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Course Description Course Name : Professional English I Course Code : KON325 Course Type : Compulsory Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 3 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 4 Name of Lecturer(s) : Instructor DİĞDEM TECER ESKİYÖRÜK Learning Outcomes of the Course : Learns to write or correspond 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 Can understand 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 customers. Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To teach English to students who are able to communicate efficiently and effectively in the tourism industry Course Contents : Present simple tense, adverbs of frequency, present continuous tense, countable and uncountable nouns, past simple tense, comparatives and superlatives, present perfect tense, requests and offers, predictions and intentions, obligation, present tenses as future, giving instructions, the passive, conditional 1 Language of Instruction : English Work Place : Classroom 103   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Adverbs of frequency Present Simple Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 2 Present Continuous Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 3 Countable and uncountable nouns Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 4 Past simple Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 5 Comparatives ans superlatives Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 6 Present perfect Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 7 Requests and offers Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 8 Midterm Exam Review related topics Written exam 9 Predictions and intentions Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 10 Obligation Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 11 Present tenses as future Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 12 Giving instructions Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 13 The passive Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 14 Relative pronouns Work on related topic Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 15 Conditional 1 Review related topics Reading, writing, speaking and listening exercises 16/17 Final Exam Review related topics Written exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  I. DUBICKA & M. O´KEEFFE, ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISM (PRE-INTERMEDIATE), LONGMAN, 2003 Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60     Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Understands basic terms of business, comprehends strategical, tactical and operational aspects and local, national, international and global aspects of business management. 0 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 3 Comprehends, explains and applies planning, organization, execution, coordination and control management of accommodation enterprises. 0 4 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 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 6 Has basic computer using knowledge and knowledge about information systems used in hotel management and has the skill of using these softwares. 0 7 Has quality conscious, executes and completes qualified works and makes and manages activities for the improvement of employees under his/her responsibility. 0 8 Creates solution and takes responsibility in unpredictable and complex situations about hotel management, travel management and other touristic managements. 0 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 10 Comprehends legal, social and moral responsibilites of business life and perceives social transformation. 0 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. 3 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 13 Evaluates concepts, ideas and data in tourism management with scientific methods, determines and analyzes complex problems and subjects, develops suggestions. 0 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 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 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 16 4 64     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 1 16 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 10 10     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 5 5     Final Exam 1 5 5 Total Workload: 100 Total Workload / 25 (h): 4 ECTS Credit: 4