ACADEMIC SKILLS IN ENGLISH-II
ENG 102
ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
2013-2014 SPRING
Syllabus
 Your teacher will share the course syllabus
with you.
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The Course Aims at the Following:
To develop students’ academic reading and
writing skills so that they can follow their
department courses better. This course will
NOT teach students English, instead it will give
them opportunities to practice the language and
accomplish assigned tasks.
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ENG 102 (SECOND SEMESTER)
MODULES
ACADEMIC READING
ACADEMIC WRITING
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Will help you to
become
better READERS and
WRITERS
of English
The Reading Module
 There are 4 Units in the Reading Module
 Starting from Reading Unit 1, you will be assessed
based on your class performance (CPG)
 You will be using academic reading skills in your
department courses as you will be expected to
read long academic texts.
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The Reading Module will Train you to:
 survey a text
 scan to locate specific information
 guess the meaning of unknown words
 understand implicit and explicit information and make
inferences
 understand the text’s purpose
 extract main points
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Academic Word List (Mini Dictionary)
 In the reading passages of your book, you will see
words in bold.
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Academic Words
 These words are samples of words that are being
widely used in the academic world.
 You will be asked to learn these words, their
synonyms and definitions. Your exams will have a
vocabulary component where you will be asked to
match these words with their definitions and use
them in gap fill activities.
 You will find these words in the mini dictionary
starting at the end of your coursebook.
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Research Skills Unit
 This is a 4 hour unit which provides you with the
basics of research and writing essays.
 You will be responsible for the content of this unit
in all writing units that follow.
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The Writing Module
 There are 4 Units in the Writing Module
 At the end of each unit, you will be assessed
based on your class performance (CPG)
 These units will develop your writing skills, by
showing ways of doing research, paraphrasing,
quoting, summarising and organizing an academic
essay.
 Do not forget that your department teachers may
ask you to write long academic essays in different
courses on different topics.
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Assessment
 Midterm (Apr 10, 2014)
25%
 Quiz (May 12-16, 2014)
10%
 Writing Project (May 21, 2014)
20%
 Final Exam (Jun 02-13, 2014)
25%
 CPG (at the end of every unit)
20%
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Mid-term Exam 25%
 2 reading texts ( about 600 words each)
 5 different types of reading assessment questions
 3 different types of AWL assessment questions
 Overall Assessment Grading:
Reading is worth 80% of the mid-term grade
AWL 20%
The mid-term exam accounts for 25% of the overall
course grade
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Final Exam 25%
 2 reading texts (about 600 words each)
 5 different types of reading assessment questions
 3 different types of AWL assessment questions
 Overall Assessment Grading:
Reading is worth 80% of the final exam grade
AWL 20%
The final exam accounts for 25% of the overall course
grade
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Writing Quiz 10%
 12-16 May
 You will be asked to complete an essay outline in class
that includes the following:
Essay thesis statement
Three topic sentences
Two supporting details for each topic sentence
Concluding sentence
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The Writing Project 20%
 21 May at 18:30 (110 minutes)
 You will be required to write a full essay of at least
350 words.
 You will receive three texts one week in advance. The
texts will have some guiding questions so if you want
to do some research you can do so. The answers to
those questions will not be graded.
 When coming to the exam, you can bring the
assigned texts only. You are allowed to take notes on
these texts, however you cannot have big chunks of
sentences or paragraphs. You can underline/write
words or phrases only.
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CPG 20%
 Class Participation Grade
 20% of your course grade
 Based on tasks done during class and assignments
given as homework
 Your willingness to participate in class work will
help you to learn the skills better
 Your willingness in participating in class work will
help you get a higher CPG
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CPG’s Effect on Course Grade
 Midterm
Final Present.
CPG
Course
Grade
 62
60
75
90
69.6(CC)
 62
60
75
65
64.6(DC)
 62
60
75
35
58.6(FD)
 62
60
75
0
51.6(FF)
– A DIFFERENCE OF FOUR LETTER GRADES!
