The aim of this course is to equip our students with an elementary level of English which will enable them to understanad and talk about everyday topics.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Lecturer Seval SARIYILDIZ AKSU, LecturerAyşegül Gezek, Lecturer Özay Şeker, Lecturer Ebru Temiz, Lecturer Dr. Sinan Bataklar, Lecturer Mehmet Altay
Course Assistant(s)
None
Schedule
Online education.
Office Hour(s)
Update office hours are announced on online education portal CATS at the beginning of every term.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Online education.
Principle Sources
Powerpoint slides about the target topic of the week.
Other Sources
Practice worksheets.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Formal and informal greetings and responses, farewells and responses, people's names and titles.
Online education.
2. Week
Giving your name and address; how to start a conversation, present simple of be +,-,?
Introductions, "be" statements and questions, introducing people, talking about jobs.
Online education.
3. Week
Countries and nationalities, giving commands, responding to commands, subject and object pronouns.
Online education.
4. Week
Singular and plural nouns, demonstrative pronouns, asking questions about new things, office items.
Online education.
5. Week
Talking about time, describing people and things, using positive and negative adjectives.
Online education.
6. Week
Ordinal numbers, describing people and things, making reservations, days of the week, months of the year.
Online education.
7. Week
Talking about clothes and possessions using possessive adjectives and possessive "'s", clothing.
Online education.
8. Week
Talking about clothes and possessions using possessive adjectives, asking questions with "which", "there is / there are"- MIDTERM EXAM
Quiz
9. Week
Talking about things you like and your personal life using the simple present tense , ordering food in a restaurant, vocabulary related to restaurant.
Online education.
10. Week
Talking about schedules and free time activities using frequency adverbs and time expressions "in,on,at".
Online education.
11. Week
Countable and uncountable nouns, talking about prices and amounts using numbers, "some" and "any", vocabulary on leisure activities.
-QUIZ
Online education.
12. Week
Talking about activities using " the present continuous tense" and talking about facts using " the simple present tense".
Online education.
13. Week
Talking about family members, asking questions about them, abilities: " can/can't"
Online education.
14. Week
Asking questions about people in family, making small talk, uncountable nouns, " how" questions.
Online education.
15. Week
Final Exam
Final Exam
16. Week
Final Exam
Final Exam
17. Week
Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Quizzes
1
20
Final Exam
1
80
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Possess knowledge about the theories on children’s, adolescent’s and adults’ physical, emotional, cognitive and ethical development characteristics and applies the methods to solve problems that appear within that domain.
PO-2
Design, develop and apply plans and activities on psychological counseling and guidance targeted to rehabilitate teachers, administrators, parents and individuals to accord with their corresponding institutions.
PO-3
Understand the assessment criteria and the methods in the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance and can apply these purposefully and evaluate their outcomes.
PO-4
Possess the knowledge of professional ethics and the legal obligations while providing guidance service and follows the progress and performs within its limits.
PO-5
Respect all who wants to benefit from the guidance services without discriminating on the grounds of religion, language, race, social class, belief and ideas and tries to support them by paying close attention to the cultural differences.
PO-6
Put their skills on research, inquiry, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity into use for solving problems faced both in professional life and the daily life.
PO-7
Distinguish the pathological cases from the regular cases and correctly identify behavioral and pathological problems and redirects the cases to the related institutions when necessary.
PO-8
Form joint work, run projects and plan activities with colleagues, teachers, administrators, families, social organizations, diverse group of individuals and institutions to help support students’ development and learning.
PO-9
Make use of their technological knowledge and cognitive abilities in following the professional advancements, in literature review, in research and data analysis, in creating plans and various other professional activities.
PO-10
Possess knowledge on learning theories, on the ways in which learning is initiated, on what the effective learning strategies are, and on how these strategies are applied inside and outside the classroom settings and facilitates appropriate environments and organizes programs to this end to support effective individual and group learning.
PO-11
Gain practical skills to perform individual and group psychological counseling to the counselees in the process of identifying individual specific goals, in helping problem solving, in understanding self and developing character.
PO-12
Possess knowledge on special education and identifies individuals in need of special education, and creates individualized educational programs and redirects related cases to the relevant institutions.
PO-13
Help students in their career plans, possesses skills in doing the necessary research for helping students understand the nature of various professions and making the right choices for themselves.
PO-14
Possess the technical information for gathering data about the student, for getting to know the student and in helping the students get to know themselves, and possesses the knowledge of putting their skills on effective communication into use such as listening, posing questions and supporting the case.
PO-15
Take charge in social service efforts with an understanding of the social responsibilities.
PO-16
Present the knowledge and skills acquired within the academic framework of the Psychological Counseling and Guidance program by making links to the interdisciplinary themes and the information on research and inquiry techniques.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases.
LO-2
Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives and things he/she has.
LO-3
Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
LO-4
Can socialize when he/she meets people.
LO-5
Can communicate in a shopping center and do his/her shopping.
