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TitleoftheCourse:AdvancedReadingandWritingSkills1
Course-No:
İNÖ107
Semester:1stYear1stSemester(Fall)
Coursetype:Lecture Hours-Practice/Week:3-0
Credits
Local ECTS
Status:Compulsory LanguageofInstruction:English 3 6
Lecturer: AssistantProfessorDr.SalimRazı
Contact:
Web:www.salimrazi.comEmail:[email protected]:+902862171303ext:3526-3661Fax:+902862120751
Coursedescription:This course aims to develop advanced written skills by means of critical analysis ofacademic texts. Learnerswill be familiarizedwith several effective reading strategies,mainlymetacognitiveones,bythehelpofwhichtheycan increasetheirreadingskills.Readingswillcomefromtherelevantliteratureinvariouswayssuchasacademicbooksandjournalswhichenablelearnerstodevelopandincreasevocabularyinanacademiccontext with the hope of contributing to their reading and writing skills. Therefore,studentswillbeabletocomprehendcontrastingviewpointsandtopredictandidentifymain ideas. It alsoaims toequip studentswith intensiveandextensive readinghabitswhichwill then foster theirreadingandwritingspeeds.Critical thinkingskillssuchassynthesizing information or analyzing a problem as well as reacting on the basis ofevaluationarefostered.Suchsub-skillsofreadingareemployedbythestudentsintheirwritingassignments.Thecoursemainlyencourageslearnerstowriteacademictexts.Learnerswillhavetheopportunity of scaffolding through peer feedback exchange on their writtenassignments.Learnerswillbeexpected toanalyseandproduceessaysconsidering theorganization, coherence, cohesion, unity, vocabulary selection, in-text citations rulesincludingquoting,paraphrasing,andsummarizingasthiscourseaimstoteachacademicwritingtostudentswhoneedtopresentanddefendtheirownpointsofviewclearlyandpersuasively.Studentsalsoworktomasterthenormsofin-textcitationsandattributingdata fromprint and other sources, and to observe themethods of acknowledging theresearchfindingsofothers,specificallyintheAPAstyle.
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Teachingmethod: Lectures,extensivereading,peer-review.Prerequisites: Capabilityofadvancedreadingcomprehensionskillsandpracticein
informalwriting.Teachingaids: PowerPointpresentation,Turnitin(text-matchingsoftware)Assessmentmethod:GoodnewsJTherearenopenandpapertestsforthiscourse.However,itdoesnotnecessarilymean that you will pass without any efforts. During the term, you need to submit 4 writtenassignmentsatanaveragelengthof500wordsforeach.Inaddition,youalsoneedtoexchangefeedback with three peers that are assigned by the lecturer. For each assignment, you areexpectedtoreviseyourpaperbythehelpofthepeerfeedbackthatyouretrieveandsubmititasa revision assignment. Please remember that all revision assignments need to be submitteddigitallybothwith andwithout tracksof changes.Theprocessof submitting assignments andexchangingpeer feedbackwill bemanaged throughTurnitin.Hard-copyor email submissionswill not be taken into consideration. Scores retrieved frompeer review taskswill function asmid-termexaminationandhavetheweightof40%whereasscoresretrievedfromwritingtaskswillfunctionasfinalexaminationandhavetheweightof60%.Attendancepolicy:Youneedtoreadrelatedchaptersbeforetheclass.Attendancewillbetakenandrecordedinallclasssessions.Youneedtoattend70%ofthelecturesotherwiseyouautomaticallyfail.Plagiarismpolicy:Eitheraccidentalorintentional,thereisnotoleranceforplagiarism.Youneedtosubmitallyourassignments through Turnitin and as the lecturer I will determine the originality of yourassignments by checking them against plagiarism. Please check departmental policy ofplagiarismforfurtherdetails.Registrationfortheexamination: Tosubmityourassignmentsandtoreviewyourpeer’sassignmentsthroughTurnitin,youneedtoenrolinTurnitinvirtualclass.Assignmentrequirements:
• MustbeonA-4paper.• Musthave2.5cmmargins(onallsides)andmustbewrittenwithdoublespacing.• DoNOTwrite your name or faculty number on your assignments. This is essential as
peer-reviewprocessismanagedanonymously.• MustbeturnedinontimeonlythroughTurnitin.Lateassignmentswillnotbetakeninto
consideration.
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Week/Date DiscussionTopics RelatedReadings Assignments
Week118-22.09.2017
Introducingcoursecontent.SubmittinganassignmentandexchangingfeedbackthroughTurnitin.
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Week225-29.09.2017
Introductiontoacademicwriting.Razı,2011(Chapter1)
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Week302-06.10.2017
Readingstrategies.Razı,2011(Chapter3)
Assignment1(Firstdraft)
Week409-13.10.2017
Readingprocess.Razı,2011(Chapter2)
Assignment1(Peer)
Week516-20.10.2017
Dealingwithacademicintegrity:Avoidingplagiarismandcontractcheating.2ndInternationalDayofActionagainstcontractcheating.Makinguseofsimilarityreports.
Williams&Davis(2017,pp.67-94)
Assignment1(Revision)
Week623.27-04.11.2017
Connectingideas:Unityandcoherence.
Razı,2011(Chapter6)
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Week730.10-03.11.2017
Introductiontoin-textcitations.Razı,2011(Chapter8)
Assignment2(Firstdraft)
Week806-10.11.2017
Presentingin-textcitations.Razı,2011(Chapter9)
Assignment2(Peer)
Week913-17.11.2017
Midtermexamweek:Subjecttochange.
