COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EFFECTIVE SPEAKING AND WRITING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SGK 4002 EFFECTIVE SPEAKING AND WRITING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ALI TÜRKEL

Offered to

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course is about understanding the fundamental principles of effective speaking and writing. The course aims to give students speaking and writing skills by making practices and highlighting the importance of body language and intonation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about the types of speaking and writing
2   To know basic concepts covered in effective writing and speaking studies
3   To be capable of writing and speaking effectively.
4   To have the ability to use course s terminology and to have knowledge about Turkish grammar.
5   To have the ability to notice and correct narrative mistakes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Effective speaking and writing concepts: Basics
2 Speaking types; Factors affecting speaking; effective techniques; the importance of body language.
3 Narrative types used in speaking. Importance of word accent and intonation.
4 Practices made on speaking examples: Importance of diction.
5 Student presentations: Practices of delivering a pre-prepared speech. Correcting mistakes.
6 Student presentations: Practices of delivering a pre-prepared speech. Correcting mistakes.
7 Student presentations: Practices of delivering a pre-prepared speech. Correcting mistakes.
8 Mid-Term exam
9 General Evaluation
10 Ways of narrowing a topic: Explanation, giving examples, making comparisons, quoting, use of statistics etc.
11 Writing techniques: Explanatory, narrative etc.
12 Working on given examples and doing writing exercises
13 Writing exercises
14 Proofreading
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bayrav, Süheyla, Yerguz, Ismail. Okuma, Anlama, Yorumlama: Bir Yaklaşım Denemesi. Istanbul: Multilinguel, 2001.
Göktürk, Akşit. Okuma Uğraşı. Istanbul: Inkılap, 1988.
Göktürk, Akşit. Sözün Ötesi: Yazılar. Istanbul: Inkılap, 1989.
Karadağ, Metin. Edebiyat Bilgi ve Kuramları. Izmir: Ürün Yayınları, 2000.
Kıran, Zeynel, Kıran Ayşe. Yazınsal Okuma Süreçleri. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınları, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and student presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Arasınav
2 DTK Diğer Etkinlik
3 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
4 BNS BNS VZ * 0.30 + DTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Bütünleme Notu
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + DTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Class participation, coming to class prepared, and ability to use course s terminology.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.turkel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14.30 15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 22 22
Preparing Presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1134
LO.2145
LO.3145
LO.4145
LO.5145

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