Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
ENGLISH-I	Second cycle	YBD 501		1	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	NONE
Language of instruction	ENGLISH
Coordinator	NAZIM ŞANLI
Lecturer(s)	NAZIM ŞANLI
Teaching assitant(s)	NONE
Mode of delivery	FACE TO FACE
Course objective	The course aims to improve students' grammar and linguistic abilities in accordance with Elementary and Pre-intermediate levels. The course also aims to promote skills such as perceiving daily speeches, capturing the key points of news in mass media, expressing their thoughts and emotions in written and oral mediums.
Course description	The course is comprised of 14 units which will be covered each week. Units help to improve integrated skills which are related to English language and perception of British culture.

Course contents

1	Tense Revision (Present Simple, Present Progressive, Past Simple, Past Progressive,)
2	Tense Revision ( Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Progressive, Past Perfect Simple, Past P
3	Future with 'going to', Future with 'will', Future Progressive, Future Perfect Simple, Future Perfe
4	Modal/Auxiliary Verbs 1: Can/Could/Be able to, Must/Have to, Will/Would
5	Modal/Auxiliary Verbs 2: May/Might, Need, Shall/Should/Ought to, Dare
6	Nouns: Countable Nouns, Plural Nouns, Uncountable Nouns, Singular Plural, Collective Nouns
7	Comparisons, Participles as Adjectives, Adverbs, Order of Adverbs
8	Comparisons, Participles as Adjectives, Adverbs, Order of Adverbs
9	Midterm Exam
10	Infinitive with 'to', Infinitive without 'to', Infinitive Forms
11	Gerund, Gerund or Infinitive
12	Conditionals
13	Unreal Past Tenses, Suppose, As if/As though, Would rather, Had better, Wish/Hope
14	Passive Voice
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.
2	Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
3	Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
4	Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and
5	Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encounter
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

1	To develop at a certain level of the knowledge on the basis of mathematics education received at the undergraduate level.
2	To use theoretical and practical knowledge obtained in their research areas.
3	Be able to use in their studies as integrating the knowledge they have in their own study areas with the knowledge in different disciplines.
4	To transfer the current developments in mathematics and their own research to researchers who work the same area or outside of their field.
5	To respect social and scientific ethical values in the stages of arrangement, interpretation and usage of datas related to their works.
6	To use methods to access the information in their own research area or in other disciplines efficiently and in accordance with ethical values.
7	Ability to use mathematical knowledge in technology effectively and efficiently.
8	To share information by participating in national and international scientific meetings related to their study areas.
9	Be able to understand and interpret as evaluating by critical approaches a new information encountered in their study areas.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	6	84
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	5	5	25
Homework	2	20	40
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	3	5	15
Preparation for midterm exams	1	10	10
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			186
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	30	0
Quiz	5	0
Homework	5	0
Semester total		0
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

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