CONTENT & WEEKLY SCHEDULE
|
WEEK |
Topics |
Week 1
07-11 Mar |
Introduction to the course
(aim, classroom procedures, weekly instructional plan, requirements,
resources, evaluation and learning outcomes)
Unit 6: Disease
- Reading 1: Recognizing paragraph structure |
Week 2
14-18 Mar |
Unit 6: Disease (continued)
- Reading 2: Identifying sentence functions
- Study Skill: Using feedback from your tutor |
Week 3
21-25 Mar |
Unit 6: Disease (continued)
- Vocabulary: cause and effect
- Grammar: unless and provided that
- Writing: cause and effect writing task
|
Week 4
28 Mar -1 Apr |
Unit 7: Survival
- Reading 1: Identifying support for opinions
- Reading 2: Using research questions
- Study Skill: Avoiding self-sabotage
*Choosing the Essay Topic |
Week 5
4- 8 Apr |
Unit 7: Survival (continued)
- Vocabulary: Describing graphs
- Grammar: Present perfect progressive
- Writing: Inferring the meaning of data in graphs
* Writing & Submitting an Outline for the
First Draft in the Class |
Week 6
11- 15 Apr |
Unit 8: Law
- Reading 1: Activating prior knowledge
- Reading 2: Summarizing a text
- Study Skill: Argumentative writing
|
Week 7
18- 22 Apr |
Unit 8: Law (continued)
- Vocabulary: Legal vocabulary
- Grammar: Unreal conditionals in the past
* Feedback on the Outline |
24- 30 Apr |
MID-TERM EXAMINATION PERIOD (Written Exam) |
Week 9
2- 6 May |
Unit 9: Sound
- Reading 1: Using graphic organizers
|
Week 10
9- 13 May |
Unit 9: Sound (continued)
- Reading 2: Note taking
- Study Skill: What gets good marks?
* Writing & Submitting the First Draft in the Class |
Week 11
16- 20 May |
Unit 9: Sound (continued)
- Vocabulary: Science verbs
- Grammar: Relative clauses
- Writing: Explanations:Varying sentence length
|
Week 12
23- 27 May |
Unit 10: Tomorrow
- Reading 1: Identifying conclusions and reasons
- Reading 2: Predictions in texts
* Feedback on the First Draft |
Week 13
30 May- 3 Jun |
Unit 10: Tomorrow
(continued)
- Vocabulary: Science nouns
- Grammar: Future perfect simple
- Writing: Persuasive
* Submission of the Revised Final Draft |
Week 15
13- 17 Jun |
Presentations and Revision Week |
18- 26 Jun |
FINAL EXAMINATION PERIOD
(Written Exam) |
TEACHING - LEARNING APPROACH |
The course will consist of 3
hours of lecture per week. Expository teaching method will be used for the
greater part of the course. However, active participation of each student is
required during discussions and presentations. |
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS |
• Attend all classes (Students with attendance less than 70%
will receive an NG grade and will not be allowed to take the final
examination).
• Take all examinations and receive minimum required scores.
• Come to class prepared to demonstrate effective participation in class
discussions.
• Complete any given assignments promtly.
• Not take or give their work to anyone.
• Clean notebooks and writing materials should be brought to all
classes.
• Mobile phones, tablets etc. may be used for learning purposes only,
and should be in silent mode at all times. |
|
Activity |
Number |
Time (hour) |
Total time (hour) |
Lecture time (14 X periods per week) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
Out of class Study time (14 X periods per week) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
Writing assignments |
3 |
10 |
30 |
Time spent preparing and delivering presentations |
1 |
6 |
6 |
Time spent studying for the midterm exam (including Exam
time) |
1 |
13 |
13 |
Time spent studying for the final exam (including Exam time) |
1 |
17 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
Total time spent |
|
|
150 |
Total time spent / 25(hours) |
|
|
6 |
ECTS Credits |
|
|
4 |
|
|
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT |
Student success
will be evaluated as the
following: |
Type of assessment |
Number |
Weight (%) |
Total (%) |
Writing assignments |
3 |
20 |
20 |
Classwork |
1 |
10 |
10 |
Presentation |
1 |
10 |
10 |
Midterm Exam |
1 |
25 |
25 |
Final Exam |
1 |
35 |
35 |
Grand Total |
|
|
100 |