 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 +PRC* 0.20 +RST* 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

One midterm exam and a final exam will be given throughout the term.

Assessment Criteria

1. One midterm exam and a final exam will be given throughout the term.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required

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 13 1 13 Tutorials 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for final exam 1 3 3 Preparing assignments 5 5 25 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

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 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 5 2 1 2 4 5 1 LO.2 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 LO.3 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 LO.4 5 1 1 2 3 1 1