ECTS - Research Techniques and Academic Writing
Research Techniques and Academic Writing (ELIT105) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Research Techniques and Academic Writing | ELIT105 | 1. Semester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Brain Storming. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to provide students with some degree of expertise in research so that they attain some skills to conduct and evaluate research and formulate the obtained results in an academic report. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | General characteristics of academic paragraphs and essays that are coherent, cohesive and well-organized as well as the skills of doing research for a given topic and the basics of MLA citation rules. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Introduction |
| 2 | Akademik paragrafı oluşturan temel özellikler | Writing a thesis statement |
| 3 | Exercise on valid thesis statements | Writing a paragraph, developing and supporting ideas, shaping and outlining ideas |
| 4 | Writing a paragraph, developing and supporting ideas, shaping and outlining ideas | Writing an essay |
| 5 | Types of Paragraph Continued (Classification paragraph, Comparison and Contrast paragraph, Cause and Effect paragraph) | Types of Paragraph |
| 6 | Writing an Essay | Writing an Essay |
| 7 | Writing an Essay | Writing an Essay |
| 8 | Writing an Essay | Araştırma yapmaya giriş |
| 9 | How to do research? | How to do research) |
| 10 | Midterm | Revision |
| 11 | MLA Style | MLA Style |
| 12 | MLA Style | MLA Style |
| 13 | Quotations and Plagiarism, Exercise on Identifying Plagiarism, Quotations from Sources | Quotations and Plagiarism |
| 14 | In-class assignment I | Revision |
| 15 | In-class assignment II | Revision |
| 16 | Final Exam | Revision |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Smalley, Regina L and Mary K. Ruetten. Refining Composition Skills. London, Macmillan, 1990. |
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| Other Sources | 2. Reid, Joy M. The Process of Composition. Prentice Hall, 1988 |
| 3. Blanchard, Karen and Christine Root. Ready To Write More. London. Longman. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 30 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| 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 | To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing | X | ||||
| 2 | To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English literature. | X | ||||
| 3 | To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts | X | ||||
| 4 | To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to compare and contrast English literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures | X | ||||
| 7 | To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field | X | ||||
| 8 | To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking | X | ||||
| 9 | To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research | X | ||||
| 10 | To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production | X | ||||
| 11 | The ability to translate various kinds of texts from different disciplines both from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English | X | ||||
| 12 | To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language | X | ||||
| 14 | To be able to understand and be a part of world culture | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total Workload | 178 | ||