Syllabus
SYLLABUS
Instructor: Assist. Prof. Dr. ErtuÄŸrul Koç
Course Code and Name: TINS 104 Reading Comprehension in English (3 0 3)
Course Description:
Improvement of reading skills in English through selected texts. Focus on new vocabulary and context. Active reading to think critically with the purpose of evaluating information, solving problems, making inferences and decisions.
Objectives:
After a few quarters of this course, you should be able to:
Comprehension
1. Skim for main ideas.
2. Scan for detail.
3. Relate the main idea to supporting details.
4. Summarize and discuss what you have read with direct references to text.
5. Indicate through reading aloud that you understand how words in a passage should be grouped in relation to meaning.
Vocabulary
1. Use context to identify meaning of words.
2. Pronounce familiar words in context correctly when reading aloud.
3. Identify the part of speech of an unfamiliar word by deducing to its function and position in the sentence.
Speed
1. Read aloud at a rhythm and with an intonation pattern understandable to a native speaker of English.
Course Policies
The policies that follow may seem rather complicated, but the overall effect is this: if you are not conscientious, do not come to class regularly, and do not turn your work in on time, you will not do well in the course.
Absence Policy. Active participation is essential in this course, so I expect you to be in class each time we meet. If you miss more than 8 hours, you will lose a letter grade for each class you miss after this. If you miss 12 hours, you will not pass the course. In addition, the only absences I excuse are absences for official. If you are required to miss class for an event, the program you are a part of will provide you with a letter of excuse. If you skip three classes and then get sick for three more, you are out of luck -so avoid missing class whenever possible. Also- please note that being absent DOES NOT excuse you from turning in work and it DOES NOT excuse you from learning the material covered.
Lateness Policy. If you are more than five minutes late, I will count you absent. It is disruptive to the class to have students trickling in late and on most days we will have enough to cover that delays and disruptions early in the class pose a significant problem. In other words, please arrive on time.
Class Presence Policy. When you are in class, I expect you to be mentally present. If you are caught sleeping, text messaging, listening to mp3 players, reading the newspaper, completing homework assignments, etc, you will be marked as absent. When you participate in such activities, you are not only unable to participate in class activities, but you distract those around you. Also, once class begins, I expect you to remain in class until the class is dismissed. If you must leave to use the bathroom, I certainly will not object, but if you develop repeatedly dismiss yourself, it will affect your class participation grade. Also, all cellular phones, pagers, etc. should be turned off. This is a matter of common etiquette.
Late Daily Work. Daily work cannot be turned in late. If you must miss class, or if you know ahead of time that you are going to be absent, speak to me about turning your work in early, not when you return.
Late Paper Policy. It is crucial to turn your formal assignment drafts in on time. For each calendar day that a formal assignment is late, excluding weekend and official school holidays, you will lose ten percent from that assignment’s point weight. I will not accept a formal assignment draft more than one week after its original deadline unless you and I have made written arrangements PRIOR TO the original deadline about turning the paper in late.