EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
MODERN LANGUAGES DIVISION
ACADEMIC YEAR 2002-2003
FALL SEMESTER
Course Code and Title: EFL 129
Instructor(s):
Group(s):
Ilkay GILANLIOGLU 1
Advanced Academic English I
Extension:
2184
Office(s):
CMS 352
E-mail:
ilkay.gilanlioglu@emu.edu.tr
Office Hours: To be announced in class by your instructor
Course Description:
EFL 129 is a first semester Advanced Academic English course for students at the Faculty of Communication
and Media Studies. The purpose of the course is to develop students’ writing, reading, speaking and listening
skills in an academic setting and to improve their study skills.
Textbook: Waters, M. & Waters, A. (1998). Study Tasks in English. Cambridge University Press.
An English to English dictionary; a notebook to be used in class.
Course Assessment:
Midterm Exam:
Final Exam:
Productive Skills:
Portfolio:
25%
25%
25%
25%
(10% Essay Writing, 15% Presentation)
(15% Quizzes, 10% EAGLE)
Attendance:
In order to achieve a passing grade students are expected to attend classes and to complete all necessary tasks
and assignments. It is a requirement of the SFL that all students must attend a minimum of 80% of classes.
The SFL keeps in close contact with Faculties and Schools in this regard.
Plagiarism:
This is intentionally failing to give credit to sources used in writing, regardless of whether they are published or
unpublished. Plagiarism is a disciplinary issue and will be dealt with accordingly.
Make-up Exams:
With the permission of the Rector’s office (Student Affairs) make-up exams for EFL courses (mid-term and final
exams) will be administered immediately after the final exams.
Weeks
1
Dates
7-11
October
Textbook
Introduction to Study Tasks in
English
Unit 1: How I learn? (pp. 2- 11)
Study skills profile (pp. 194- 200)
Unit 2: Thinking it Through
(pp. 12-13)
 Speaking
 Reading
 Speaking
Supplementary Materials
Introduction to Productive
Skills.
Free writing
Exams/Quizzes
Introduction to
Assessment
Procedures.
2
14-18
October
3
21-25
October
Unit 2: Continued (pp. 14-15)
 Speaking
 Listening
 Vocabulary
 Introduction to EAGLE
 Introduction to
Persuasive Essay Writing
Unit 9: (pp .90-98)
4
28 Oct.- 1
November
Unit 2: Continued (pp. 15-17)
 Speaking
 Reading
 Input on Persuasive
Essay Writing
Unit 9: (pp.105-107)
 EAGLE
Unit 2: continued (pp.18-19)
 Reading
 Speaking
Unit 2: continued (pp.20-21)
 Reading
 Speaking
 Input on Argumentative
Writing continued
Quiz 1
(5%)
 Outline Writing
Feedback on Quiz 1
 EAGLE
Feedback on
Outline
29 October
National
Holiday
5
4-8
November
6
11-14
November
15 November
National
Holiday
7
18-22
November
Unit 3: Asking critical questions
(pp. 22-25)
 Reading
 Speaking
8
25-29
November
2-4
December
Midterm Examination Week
9
5-6 Dec.
Religious
Holiday
10
11
12
13
9-13
December
16-20
December
23-27
December
30 Dec.- 3
January
1 January New
Year’s Day
14
6-10 January
Unit 3: Continued (pp. 25-27)
 Speaking
 Listening
 Reading
 Speaking
Midterm Exam
(25%)
 Input on Referencing
and Quotation Unit 4
(pp.42, 51- 53)
 First Draft Writing
 EAGLE
Unit 3: continued (pp.29-34)
Unit 5: Taking and Making
Notes (pp.58-62)
Feedback on First
Draft
 Second Draft Writing
 Supplementary
 EAGLE
Unit 5: continued (pp.63-68)
 Speaking
 Listening
 Writing
Unit 5: Continued
 Error Correction Input
and practice
 EAGLE
Quiz 2
(10%)
Feedback on
Second Draft
Weeks
15
Dates
13 -17
January
Textbook
 Revision
16
20-24
January
Presentation Exam
17
27-31
January
3-7 February
Final Examination
Week 1
Final Examination
Week 2
18
Supplementary Materials
 Oral Presentation Input
EAGLE
This is a tentative course outline, subject to revision/adjustment as and if required.
Exams/Quizzes
Submission of
Writing
Feedback on Quiz 2
Presentation Exam
(15%)
Final Exam (25%)