Information Package / Course Catalogue
Foreign Language I
Course Code: YD183
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

This is an A1 level (Starter) course. This course’s main objective is to improve the level of the students who have just started learning English or the students who are at their beginner level. The course gives opportunities to students to improve their beginner level studying integrated skills via real life contexts. Communicative approach is also emphasized.

Course Content

This course enables students to study on basic contents of English such as; introducing and greeting, hometown and countries, numbers, age, phone numbers, family, activities and hobbies, time, food and shopping. During the course, students meet basic grammar points such as have got, to be, possessive adjectives, a/an, there is/are, telling the time, Present Simple, adverbs of frequency.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Burcu AYDIN
Assoc. Prof. Güliz TURGUT DOST
Ins. Saim ÖZKAN
Prof. Faruk KALAY
Prof. Yıldız TURGUT
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 tell their age and ask people their ages.
4.To be able to talk about the family members using personel pronouns and possessive adjectives.
5.To be able to talk about free time activities and hobbies, tell their favourite hobbies, rank the activities and ask people about their favourite activities and hobbies.
6.To be able to talk about days, weeks, months and seasons, tell their birthdays and important days and say which days, months and seasons they like or dislike.
7.To be able to tell the places in a city and their locations, and ask people where they are.
8.To be able to ask and tell the time and arrange a meeting with someone.
9.To be able to do a shopping list, tell the names, colours and prices of clothes, tell which clothes they and others usually wear and like, and use the expressions about shopping.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The Verb Be (singular-plural) Statements and Questions Question Words: Who-What-Where-How old? + Vocabulary about Countries, Nationalities, Languages
Week 2 - Theoretical
This-That-These-Those Plural and Irregular Nouns
Week 3 - Theoretical
Have got/Has got Possessive ‘s and Possessive Adjectives + Vocabulary about Family
Week 4 - Theoretical
There is/There + Places in a Town
Week 5 - Theoretical
Prepositions of Time and Place, Positive and Negative Imperatives + Months of the Year + Telling the time
Week 6 - Theoretical
Can/Can’t + Vocabulary about Sports
Week 7 - Theoretical
Present Simple Tense (Positive-Negative-Questions-Short Answers) + Hobbies and Interests
Week 8 - Theoretical
Adverbs of Frequency + Object Pronouns, Like+ing + Adjectives to Describe Feelings
Week 9 - Theoretical
Be going to: Intentions and Predictions + Holiday Activities / Future Tense (Will / Won't)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Can/Can’t (Asking for Permission) + Why-Because + Clothes Vocabulary about Money and Prices
Week 11 - Theoretical
Must/Mustn’t / Can’t (Prohibition) + Personality Adjectives
Week 12 - Theoretical
Have to/Don’t have to / Needn’t + Jobs
Week 13 - Theoretical
Present Continuous Tense (Positive-Negative-Questions-Short Answers) + Vocabulary about House and Furniture
Week 14 - Theoretical
Present Simple Tense vs. Present Continuous Tense + Vocabulary about Housework
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%100
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory154060
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)71
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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1
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026