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Course Details
KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Health Sciences
Programme of Nutrition and Dietetics
Course Details
Course Code Course Name Year Period Semester T+A+L Credit ECTS
99501018 Diction and Body Language 2025 Spring 2 2+0+0 5 5
Course Type Elective
Course Cycle Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language Turkish
Methods and Techniques .
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites .
Coordinator -
Instructor(s) Assoc. Prof. Birol BÜYÜKDOĞAN
Instructor Assistant(s) -
Course Content
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Objectives of the Course
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Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching
Basic Vocational Courses
Specialization / Field Courses
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses X
Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Program Learning Outcomes Level
P12 The ability to establish and articulate connections between at least two different non-field courses that contribute to the individual's general cultural development. 3
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No Learning Outcomes Outcome Relationship Measurement Method **
O1 To be able to interpret the concept of lifelong learning P.12.2 1
O2 To be able to organise cooperation with different disciplines P.12.4 1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week Topics
1 The concept of speech and its basic features.
2 Qualities of a good speaker
3 The concept of diction and the purposes and benefits of diction training
4 Sounds and features of Turkish;Breathing exercises
5 Diction: Pronunciation, speech defects
6 Diction: Stress, Sentence emphasis. Studies on texts
7 Diction: Word group stress, word stress. Studies on texts
8 Midterm
9 Diction: Intonation. Studies on texts
10 Text types, speech types. The impact of different genres on the use of paralinguistic elements
11 Body Language: Mimics, gestures and body posture. Application studies
12 Positive and negative use of body language. Application studies
13 Body Language: Use of space in verbal and non-verbal communication
14 Cultural dimension of body language. Application studies
Textbook or Material
Resources The art of beautiful and effective speaking
Diksiyon : Güzel ve etkili konuşma sanatı / Suna Okur, Editör : Saadet Yaşar. İstanbul : Çalıkışu, 2021
Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Attendance - -
Practice - -
Course Specific Internship (If Any) - -
Homework - -
Presentation - -
Projects - -
Seminar - -
Listening - -
Midterms 1 40 (%)
Final Exam 1 60 (%)
Total 100 (%)
ECTS / Working Load Table
Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time 14 2 28
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement) 14 6 84
Midterms 1 18 18
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 0 0 0
Practice 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Workshop 0 0 0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
Fieldwork 0 0 0
Final Exam 1 20 20
Other 0 0 0
Total Work Load: 150
Total Work Load / 30 5
Course ECTS Credits: 5
Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Learning Outcomes P12
O1 To be able to interpret the concept of lifelong learning 3
O2 To be able to organise cooperation with different disciplines 3