ELT 134 English for Specific PurposesMEF ÜniversitesiAkademik Programlar İngilizce ÖğretmenliğiÖğrenciler için Genel BilgiDiploma EkiErasmus Beyanı
İngilizce Öğretmenliği
Lisans Programın Süresi: 4 Kredi Sayısı: 240 TYYÇ: 6. Düzey QF-EHEA: 1. Düzey EQF: 6. Düzey

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Education
Course Code ELT 134
Course Title in English English for Specific Purposes
Course Title in Turkish English for Specific Purposes
Language of Instruction EN
Type of Course Exercise,Flipped Classroom,Guided Personal Study,Lecture,Project,Seminar
Level of Course Advanced
Semester
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: Lab: Other:
Estimated Student Workload 130 hours per semester
Number of Credits 4 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge --
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions Only Undergraduate Students
Overall Educational Objective
Course Description This course aims to provide students with fundamental concepts and principles of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) both in theory and practice, to familiarize them with the professional and academic discourses, and to develop the necessary skills for linguistic analysis of both professional and academic genres in English language.
Course Description in Turkish Bu ders özel amaçlı İngilizce öğretimine dair temel kavramları ve prensipleri hem teorik hem de uygulamalı bir şekilde öğretmeyi, öğrencilerin profesyonel ve akademik söylemler konusunda bilgilerini geliştirmeyi ve öğrencilerin profesyonel ve akademik yazın türlerini analiz edebilmeleri için öğrencilere gerekli dilbilimsel bakış açısını ve becerisini geliştirmeyi hedeflemektedir.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) explain theoretical foundations of ESP.
2) recognize the fundamental characteristics of different types of ESP
3) identify the characteristics of the various types of current discourses and genres pertaining to professional and academic contexts.
4) describe the steps of conducting a needs analysis.
5) apply theoretical knowledge in preparing course/syllabus designs.
6) integrate ESP specific techniques into designing materials.
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Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

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Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
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Prepared by and Date DERYA ALTINMAKAS , February 2024
Course Coordinator DERYA ALTINMAKAS
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Course Contents

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Required/Recommended ReadingsMain Texts: Basturkmen, Helen (2010). Developing courses in English for specific purposes. Palgrave Macmillan. Belcher, D. (2009). English for specific purposes in theory and practice. University of Michigan Press. Flowerdew, J. (2015). English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) Writing: Making the case. Writing and Pedagogy, 8 (1), 5-32. Hyland, K. (2006). English for Academic Purposes: An advanced resource book. Routledge. Hyland, K. & Shaw, P. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes. Routledge. Paltridge, B. & Starfield, S. (Eds.).(2012). The handbook of English for specific purposes. Blackwell. Other resources: -will be uploaded. Please, check the syllabus and the resources on BlackBoard (BB) on a regular basis.
Teaching MethodsSome lecture, but mostly seminar/discussion. Students will work in groups to negotiate understanding of the issues and conduct an action research study. Students will read the assigned chapter and watch videos and complete pre-class work before coming to class. Group and class discussion and student presentations will take place in class. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions.
Homework and ProjectsThis class requires extensive reading and active involvement in discussions and tasks. You are expected to come to class having read the assigned materials and submitted the written assigned pre-class tasks. In the class, we will have various activities and group discussions and tasks to complete. You will be given two announced quizzes. In certain weeks you will be assigned short, after-class homework to complete. All assignments need to be typed in 12-point, Times New Roman and written in APA style. Assignments and deadlines will be posted on Blackboard. Please visit the course LMS (BB) frequently.
Laboratory Work--
Computer UseWritten assignments and communication
Other ActivitiesGroup and whole class discussions, presentations and project
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Devam 10 % 10
Ödev 5 % 40
Sunum 1 % 30
Final 1 % 20
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration altinmakasd@mef.edu.tr
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Attendance is required for 70% of the course session for successful completion of the course. Any plagiarism or academic dishonesty will be treated with the most appropriate disciplinary action. Plagiarism involves copying any material from a book, online material, any AI generated information or another student’s, or your own papers previously completed and graded in other classes without using proper citation. Plagiarism also involves asking anyone to review or do your assignment. Statement on academic dishonesty and plagiarism: Law on Higher Education Article 54.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Ders Saati 14 2 3 1 84
Ödevler 1 8 8
Ara Sınavlar 2 8 2 20
Final 1 16 2 18
Total Workload 130
Total Workload/25 5.2
ECTS 4