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ISTANBUL GELİŞİM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS I COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ELL107 ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS I 1 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction to the Course Goals, Assignments, Schedule, Criteria, Policies. What makes a good paragraph? Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
2 Reading the Material Assigned Brainstorming, organising ideas. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
3 Reading the Material Assigned Topic sentence and thesis statement. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
4 Writing Cohesion and coherence. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
5 Reading the Material Assigned Elements of a strong paragraph, rhetorical questions, quotations, statistics. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
6 Reading the Material Assigned Using conjunctions. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
7 Writing Spelling and punctuation. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
8 Reading the Material Assigned Conclusion paragraph. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
9 Reading the Material Assigned Using dictionary/Thesaurus. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 Reading the Material Assigned Finding print or online sources and synthesising sources. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
12 Reading the Material Assigned Paraphrasing. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
13 Writing Language to develop ideas within paragraphs. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
14 Reading the Material Assigned Analysing a paragraph. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
15 Reading the Material Assigned Interpreting and rewriting a paragraph / In-class paragraph writing activity. Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -