ECTS - English for Occupational Purposes I

English for Occupational Purposes I (ENG301) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
English for Occupational Purposes I ENG301 5. Semester 3 0 0 3 3
Pre-requisite Course(s)
ENG201 ve (ENG202 veya ENG204) ve ENG101 ve ENG102
Course Language English
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor MDB Öğretim Görevlileri/ DML instructors
Course Assistants
Course Objectives • This course aims to enhance the students’ language skills and competencies in English in terms of workplace communication skills and help them to apply these skills in professional life. • The students who complete ENG301 can be effective in oral and written interactions in social and business-related environments at level as stated in Common European Framework of Reference.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Reading • identify the main ideas and locate specific information in job-related texts, • make inferences and predictions based on contextual clues, • analyse and critically evaluate business-related reading materials,
  • Listening • identify key points and details in business-related oral interactions, • stay engaged, provide appropriate verbal and non-verbal responses, make judgments, and take structured notes while listening,
  • Speaking • exchange opinions and conduct negotiations using job-related vocabulary appropriately, • initiate and sustain business-related conversations using functional language, • respond effectively and promptly to job-related listening prompts, • present personal, academic, and professional background in a video CV, • deliver well-structured presentations with appropriate body language and clear articulation,
  • Writing • compose professional emails to provide clear and structured feedback, • write an effective CV and cover letter detailing personal, academic, and professional background, • write an agenda and minutes for business meetings, • write a recommendation letter suggesting a suitable candidate for a position, • write a suggestion letter suggesting a suitable candidate for a position.
Course Content Job-related communication skills;the functions such as describing relationships at work,discussing performance reviews and giving feedback,discussing plans and arrangements,using social media for professional communication,discussing on recruitment tests and job interviews,presenting a service or product,writing reviews on websites

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 An Introduction to ENG301 / Course syllabus and coursebook Course Memo
2 UNIT 1: Communication in Business - Identifying the main ideas and locate specific information in job-related texts - Attentively focusing on oral interactions to catch details
3 UNIT 1: Communication in Business - Identifying main ideas and specific information in spoken texts and conversations - Composing professional emails to provide clear and structured feedback - Writing a recommendation letter suggesting a suitable candidate for a position
4 UNIT 2: Building Relationships & Networking - Making inferences and predictions based on the information in the reading texts - Identifying main ideas and specific information in spoken texts and conversations - Initiating and sustaining business-related conversations using functional language
5 UNIT 2: Building Relationships & Networking - Identifying main ideas and specific information in spoken texts and conversations - Initiating and sustaining business-related conversations using functional language - Responding effectively and promptly to job-related listening prompts
6 UNIT 3: Job Application / Video CV - Guessing the meaning of the unknown words by using contextual clues in the reading texts - Being focused, giving suitable verbal or bodily reactions, making appropriate judgements about the details and note -taking while listening - Writing a CV and a Cover letter - Presenting personal, academic, and professional background in a video CV
7 UNIT 4: Job Interviews / Suggestion Letter - Guessing the meaning of the unknown words by using contextual clues in the reading texts - Staying engaged, providing appropriate verbal and non-verbal responses, making judgments, and taking structured notes while listening - Initiating and sustaining business-related conversations using functional language - Writing a Suggestion Letter
8 UNIT 5: Business Meetings - Analysing and critically evaluating business-related reading materials - Attentively focusing on oral interactions to catch details
9 UNIT 5: Business Meetings - Writing an agenda and minutes for business meetings - Writing a suggestion letter suggesting a suitable candidate for a position
10 UNIT 6: AI in the Workplace - Identifying the main ideas and locate specific information in job-related texts - Identifying key points and details in business-related oral interactions
11 UNIT 6: AI in the Workplace - Delivering well-structured presentations with appropriate body language and clear articulation
12 UNIT 7: Marketing and Advertising - Making inferences and predictions based on the information in the reading texts - Identifying key points and details in business-related oral interactions - Exchanging opinions and conduct negotiations using job-related vocabulary appropriately
13 PRESENTATION
14 PRESENTATION
15 • Revision
16 Task Submission

Sources

Course Book 1. NEARPOD Dijital Platformu/ NEARPOD Digital Platform
Other Sources 2. MDB öğretim görevlileri tarafından hazırlanan ek materyaller/Supplementary materials prepared by DML instructors

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 1 20
Homework Assignments 2 40
Presentation 1 40
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students obtain fundamental knowledge about the theoretical approaches, concepts, research methods and techniques of public relations, advertising, media, marketing and integrated marketing. X
2 Students obtain interdisciplinary knowledge about political, cultural, economic and social process within local, national and international levels. X
3 Students obtain knowledge about the effective use of digital media intended for public relations, advertising, marketing and integrated marketing. X
4 Students obtain knowledge about the use of new media tools both theoretically and practically. X
5 Students obtain knowledge about the design and development of any public relations and advertising campaign based on the target group and strategic objectives. X
6 Students obtain knowledge about the organizational communications structures. X
7 Students obtain knowledge about various strategies of crisis management. X
8 Students obtain knowledge about required research, planning, methods and techniques within public relations and advertising fields. X
9 Students obtain knowledge about ethical principles and values of public relations and advertising. X
10 Students obtain knowledge about legal regulations of both communication law and advertising. X
11 Students learn how to communicate with both local and foreign, academic and non-academic stakeholders in order to conduct PR and advertising researches or practices. X
12 Students learn how to work in teamwork for PR and advertising researches and practices. X
13 Students learn how to prepare and conduct various communicational activities of various organizations. X
14 Students learn how to collect information, analyze and present the findings of PR, advertising, marketing and consumer researches
15 Students learn how to plan and conduct media and advertising campaigns.
16 Students learn how to use digital communication tools effectively and design a product.
17 Students have the capacity of using theoretical background and conducting methodologies in order to gather information, analyze and interpret within PR and advertising fields.
18 Students have the capacity of understanding the social-cultural context of PR and advertising practices for the related organizations.
19 Students have the capacity of following the latest developments at national and global levels.
20 Students have the capacity of taking the responsibilities for the possible problems in any PR program or campaign and develop creative solutions.
21 Students have the capacity of using various applications and technological tools to conduct PR and advertising programs and advertising campaigns.
22 Students have the capacity of exercising the ethical codes based on national and international professional standards in PR and advertising activities.
23 Students have the capacity of forming and practicing brand management strategies.
24 Students have the capacity of dealing with the possible risks in organizations.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 1 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 3 3
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 2 3 6
Quizzes/Studio Critics 1 4 4
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 77