Communication Design

Course Details

KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi
Programme of Communication Design
Course Details

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Period	Semester	T+A+L	Credit	ECTS
04340014	Vocational English II	2025	Spring	4	3+0+0	4	4

Course Type	Compulsory
Course Cycle	Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language	English
Methods and Techniques	-
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	-
Coordinator	-
Instructor(s)	Lect. İsmail PİŞER
Instructor Assistant(s)	-

Course Instructor(s)

Name and Surname	Room	E-Mail Address	Internal	Meeting Hours
Lect. İsmail PİŞER	A-106	[email protected]	7820	Wednesday 09:00-11:00

Course Content

Analysis of original reading passages such as short stories, magazines, newspapers, and academic texts; writing paragraphs, compositions, and reflective essays; developing advanced critical thinking skills through information transfer; problem solving and inference; examining and comparing descriptive and narrative paragraphs.

Objectives of the Course

Academic reading and writing skills; critical reading and note-taking with a thematic and integrated approach; writing articles using different organizational structures and making presentations on the subject as a result of reading and writing activities; citation techniques

Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching

Basic Vocational Courses
Specialization / Field Courses
Support Courses	X
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses

Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Program Learning Outcomes	Level
P20	To have the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in at least one foreign language (European Language Portfolio B1 General Level).	5
P22	Uses a foreign language at the general level of European Language Portfolio A1-A1+.	5

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No	Learning Outcomes	Outcome Relationship	Measurement Method **
O1	Ability to use simple basic expressions for daily life	P.22.1	1
O2	Being able to understand frequently used expressions and sentences in listening and reading texts.	P.22.2	1
O3	Ability to introduce oneself in social environments, ask and answer questions about personal information ability to give.	P.22.3	1
O4	Expressing one's own past, immediate surroundings and events in simple written and oral form ability	P.22.4	1
O5	Ability to fill out simple forms encountered in daily life and create short and simple notes.	P.22.5	1
O6	Ability to read short and simple texts, understand simple texts in written texts such as announcements and posters. Being able to comprehend the contents.	P.22.6	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	Breaking the ice and discussing the lesson's objectives and learning outcomes.
2	6A: Listening and Speaking: Reading to prepare for a lecture, noticing the language of changes and trends, and talking about a country's economy.
3	6B: Reading: Understanding the main trend in a graph, following changes and trends in texts, and using expressions of time, place, and quantity.
4	7A: Listening and Speaking: Reading to prepare for a seminar, distinguishing facts and opinions, expressing opinions, and using language for agreeing and disagreeing.
5	7C: Writing 1: Writing passive sentences about the steps in a process and forming short evaluative sentences about a process.
6	8C: Writing 1: Studying cause-and-effect sentence patterns and writing cause-and-effect sentences in different forms.
7	Talking about visas and general review
8	Midterm
9	8C: Writing 2: Analysing a cause-and-effect paragraph and writing a short paragraph describing positive and negative impacts.
10	8D: Vocabulary and Academic Language: Studying noun phrases, prepositions, cause-and-effect verbs, and possibility modals such as "could, might, may."
11	9A: Listening and Speaking: Understanding evidence in a presentation, giving evidence in a discussion, and supporting ideas with reporting verbs.
12	Writing cause-and-effect paragraphs. Providing feedback on paragraphs.
13	Writing cause-and-effect paragraphs. Providing feedback on paragraphs.
14	General review

Textbook or Material

Resources

Burak Özçetin, Mass Communication Theories: Concepts, Schools, Models, İletişim Yayınları

Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Attendance	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Practice	-	-
Field Study	-	-
Homework	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Projects	-	-
Quiz	-	-
Listening	-	-
Midterms	1	30 (%)
Final Exam	1	70 (%)
Total		100 (%)

ECTS / Working Load Table

	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time	14	3	42
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement)	14	2	28
Midterms	1	18	18
Quiz	0	0	0
Homework	1	12	12
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:			120
Total Work Load / 30			4
Course ECTS Credits:			4

Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Learning Outcomes	P22
O1	Ability to use simple basic expressions for daily life	5
O2	Being able to understand frequently used expressions and sentences in listening and reading texts.	5
O3	Ability to introduce oneself in social environments, ask and answer questions about personal information ability to give.	5
O4	Expressing one's own past, immediate surroundings and events in simple written and oral form ability	5
O5	Ability to fill out simple forms encountered in daily life and create short and simple notes.	5
O6	Ability to read short and simple texts, understand simple texts in written texts such as announcements and posters. Being able to comprehend the contents.	5