COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BLÖ 2012 OCCUPATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR TIJEN AKADA

Offered to

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop the ability of the prospective teachers studing at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology regarding using English for proffessional purposes. With this in mind they are asked to read and analyse computer related texts and acquire the computer jargon.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to use several reading strategies while reading computer related texts
2   To be able to guess the meanings of computer related vocabulary
3   To be able to understand what the words refer to in a context
4   To be able to guess the content of computer related text by looking at its title
5   To be able to guess the main idea of a computer related text
6   To be able to answer questions about a computer related text
7   To be able to use punctuation marks and other symbols in a computer related text

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the syllabus
2 Skimming skills
3 Scanning skills
4 Finding references
5 Guessing the meanings of the words
6 Guessing the contents of the texts
7 Finding main ideas
8 Midterm
9 Answering comperehension questions
10 Answering comperehension questions
11 Answering comperehension questions
12 Answering comperehension questions
13 Answering comperehension questions
14 Answering comperehension questions
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Collin. S. (1997). Dictionary of Multimedia. UK. Peter Collin Publishing.
2. Websters 9th New Collegiate Dictionary. Merriam Websters. 1986. MA. USA.
3. Instructor's unpublished lesson notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

akada_2000@yahoo.com
Instructor Tijen AKADA
Dokuz Eylül University
Buca Faculty of Education
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology
Hasan Ali Yücel Building, Floor:3, Room:313
35160 Buca/Izmir/ TURKEY

Office Hours

Wed 2pm-3pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoratical 14 3 42
Pre class reading 12 1 12
Midterm preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 29 29
Mıdterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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.1535
LO.2535
LO.3535
LO.4535
LO.5535
LO.6535
LO.7535