Welcome to the Intermediate 1 Course at the School of Languages, Fall 2010-2011
The goals of this course are:
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to develop your abilities to read, listen, write, and speak in English.
to introduce you to academic skills needed for success at university.
to help you use modern technological tools essential to university study, including word processing (e.g. Microsoft Word 2007)
and the Internet.
to develop your learning skills and your ability to study independently
Main course books and equipment to buy:
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Beyond the Boundaries (BtheB) – English in an Academic Environment, Level 2 – Book 1 & Book 2 - NEW EDITION
from Homer Bookstore on campus.
Focus on Grammar 4 (FOG4) from Homer Bookstore on campus. This is for grammar study. The workbook is optional.
Lecture Ready 2: This book will help you develop your listening and note-taking skills.
Teaching & Learning Programmes from Canon at University Center
A notebook and pens/pencils
An external microphone and a pair of earphones.
A hard copy dictionary and a folder (see below)
You need to bring your course book as well as other classroom equipment like notebooks, and pens/pencils every day to class.
Laptops are only required on the days your instructor tells you to bring them. When you are required, you need to bring your
earphones and external microphones with your laptop for speaking tasks and assignments. You may also need a folder
to keep your written work.
Dictionaries
You need to have a hard-copy dictionary (which is not online). You will need it for your writing exam. Some people feel it is
useful to have a monolingual (English-English) dictionary, although research tells us that bilingual dictionaries lead to faster
vocabulary learning regarding meaning. Some suggestions for dictionaries are:
 Oxford English-Turkish Bilingual Dictionary (English and Turkish together)
 Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (English-English)
 Oxford Learner's Wordfinder Dictionary (English-English)
 Macmillan Dictionary for Advanced Learners (English-English)
Vocabulary development
You may want to use the following books / websites for independent, individual study:
 English Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate (with key) McCarthy & O'Dell
 Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate (with key) Redman & Gairns
 www.lextutor.ca/ (ask your teacher for information about how to use this site)
 On SUCourse, which is a virtual learning environment hosted by Sabancı University, you can find a lot of vocabulary material for
each unit under the heading, Companion.
Who are my teachers and how do I contact them?
Instructors’ names:
Phone numbers:
Email addresses:
Offices:
Meltem Bizim
9156
meltemb@sabanciuniv.edu
G013 (SL)
Jacqueline Einer
9146
jacqueline@sabanciuniv.edu
G017
Will I have to do homework?
Definitely! Homework is an essential element of this course to help you achieve the goals of the course. You will be assigned
homework which you should complete and hand in on time. If you are ill, it is your responsibility to find out what the homework
for that day is. If you cannot hand in your homework, you should contact the instructor and inform him/her of the situation.
Outside Reading: After your first visit to the Information Center, you will borrow a Graded Reader Book to do some silent reading in
class.
Speaking assignments: During the term you will be expected to complete speaking tasks and assignments on the topics from BtheB.
These assignments will be recorded and kept online.
Mini writing assignments: Every week you will write short paragraphs on the topics discussed in BtheB
Self-Study: You can find extra tasks and materials from SUCourse and Podclass on School of Languages website
These task completions will be part of your Homework & Participation Grade (HP Grade).
To do well at Intermediate level, you will probably need to study about 3-4 hours a day outside class; this involves homework
and self-study (vocabulary, grammar, other reading tasks, watching documentaries etc.)
What types of tutorials are there and what are they for?
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Getting-to-know-you: These are an opportunity for your tutor (one of your class instructors) to get to know you personally at
the beginning of the semester
Progress tutorials: These are for your tutor to find out how you feel you are getting on in the course, and discuss learning
strategies etc.
Writing tutorials: These are to discuss your written work as part of the writing assignments (WAs). They are an opportunity for
you to check you understand the written feedback your teacher has given you, as well as to check that your ideas about
corrections or changes to your written production are OK. To benefit properly from these tutorials, you must prepare by reading,
thinking about and acting on the feedback your tutor gives you.
16 Week Intermediate Level Assessment Schedule, Fall 2010-11
During the Intermediate course you are assessed by ongoing evaluation and exam-based assessments and you need to get 70% overall
to pass to Upper Intermediate. Details of assessment are shown below. The dates will be indicated in your Student Calendar as well.
ASSESSED COURSEWORK
Oral Assessment
18 Jan 2011
10%
You will be assessed on your oral interaction skills through one group discussion
Homework &
Participation
5%
You will be assessed according to the following:
Attendance
Grade
5%
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Every four
weeks
30%
Writing
Homework: Satisfactorily completing all tasks on time & including the written work in a
folder.
 Class Participation: Making an effort in class and in tutorials and speaking in English
almost all the time
 Equipment and Books: Having the necessary materials with you in class
 Attendance and Punctuality: Coming to all lessons & tutorials regularly on time
 Writing Folder: Completing and keeping all the written work
 Speaking e-folder: Completing and keeping all the speaking performance
- Writing Exam 1: Short Answer (5%) 27 Oct 2010, Wed
- Writing Exam 3: Short Answer (10%) 13 Jan 2011 Thursday
For these two exams, you will write a short response of between 60-90 words. Your answer is
based on some of the content of the course book material you have studied during the course. As
part of this exam, you will also be asked to recognise some features of good writing.
-Writing Exam 2: Open Book Exam (OBE) (15%) 16 Dec 2010 Thursday
For this exam, you will receive some exam texts around a week before the exam. After reading
them at home and working with them in class, you will take your Open Book Exam. You will
bring your texts to the exam and write a piece of work which uses the information in the exam
texts. You can also bring a dictionary to the exam
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism means copying from any source without appropriate acknowledgement. All the work
you submit must be your own, that means you must not use another person’s words as if they
were your own. This will be discussed in greater depth during the semester.
Mid-term
29 Nov 2010
25%
This exam will assess the reading and listening skills you have been working on as well as the
vocabulary & grammar you have covered up to this point.
Final exam
20 Jan 2011
25%
This exam will assess the reading and listening skills you have been working on as well as the
vocabulary & grammar you have covered during the semester.
Deadlines: Punctuality is very important during the course. It is especially important that you meet the deadlines given for certain
tasks such as speaking and writing assignments. If you miss deadlines for certain tasks, your work will not be accepted. If you miss a
deadline for an outline or a draft for the process writing, you cannot get feedback or tutorials for that from your tutor.
Statement of Academic Honesty
Please note that your assessed work should conform to the standards of academic honesty. Academically inappropriate behaviour
includes incorporating other people’s ideas or information in essays without acknowledging the source, having your assignment done
by somebody else, or doing somebody else’s assignment. These are considered serious academic offences, and any suspected
examples of these infringements will be examined by a committee of FDY English instructors and may result in penalties ranging from
loss of credit to referral to the university disciplinary board.