CRITICAL READING

TRK408

Course Code: TRK408
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Ümmühan Topçu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Comment on critical thinking skills
Apply critical reading strategies
Designs critical reading applications

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Definition and scope of critical thinking, critical thinking strategies; reading and comprehension; reading approaches; recognition of text types and rhetorical features, determination of reasoning strategies, application studies.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Programme, principles, reading styles
2^nd Week	Definition and scope of critical reading
3^rd Week	Critical reading skills
4^th Week	Reasoning strategies and techniques 1: Making connections with the text
5^th Week	Techniques 2: Text marking (tutorial text analysis)
6^th Week	Techniques 3: Reading by questioning the text
7^th Week	Techniques 4: Understanding/comparing text organisation
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Close reading of poetry; reading circle technique
10^th Week	Story close reading practice
11^th Week	Application work, reading circle technique
12^th Week	Application work, reading circle technique
13^th Week	Evaluation of close reading plans
14^th Week	Close Reading plans assessment

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Okuma Üzerine Yakın Okumalar, Komisyon, 2017
2. Okuma Uğraşı, Akşit Göktürk
3. Ben Buradan Okuyorum, Tim Parks, Metis
4. ÖZDEMİR, Emin, Eleştirel Okuma, Bilgi Yay.2007.
5. ŞAHİN, Y.(2011), Okuma Eğitimi, Eğitim Kit..
6. ARICI; A. F.(2018) Okuma Eğitimi, Pegem yay.
7. KARASAKALOĞLU N.- BULUT,B. Kurmaca Metinlerin Eleştirel Okuma Becerisini Geliştirme Aracı Olarak Kullanılması, Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 33 (2012)
8. AŞILIOĞLU, Bayram, ?Bilişsel Öğrenmeler İçin Eleştirel Okumanın Önemi ve Onu Geliştirme Yolları?
9. AKDAN, Osman, ?Türkçe Öğretmen Adaylarının Eleştirel Düşünme Eğimlerinin Eleştirel Okuma Becerisine Etkisi
10. ÇİFÇİ, Musa, ?Eleştirel Okuma?
11. ATEŞ, Seyit, ?Eleştirel Okuma ve Bir Beceri Olarak Öğretim?
12. Topçu, Ümmühan, ?Eleştirel Okuma Becerilerinin Türk Edebiyatı Dersi Sınav Kağıtlarına Yansıması, 2. Uluslararası Türk Dili ve Edebiyatları Öğretimi Sempozyumu Kitabı, Gazi ün. Yay., 2017, 699-708.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Practice
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Practice	1	35
Total(%)		75
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		75
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		25
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	13	1	13
Preparation for Final exam	1	20	20
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	12	12
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Workshop
Performance Practice	5	9	45
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2		X	X
K3		X	X
K4
K5		X	X
K6
K7
K8
K9		X	X
K10		X	X