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ELT 103 - Writing Skills-I

Faculty of Education · English Language Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 2 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Eyyüp Yaşar KÜRÜM
Instructors: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Eyyüp Yaşar KÜRÜM

Course Objective

Paragraph forms and structure; technical specifications of paragraph; paragraph analysis; extraction of paragraph plan; description, comparison, discussion, narration, text writing, abstract writing, interpretation; writing short stories and articles (on books and / or films) and official / informal letters.

Course Content

Reviewing the basic features of the paragraphs and articles, reviewing the paragraph types, extracting the outline of the article and the links between the sentences, estimating the text of the manuscript, creating a selection file for writing assignments, reading different paragraphs and writing a sample paragraph,
 

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. The students develop steps such as generating ideas, organizing, planning, reviewing and editing in paragraphs.
  2. The students recognize texts from various fields and know the relevant words.
  3. The students demonstrate the ability to combine their ideas.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerExercise and PracticePresentationGuided PracticeSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15230
Out of Class Study Period10110
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment10110
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Meeting students. Informing students about the course of the lesson.No
2Unit 10. Types of sentences (The author recommends us that we begin with this unit)Yes
3Unit 10. Types of sentences.Yes
4Unit 1. Paragraph structure.Yes.
5Unit 2. Unity and coherence.Yes.
6Unit 2. Unity and coherence.Yes
7Unit 3. Supporting details: facts, quotations, and statistics.Yes.
8Unit 3. Supporting details: facts, quotations, and statistics.Yes.
9Mid-term exam.Yes
10Unit 4. From paragraph to essay.Yes.
11Unit 5. Chronological order: process essays.Yes.
12Unit 6. Cause/Effect essays.Yes.
13Unit 7. Comparison/contrast essays.Yes
14Unit 12. Noun clauses.Yes.
15Unit 14. Adjective clauses (Relative clauses)Yes.
16Final exam.Yes.