prepared by Murat TÜRK,MA.

WHO IS YOUR TEACHER?Name: Age:Place of Birth:University:Marital Status:

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ME?

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS SEMESTER?COURSE CONTENTSThis semester we are going to do:READINGWRITINGGRAMMARTECHNOLOGY WORKREADERS WITH VIDEOS

READINGTextbook: READING FOR A

REASON published by McGraw Hill

READINGReading Texts in the White Book

We are going to use them as mock exams to prepare for quizzes, midterms and finals.

WRITINGWhat is academic writing?

In writing part of the course, we will do the following:

SUMMARYCAUSE-EFFECT ESSAYCOMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAYARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

GRAMMARGrammar topics to be done this

semester

TENSES IN ENGLISHNOUN CLAUSESREDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES

PERFECT MODALSIF CONDITIONALS

TECHNOLOGY WORKBLOG WRITING

What is a blog?

Has anybody created a blog before?Let’s visit our blog.

muratturkareadingwriting2010fall.blogspot.com

QUIZZESREADING QUIZZES ARE NOT ANNOUNCED.1 READING QUIZ BEFORE THE MIDTERM1 READING QUIZ BEFORE THE FINAL

WRITING QUIZZES ARE ANNOUNCED.

CAUSE EFFECT: OCTOBER 27, 2010 10:15-12.00

COMPARE-CONTRAST NOVEMBER 12,2010, 10:15-12.00

ARGUMENTATION DECEMBER 24, 2010, 10:15-12.00

ARGUMENTATION JANUARY 5,2010, 10:15-12.00

QUIZ GRADES2 WRITING QUIZZES 20 % OF MIDTERM

2 WRITING QUIZZES 20 % OF FINAL

ATTENTION!!!PLEASE TAKE ALL THESE QUIZZES BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR MIDTERM AND FINAL WRITING GRADES…..

IN CLASS WRITING1 SUMMARY2 CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAYS2 COMPARE-CONTRAST ESSAYS2 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

BEST SEVEN WILL BE YOUR IN-CLASS WRITING GRADE

BLOG WRITINGEverybody is going to visit our class blog for some

homework, activities, free language exercise, comments and so on.

You will get a grade for your performance on blog writing as well.

BLOGGER.COM

READERS WITH VIDEOS4 READERS WITH VIDEOS

KEY TO SUCCESS“Striving for success without hard work is

like trying to harvest where you haven't planted”

David BlyPhilosopher