COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4451 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AHU DALGAKIRAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at giving general information concerning the grammar structure of English as a foreign language which will be useful in business life and writings. Moreover it aims to concentrate on issues which will be considered in the preparation of curriculum vitae and letter of intent required in employment or graduate application and to give related information about application to international and national foreign language examinations and question types.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to define the structural characteristics of business English,
2   will be able to recall the grammar knowledge,
3   will be able to use the foreign literature,
4   will be able to adapt the curriculum vitae,
5   will be able to restate the letter of intent.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Business Language - Recommendations For Business Writers
2 A Preview of the Grammar: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Sentence Analysis, Clauses, Phrases, Appositives
3 A Preview of the Grammar: Capitalization, Plural Forms of Nouns
4 A Preview of the Grammar: The Use of Possessive Nouns, Verbs in Sentences, Tenses of Verbs, Regular and Irregular Verbs
5 Building Sentences: Writing Numbers, Uses of the Comma, Variety, Unity, Conciseness, Parallel Structure, Subordination, Emphasis, Things to Avoid
6 How to Prepare a Curriculum Vitae (CV): Things to Do and Things to Avoid
7 Practice of Preparing CV, discussions on several CVs prepared by students
8 Midterm Examination
9 How to Prepare Letter of Intent: Things to Do and Things to Avoid
10 Practice of Preparing Letter of Intent: Discussions on sample letters of intent prepared by students
11 General Overview of Terminology on City Planning
12 Discussion of International Planning Literature through the selected articles
13 Discussion of International Planning Literature through the selected articles
14 Useful Information About English Tests (IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, UDS, KPDS)
15 Final Examination Week
16 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Davis, R., Lingham, C.H. and Payne, G.I. (2003), Business English Workbook, Ginn and Company, London
Supplementary Book(s): Ellison, P.T. and Barry R.E. (2003), Business English for the 21st Century, 3. Baskı, Prentice Hall, New Jersey
References: Murphy, E.M. and Snell, S. (1996), Effective Writing: Plain English at Work, Pitman Publishing, USA
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and the students will learn topics by attending the lectures.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Recalling will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Using, Adapting and Restating will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list and visual material.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahu.dalgakiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 14.00-14.45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 4 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 63

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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