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Attendance
 Attendance is obligatory
 If you miss more than 25% (14 hrs) of total class
hours, you will not be allowed to take the final exam.
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Arriving Late to Class
 Students who are late to the class (more than 15
min) can still attend the class but will be marked as
ABSENT by the class teacher.
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Health Reports
 Health Reports are not counted for absenteeism.
They are valid only for Midterm and Final Exams.
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The Reading Questions
 There are five different types of reading questions in the
exams
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Reading Question Type One Example:
1 It is a general tendency for people to believe that motivation is a personal
trait. Some people have it and others don’t. In practice, some people are
labelled as lazy because they do not display an outward sign of
motivation. However, individuals differ in their basic motivational drives. It
also depends upon their areas of interest. The concept of motivation is
situational and its level varies between different individuals and at different
times. If you understand what motivates people, you have available the
most powerful tool for dealing with them.
Which sentence below is closest in meaning to the highlighted sentence
in paragraph 1?
a. If you know what motivates someone you have no chance of
influencing them.
b. To motivate anybody you just have to give them orders, and they will
obey
c. You can manage people best once you realize what really motivates
them
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Reading Question Type Two Example:
1 It is a general tendency for people to believe that motivation is a personal
trait. Some people have it and others don’t. In practice, some people are
labelled as lazy because they do not display an outward sign of
motivation. However, individuals differ in their basic motivational drives. It
also depends upon their areas of interest. The concept of motivation is
situational and its level varies between different individuals and at different
times. If you understand what motivates people, you have available the
most powerful tool for dealing with them.
Tendency’ means… (paragraph 1)
a. a way to improve management methods
b. a feeling of really extreme unhappiness
c. a general direction in which something tends to move
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Reading Question Type Three Example:
1 It is a general tendency for people to believe that motivation is a personal
trait. Some people have it and others don’t. In practice, some people are
labelled as lazy because they do not display an outward sign of
motivation. However, individuals differ in their basic motivational drives. It
also depends upon their areas of interest. The concept of motivation is
situational and its level varies between different individuals and at different
times. If you understand what motivates people, you have available the
most powerful tool for dealing with them.
‘It’ refers to… (paragraph 1)
a. motivation
b. trait
c. people
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Reading Question Type Four Example:
2 A study showed that when the background colour of food packaging was
red, people formed more favourable evaluations of products. However,
when the background was blue, the opposite pattern of results emerged. It
was also found that people were more receptive to a brand of toothpaste
that focused on negative messages such as “cavity prevention” when the
background colour was red, whereas people were more receptive to
inspirational messages such as “tooth whitening” when the background
colour was rendered in blue.
1. Which of the following best describes the main topic of paragraph 2?
a. why people prefer buying toothpaste that whitens their teeth
b. how to effectively combine different colours on a package design
c. how background colour can affect the way people view the product
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Reading Question Type Five Example:
2 A study showed that when the background colour of food packaging was
red, people formed more favourable evaluations of products. However,
when the background was blue, the opposite pattern of results emerged. It
was also found that people were more receptive to a brand of toothpaste
that focused on negative messages such as “cavity prevention” when the
background colour was red, whereas people were more receptive to
inspirational messages such as “tooth whitening” when the background
colour was rendered in blue.
2. How did people react when the colour red was used on the
background of toothpaste packaging? (paragraph 2)
a. they believed the toothpaste whitened teeth better
b. they looked closer at the negative toothpaste message
c. they compared the toothpaste with other products
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The Book
 You can buy a coursebook from
the photocopy shop on -1
 Make sure that you get the book
for your faculty
 Depending on the faculty, course
books cost between 10 and 15 TL
EAP in Economics and
Administrative Sciences II
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Any Problems?
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Speak to your teacher before it’s too late!
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WE HOPE TO SPEND AN ENJOYABLE,
EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL
SECOND SEMESTER WITH YOU.
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