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Week1020.11-24.11.2017
Benefitingfromonlinewritingtools(e.g.,SASwritingreviser).
Peachey(2017,pp.21-32)
Assignment3(Firstdraft)
Week1127.11-01.12.2017
Practisingin-textcitations.Razı,2011(Chapter10)
Assignment3(Peer)
Week1204-08.12.2017
Detailswithin-textcitations.Razı,2011(Chapter11)
Assignment3(Revision)
Week1311-15.12.2017
Modelsofreading.Backgroundknowledgeandnativization.
Razı,2011(Chapter4&7)
Assignment4(Firstdraft)
Week1418-22.12.2017
Assessingreading.Razı,2011(Chapter5)
Assignment4(Peer)
25.12.2017-06.01.2018 FinalExam -------------
Assignment4(Revision)
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Mainreading:Razı,S.(2011).AdvancedreadingandwritingskillsinELT:APAstylehandbook.Ankara:Nobel.Supplementaryreading:Alderson,J.C.(2000).Assessingreading.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.AmericanPsychologicalAssociation.(2001).PublicationmanualoftheAmericanPsychological
Association(5thed.).Washington,DC:Author.Arnold,J.,&Harmer,J.(1978).Advancedwritingskills.London:Longman.Fear,D.E.(1973).Technicalwriting.NewYork,NY:RandomHouse.Hashimoto,I.Y.,Kroll,B.M.,&Schafer, J.C.(1982).Strategiesforacademicwriting:Aguidefor
collegestudents.AnnArbor,MI:TheUniversityofMichiganPress.Hedge,T.(2000).Teachingandlearninginthelanguageclassroom.Oxford:OxfordUniversity
Press.Lay,M.M.(1982).Strategiesfortechnicalwriting.NewYork,NY:Holt,RinehartandWinston.Lester,J.D.(1995).Writingresearchpapers:Acompleteguide.NewYork,NY:HarperCollins.Mills,G.H.,&Walter,J.A.(1962).Technicalwriting.NewYork,NY:Holt,RinehartandWinston.Nara,H.,&Noda,M.(Eds.)(2003).Actsofreading:ExploringconnectionsinpedagogyofJapanese.
Honolulu,HI:UniversityofHawai’iPress.Oshima,A.(1997).Introductiontoacademicwriting.WhitePlains:Longman.Peachy,N.(2017).Digitaltoolsforteachers.PeacheyPublications.Razı,S.(2007).Okumabecerisiöğretimivedeğerlendirilmesi[Teachingandassessingreading].
Istanbul:KriterYayınları.Reid,J.M.(2000).Theprocessofcomposition(3rded.).EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHallRegents.Seale,B.(1978).Writingefficiently.NewJersey:Prentice-Hall.Sherman,T.A.,&Johnson,S.S.(1983).Moderntechnicalwriting.NewJersey,NJ:PrenticeHall.Wallace,C.(1992).Reading.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Williams, K., & davis, M. (2017). Referencing & understanding plagiarism (2nd ed.). London:
Palgrave.Woodward,J.A.(1997).Writingresearchpapers:Investigatingresourcesincyberspace.Chicago,
IL:NTC.
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TurnitinAssignmentSubmissionGuidelinesClassID:16353787Enrollmentpassword:ARAW2017EnrollinginaclassYoumustenrollinyourclassbeforeyoucanbeginusingTurnitin.Todothis,usetheclassIDandenrollment password above. To create your account, please visit http://turnitin.com/ andfollowtheinstructionsbelow.Howtocreateanewuserprofileandenrolinyourclass1. Clickthe“CreateAccount”linktotheleftoftheSigninbuttonontheTurnitinhomepage.
2. ClickonthestudentlinkfromtheCreateaNewTurnitinAccountscreen.
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3. EnteryourclassIDandenrollmentpasswordintheappropriatefields.
4. Enteryourfirstandlastnamesandthee-mailaddressyouwouldlikeassociatedwithyourTurnitinaccount.Thiswillbeyourusername.
5. Enterandre-enterthepasswordyouwouldliketouseasyourTurnitinloginpassword.
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6. Selectasecretquestionusingthesecretquestionpulldownmenu,enterananswer.
7. ReviewtheTurnitinuseragreementandclicktoagreeandfinalizeuserprofilecreation.
8. Onceyouregister,youwillhaveanaccesstoyouraccountandseeapagelikethis:
9. Clickonthenameofyourclass(ARAW2017-18Fall).10. Clickon‘submit’andselecttheappropriateassignment.11. Forpaperitemsubmissionmethod,pleasechoose‘singlefileupload’.12. Yournamewillappearautomatically.Please,writethetitleofyourpaperandcontinueby
clicking ‘Choose fromthiscomputer’.At thisstep, it isalsopossible toupload files from‘Dropbox’and‘GoogleDrive’.
13. Donotforgettoclick‘Upload’tosubmityourassignment.14. Tocompleteyoursubmission,youneedtoclick‘Confirm’toindicatethatthisisthefileyou
wouldliketosubmit.15. Finally,ifyoursubmissionissuccessfulyouwillreceivethefollowingnotification.Ifyoudo
not receive such a notification, it means that there is something wrong with yoursubmission.