The course aims at developing oral presentation skills. To this end, students are engaged in classroom discussions following advanced reading texts on a variety of topics. In the course students study effective presentation techniques, do extensive reading and carry out research to give presentations of different functions with mature content and topical vocabulary.
- Instructor: seher balbay
English 211 is a speaking course designed with the aim of equipping students with the essential speaking skills they need to cope with the English language as medium of instruction. Therefore, the course revolves around two main focuses: academic speaking and presentation skills. To this end, the course offers a content based approach where all four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing are integrated to foster various speaking opportunities. Since the main focus of the course is on speaking, the listening, reading and writing tasks will serve as springboard to either generate or to complement speaking. The emphasis put on variety, language skills and the balance between input and practice throughout the course will help students become more confident, autonomous and competent speakers of English.
- Instructor: canan duzan
ENG 311 is a skills-based course which gives students "skills for success" after university. The course provides practice in spoken English, emphasizing appropriate and fluent speech. Students are involved in project work, job interviews, presentations and various role play activities. Both METU students and guests can visit this course.
- Instructor: aylin graves
- Instructor: seher balbay
English 101 is a learner-centered, integrated-skills based course that will develop students in the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in an academic context. Tasks involving higher order thinking skills will require students not only to perform at knowledge and comprehension levels, but to synthesize and evaluate information, ideas and judgments as well. The variety of texts and perspectives presented through themes in and outside the class will facilitate their critical thinking process and thus enable students to become active and autonomous learners.
- Instructor: sinem bur
- Instructor: mehmet ali yilik
Building on English for Academic Purposes I, this learner-centered, integrated-skills based course will not only further develop students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in an academic context, but also facilitate their critical thinking process, enabling them to become active and autonomous learners.
- Instructor: serkan algan
Eng102 is a learner-centered, integrated-skills based course that will develop students in the four skills reading, writing, listening and speaking) in an academic context. Tasks involving higher order thinking skills will require students not only to perform at knowledge and comprehension levels, but to synthesize and evaluate information, ideas and judgments as well. The variety of texts and perspectives presented through themes in and outside the class will facilitate their critical thinking process and thus enable students to become active and autonomous learners.
- Instructor: ozgur kose
COURSE DESCRIPTION
English 102 is a learner-centered, integrated-skills based course that will develop students in the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in an academic context. Tasks involving higher order thinking skills will require students not only to perform at knowledge and comprehension levels, but to synthesize and evaluate information, ideas and judgments as well. The variety of texts and perspectives presented through themes in and outside the class will facilitate their critical thinking process and thus enable students to become active and autonomous learners.
COURSE AIM AND OBJECTIVES
The overall aim of this course is to develop students’ four skills in language and higher-order thinking skills.
- Instructor: Buket Esra Tarakçıoğlu
This course aims to present an understanding of how to test and evaluate English language learners at different ages and proficiency levels.
The course intends to help students become familiar with various test types, test preparation techniques for the purpose of measuring language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and language content (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation), the practice of preparing various exam questions, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the tests used.
- Instructor: seher balbay