Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Tilda SAYDI

Assoc. Prof. Mehmet SAYIN

English Text Interpretation II

Course Code	: İDE306
Course Type	: Required
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

Teaching basic reading and comprehension techniques and enabling student to analyze various texts with these techniques.

Course Content

Practices with examples and exercises on textual analysis after teaching necessary techniques.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Ins. Özgür ESEN

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to comprehend items such as topic sentence, main and subordinate supportive clauses, conclusion sentence.
2.	To be able to make generalization from the general to the specific.
3.	Stating the main idea which is explicit or implicit in a text with examples.
4.	To be able to comprehend how to use techniques such as exemplification, listing, cause and effect, classification in supportive sentences.
5.	To be able to make an analysis of a literary text.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	1. Öztürk, Cesur, Building Skills for Proficiency, Pelikan Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2008.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Necessary practices to comprehend the writer’s implicit or explicit expressions.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Necessary practices with exercises to comprehend the writer’s implicit or explicit expressions

Week 3 - Theoretical

Necessary practices to differentiate the main idea from the supportive ideas.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Necessary practices to differentiate the main idea from the supportive ideas.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Necessary practices with exercises to differentiate the main idea from the supportive ideas

Week 6 - Theoretical

Usage of skimming and scanning techniques to get the general idea.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Usage of skimming and scanning techniques to get the general idea

Week 8 - Theoretical

Usage of skimming and scanning techniques to get the general idea

Week 9 - Theoretical

Exercises on the usage of skimming and scanning techniques to get the general idea

Week 10 - Theoretical

Exercises on the usage of skimming and scanning techniques to get the general idea

Week 11 - Theoretical

Teaching the technique of reaching the hidden meaning by making inferences from the words of the writer

Week 12 - Theoretical

Teaching the technique of reaching the hidden meaning by making inferences from the words of the writer

Week 13 - Theoretical

Exercises on teaching the technique of reaching the hidden meaning by making inferences from the words of the writer

Week 14 - Theoretical

Exercises on teaching the technique of reaching the hidden meaning by making inferences from the words of the writer

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Assignment	1	1	2	3
Midterm Examination	1	6	2	8
Final Examination	1	6	2	8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1			5	4		4	4	4	4	4		4
OÇ-2			5	4		4	4	4	4	4		4
OÇ-3			5	4		4	4	4	4	4		4
OÇ-4			5	4		4	4	4	4	4		4
OÇ-5			5	4		4	4	4	4	4		4

Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Tilda SAYDI

Assoc. Prof. Mehmet SAYIN