Communication Skills in Turkish (TLL 001)

2021 Summer
School of Languages
Turkish Lang.&Literature(TLL)
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Aslan Erdem aslanerdem@sabanciuniv.edu,
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Turkish
Undergraduate
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Workshop
Interactive,Communicative
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CONTENT

Communication Skills in Turkish is a two-semester course for the students of Foundation Development Year students, which aims at the improvement of students' academic thinking and writing skills through the mastery of Turkish. The main objectives are to display the interconnectedness of the skills such as critical thinking, reading, writing, listening and speaking; to teach practical techniques for a more effective use of these skills; to orientate students towards a critical and analytical use of the language through an efficient perception and practice of multi-layered nature of academic work(research, pre-writing preparations, drafting, revising and rewriting); and to help students comprehend academic communication as a process of collective learning through peer evaluation tasks. Students are expected to write several essays, prepare an oral presentation, carry out peer evaluation, and engage in some listening and reading comprehension tasks throughout the course.

OBJECTIVE

The main objectives are to display the interconnectedness of the skills such as critical thinking, reading, writing, listening and speaking; to teach practical techniques for a more effective use of these skills; to orientate students towards a critical and analytical use of the language through an efficient perception and practice of multi-layered nature of academic work (research, pre-writing preparations, drafting, revising and rewriting); and to help students comprehend academic communication as a process of collective learning through peer evaluation tasks.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to: * formulate a proposition that would express the main idea of an argumentative essay * understand and effectively use the defending strategies in an argumentative essay * grasp and practice the multi-layered nature of academic writing (research, pre-writing preparations, drafting, revising and rewriting) read academic and argumentative essays comprehensively, discern their propositions and arguments, see them as structures composed of various parts with different functions * analyze, synthesize and utilize academic texts in order to formulate an appropriate response to writing prompts * avoid plagiarism and demonstrate their understanding of academic integrity by integrating sources effectively into their course work by using the APA referencing system * plan and organize information, and formulate their own perspective in order to prepare an argument-based presentation * take part in class discussions by responding to input, listening to others and expressing their own opinions appropriately

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Assignment 50
Participation 15
Presentation 20
Homework 15

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Textbook

Türkçe İletişim Becerileri