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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Professional English II |
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| Course Code |
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KON320 |
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| Course Type |
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Compulsory |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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3 |
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| Course Semester |
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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Instructor DİĞDEM TECER ESKİYÖRÜK
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Learns to write or correspondence in English related to professional issues
Understands what they read in English on professional issues
Understands what they listen in English on professional issues
Speaks English using the proper words and expressions in business
Understands foreign tourists in their communication easily
can communicate face to face or on the phone with foreign tourists easily
can solve the problems encountered and help foreign quests
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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To teach English to students who are able to communicate efficiently and effectively in tourism industry |
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| Course Contents |
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Questions forms, present simple and present continuous, making comparisons, present perfect and past simple, grammar review, the future, indirect questions, reported speech, the passive, modal verbs, countable and uncountable nouns, quantifiers, defining relative clauses, conditionals |
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| Language of Instruction |
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English |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom 103 |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Question forms |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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2 |
Simple present tense,present continious tense |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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3 |
Making comparisons
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Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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4 |
Present perfect, past simple
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Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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5 |
Grammar review
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Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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6 |
The future |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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7 |
Indirect questions |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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8 |
Midterm Exam |
Review related topics |
Written exam |
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9 |
Reported speech |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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10 |
The passive
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Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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11 |
Modal verbs |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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12 |
Countable and uncountable nouns, quantifiers |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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13 |
Relative clauses |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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14 |
Conditionals |
Study on related topic |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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15 |
Grammar review |
Study on related topics |
Reading, writing, speaking, listening exercises |
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16/17 |
Final Exam |
Review related topics |
Written exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 P. STRUTT, ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISM (INTERMEDIATE), LONGMAN, 2003
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
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Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
60 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
1 |
40 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Understands basic terms of business, comprehends strategical, tactical and operational aspects and local, national, international and global aspects of business management. |
0 |
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2 |
Has sufficient knowledge and conscious about issues which interest society such as job security, worker health, social security rights, quality control and management and protection of natural and cultural environment. |
0 |
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3 |
Comprehends, explains and applies planning, organization, execution, coordination and control management of accommodation enterprises. |
0 |
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Has the skill of nominal and statistical research and thinking skill, predicts results of decisions to be taken and makes correct estimations, considers cause-effect relationship, has the skill of analytical thinking and develops strategical approach. |
0 |
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5 |
Is open to innovation and change, enterprising, has the behavior of life long learning, thinks analytically, uses modern methods and technologies of business primarily information technologies. |
5 |
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6 |
Has basic computer using knowledge and knowledge about information systems used in hotel management and has the skill of using these softwares. |
0 |
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7 |
Has quality conscious, executes and completes qualified works and makes and manages activities for the improvement of employees under his/her responsibility. |
0 |
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8 |
Creates solution and takes responsibility in unpredictable and complex situations about hotel management, travel management and other touristic managements. |
0 |
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9 |
Thinks critically, creates alternative solutions and obtains information from different resources and makes analyzes; has the capability of considering social, scientific and ethical values about announcement and interpretation of results. |
4 |
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10 |
Comprehends legal, social and moral responsibilites of business life and perceives social transformation. |
0 |
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11 |
Has the capability of verbal and written communication in Turkish, speaks correctly and effectively, conveys information and thoughts in a way that others can understand, has the skill of interpretation and criticism, has high persuasiveness. |
4 |
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12 |
Is prone to teamwork, has leadership skills and skill of communicating with experts in other fields and specializes in specific field of a tourism enterprise and also has sufficient knowledge about other departments. |
0 |
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13 |
Evaluates concepts, ideas and data in tourism management with scientific methods, determines and analyzes complex problems and subjects, develops suggestions. |
0 |
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14 |
Understands socio-economic structure of tourism and within this scope its importance for the country and designs skills about investment of a new enterprise to be founded in otherfields of tourism and service sector. |
3 |
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15 |
Knows sectoral conditions to cope with continuous fluctuation depending on flexible demands in a tourist facility and has the knowledge to use and evaluate tools which would analyze a tourism management together with its internal and external environment. |
5 |
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16 |
Additional to vocational development, through his/her interest and traits, in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas, contuniously develops himself/herself by determining his/her learning needs. |
0 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
16 |
4 |
64 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
16 |
1 |
16 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
5 |
5 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
5 |
5 |
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Total Workload: | 100 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 4 |
| ECTS Credit: | 4 |
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