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Program of American Culture and Literature (English)

ACL101

ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND WRITING 1

Course Code
ACL101
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Employ advanced grammar and vocabulary skills in academic writing.
  2. Produce comparative, cause and effect, and argumentative essays.
  3. Evaluate the essays they read and use these in their own writing.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course aims to provide students with formal essay writing skills by developing their critical reading and writing skills with an emphasis on an advanced use of grammar and vocabulary. The students will acquire skills in planning and carrying out basic research tasks, critical thinking, and academic writing by learning types of essay structure and the methods to organize information within paragraphs.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course: "Can you Write?"
2nd Week What Makes a Paragraph Work? Sherman Alexie, "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me"
3rd Week From Paragraph to Essay: The Writing Process and Text Structure George Orwell, "Why I Write"
4th Week Descriptive Essay E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake"
5th Week Exemplification Essay Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving"
6th Week Argumentative Essay James Baldwin, "A Talk to Teachers"
7th Week Classification and Division Essay Stephanie Ericsson, "The Ways We Lie"
8th Week Mid-term
9th Week Cause-Effect Essay Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue"
10th Week Comparison and Contrast Essay Joan Didion, "Why I Write"
11th Week Reading and Writing Critically Holloway, Karla F. C. "A Negro Library." BookMarks: Reading in Black and White: A Memoir, Rutgers University Press, 2006, pp. 28?32.
12th Week Academic Writing Ar, Gamze. ?The Analysis of "Mother Tongue by Amy Tan from the Perspective of Ethnic Autobiography."Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 18-28
13th Week Revision Anne Lamott, "Shitty First Drafts"
14th Week Taking Essay Exams
Recommended or Required ReadingRegına L. Smalley, Mary K. Reutten, and Joann Rishel Kozyrev. Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar. Heinle, 2011.
Ward, Colin. Focus on Writing 3. Pearson, 2012.
Folse, Keith S. et al. Great Writing 2: Great Paragraphs. Heinle, 2010.
Folse, Keith S. et al. Great Writing 3: From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays. Heinle, 2010.
Joy, Anna. We Are America: A Thematic Reader and Guide to Writing. 6th ed. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2008.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Assignment 3 30
Quiz 1 5
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz 1 3 3
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 4 4
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 8 8
Homework 3 6 18
Quiz 1 3 3
Total Work Load144
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.8
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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