Information Package / Course Catalogue
English Through Skills
Course Code: YD101
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: N/A
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 4
Prt.: 0
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This is an A1 (beginner) level course. This course is intended to enable the basic learners to learn and acquire the grammar topics and the words at level A1, as well as to use them effectively in combination with the skills combined with real life conditions. Communicative approach is emphasized.

Course Content

This course provides students with the opportunity to study basic subjects such as introducing oneself, greeting, talking about places where they live, numbers, colors, speaking about their families, talking about activities and hobbies, talking about topics such as days, weeks, months. Throughout the course, students are introduced to basic grammatical subjects such as have got/has got, the verb "be", possessive adjectives, there is / are, imperative sentences, modal verb (can), quantitative adjectives (some, any), contrast conjuction (but) and simple present tense.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Barış ÇAVUŞ
Ins. Beyhan SEZER
Ins. Bilge Sevim SOYKUT
Ins. Canay KARCI AKTAŞ
Ins. Cansın ÇALIŞKAN
Ins. Dilek ATEŞ
Ins. Emre DİNÇER
Ins. Ercan YILMAZ
Ins. Ersin SAMUR
Ins. Esma ACUN
Ins. Fethiye EFENDİ KIR
Ins. Göksel TURAN
Ins. Gülsün POYRAZ SOFRACI
Ins. Hasan Ulvi EVREN
Ins. Hatice KURT
Ins. Hayri ARGUNAT
Ins. İrem Gül OKŞAR
Ins. Lütfi SARAÇ
Ins. Mehmet Burak OKŞAR
Ins. Mehmet Niyazi YAĞMUR
Ins. Murat MADAK
Ins. Özlem DİLAVER
Ins. Özlem MADAK
Ins. Pınar UĞUR
Ins. Rıdvan KORKUT
Ins. Saim ÖZKAN
Ins. Sevim EVREN
Ins. Sibel ARABACI
Ins. Soner SOFRACI
Ins. Yasir YAREN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to introduce themselves and greet people in different ways.
2.To be able to talk about their hometown and where they live, ask people where they live and where they are from and what their nationality and language are.
3.To be able to talk about the family members using personel pronouns, possessive adjectives and "have got / has got"
4.To be able to talk about free time activities and hobbies, tell their favourite hobbies and ask people about their favourite activities and hobbies.
5.To be able to talk about the days of week and the months of year, tell their birthdays and important days and say which days and months they like or dislike.
6.To be able to tell the places in a city and their locations, and ask people where they are.
7.To be able to ask and tell the time and arrange a meeting with someone.
8.To be able to talk about their abilities and which sport activities they can do and can't do.
9.To be able to form an imperative sentence
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Alphabet + Numbers, Greeting + Introducing Yourself, The simple present form of "To Be"
Week 2 - Theoretical
Wh- Questions With The Verb "Be", This-That-These-Those Plural and Irregular Nouns + Adjectives
Week 3 - Theoretical
Have got / has got + Family Members, Possessive Adjectives + Colours, There is / There are + Places in a town
Week 4 - Theoretical
A / An / Some / Any, Prepositions of time and place + Months of the year
Week 5 - Theoretical
Imperatives + Telling the time, Can / Can't for ability + Sport Activities, Conjunctions (and & but & because & so) + dates
Week 6 - Theoretical
Simple Present Tense (Afirmative and Negative Forms) + Hobbies, Simple Present Tense (Question Form and Short Answers) + Interests
Week 7 - Theoretical
Present Continuous Tense (Afirmative and Negative Forms) + House Vocabulary, Present Continuous Tense (Question Form)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Simple Present Tense vs Present Continuous Tense + Housework Vocabulary, Be going to + Holiday Activities
Week 9 - Theoretical
Will / Won't, Must / Mustn't + Jobs
Week 10 - Theoretical
Have to / Don't have to + Personality Adjectives, Countable / Uncountable Nouns + Food and Drink
Week 11 - Theoretical
Offers and Requests + Parts of the Body, Some / Any / Much / Many + Describing People
Week 12 - Theoretical
Simple Past Tense (Was-Wasn’t/Were/Weren’t) + Past Time Expressions, Simple Past Tense (Affirmative Form) + Common Phrasal Verbs
Week 13 - Theoretical
Simple Past Tense (Negative Form), Simple Past Tense (Question Form and Short Answers)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Tag Questions + Health and Illnesses
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%100
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142484
Individual Work1505
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes