NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY – COMMON COURSES COORDINATION UNIT

Faculty English Program Unit

Course Information Sheet & Course Outline
2020-2021 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Credit ECTS
KON 301 SPEAKING CLUB -KONUŞMA KLÜBÜ 3 3
Pre-requisite: NONE
Language: ENGLISH Course Type: Online elective Year: Semester: Spring
Weekly Hours Class Hours Laboratory Practicum Learning Sessions
FRI 14:00- PS C R T
15:50 3 0 0
0 1 1 1
Course Lecturer/Coordinator: Bilun Alioğlu Office Hours: Mon 12-12:50 online
Tues and Wed 14- 14.50
E-mail address: bilun.alioğlu@neu.edu.tr
Thurs 12- 12.50 Fri 13- 13:50
Online Office Hour Link:
Learning After the completion of this course, the student will be able to
Outcomes
►make appointments (at a hotel/fitness centre facilities).
►make sentences at the shopping in a clothes shop.
►talk about rules, obligations and necessities.
►give preferences and reasons.
►describe people and ask about appearance.
►buy travelling tickets.
►deal with money
►make conversation on the phone.
►use familiar everyday expressions
►talk about themselves, give some personal details and interact in a simple way
► ask and answer questions about personal details

Course This course is designed for the students in the Turkish departments to bring in the communication skills that would be necessary in
Description
their life. During the course, the students will learn how to communicate at the basic level, combine the different events to make
dialogues and explain them in their social life. Students will be able to communicate on familiar topics, simply describe people and
things, understand basic phrases and common vocabulary on common areas and understand the main point in short, clear, simple
messages.
Course ►To teach the students to communicate in their social life.
Objectives
►To teach the students to communicate by using a simple sentence structure and linking words.
►To enable the students how to communicate with the people when needed.
► show students how to respond to simple instructions
► enable students to share personal information
► enable students practise answering to questions

Textbooks 1 Materialas compiled by Faculty of English Programme Unit and Youtube Videos
and/or
2 UNLOCK (Listening and Speaking Skills)
References
3 1. https://youtu.be/RCfVovSIeZw 2.https://youtu.be/avh5ts-kWQQ

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwaDRdX2-nM 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5t9K-Mb7wc&t=112s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUwPNVEBZxA&t=100s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqFsUAuP24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XObjPzDAeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kefn0rOKBzQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spkI_dUQ9KE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1ht_JIHVM
4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhfUndyWn_A
5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FGUl17WG5A
6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGdKDemKF30
Course 1-Making an appointment- Hotel/ Fitness centre facilities
Content
2- Shopping in a clothes shop-Shopping
 3- Talking about rules and obligations -Driving &Traffic
4- Talking about necessities -Job qualifications
5- Giving preferences and reasons -The Arts
6-Describing People and Asking about Appearance- People
7-Buying a travelling ticket -Kind of tickets & Trips
8-Hotel Problems -Hotel Equipment
9-Dealing with money -Money
10-On the phone -Phone conversation

Methods and Techniques Communicative and skill based

Used in the Course
Week Date
1 22 – 26 Feb
2 1 – 5 Mar
At the hotel
Student centered classroom based on use of videos
Presentation
Class discussions
WEEKLY OUTLINE
Topic Activities Reference
Introduction to the Course
https://youtu.be/RCfVovSI
- Hotel/ Fitness center facilities eZw
- Making an appointment https://youtu.be/avh5ts-
kWQQ

3 8 – 12 Mar https://www.youtube.com/
Shopping Talking about clothes watch?v=SwaDRdX2-nM

4 15 – 19 Mar https://www.youtube.com/
Let’s go shopping Shopping in a clothes shop watch?v=b5t9K-
Mb7wc&t=112s
5 22 – 26 Mar https://www.youtube.com/
Talking about rules and obligations watch?v=bUwPNVEBZx
A&t=100s

6 29 Mar – 2 Apr Jobs & Obligations Talking about necessities https://www.youtube.com/

Necessities (can / can’t / have to / don’t have to) watch?v=5kGTKoL6JEE

7 5 – 9 Apr 1https://www.youtube.co
-Leisure activities m/watch?v=0bge21vAA4
-Making suggestions and responding to suggestions
Suggestions A
-Giving preferences and reasons
2https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=AnbBRoIN5q
g
8 12 – 16 Apr 1https://www.youtube.co
- Leisure activities m/watch?v=0bge21vAA4
-Making suggestions and responding to suggestions
Suggestions A
-Giving preferences and reasons
2https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=AnbBRoIN5q
g
9 19 – 22 April MID TERM EXAMS
10 26 – 30 Apr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGdK
Describing People - People’s Appearance

11 3 – 7 May Describing People https://www.youtube.com/

Personality watch?v=dgqFsUAuP24
12 10 – 12 May 1https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=1XObjPzDAe
Kind of tickets and trips Buying a travelling ticket
Bairam Holiday U
2https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=0FGUl17WG
5A
13 17 – 21 May Hotel problems Hotel Problems 1https://www.youtube.co
 m/watch?v=Kefn0rOKBz
19th May Holiday
Q
2https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=PhfUndyWn_
A
14 24 – 28 May Evaluation of Presentations
15 31 May – 4 Jun Evaluation of Presentations
16 7 – 16 Jun Final Exam Week
Attendance: Minimum 70 %
Assessment Type % Reference/ Source
Breakdown 1 Role-play activity 15 All mentioned above
2 Peer evaluation 20 All mentioned above
3 Presentation 35 All mentioned above
4 Attendance and Participation 20 All mentioned above
5 Assignments 10 All mentioned above
Learning Program
Educational Tool Amount Student Work Educational Tool Amount Student Work
Load (Hours) Load(Hours)
Lessons and preparation
14 14*2= 28
for the lessons
Assignments 2 2*5=10
Role play activity 1 1*15=15
Peer evaluation 2 2*1=2
Preparation for the
presentation and the 1 1*20=20
presentation
Participation 14 14*1=14
TOTAL: 89

Recommended ECTS Credit (Total Hours / 30): 89/30 = ~ 3