BILKENT UNIVERSITY

PREPARATORY PROGRAMME
STUDENT PRESENTATION

2020-21 ACADEMIC YEAR

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE – Period 3
WELCOME TO TU 8
CLASS CODE:141-323
YOUR TEACHERS
Teaching Unit:
► Main class teachers:Mehvar Ergün Türkkan
Room Number:
E-mail: mehvar@bilkent.edu.tr
► Support teachers: Katelyn Thomas,
Brooks Macfarquhar

► HTU:
Room Number:
E-mail:
OUR CLASS TIMETABLE
Weekly Time Schedule for PREP 141 - 323
# Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323

08:30 - 09:20    
Katelyn Nicole Thomas Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Katelyn Nicole Thomas

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323

09:30 - 10:20    
Katelyn Nicole Thomas Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Katelyn Nicole Thomas

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323

10:30 - 11:20    
Katelyn Nicole Thomas Mehvar Ergün Türkkan

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323

11:30 - 12:20      
Katelyn Nicole Thomas Mehvar Ergün Türkkan

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323

12:40 - 13:30      
Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Mehvar Ergün Türkkan

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323

13:40 - 14:30      
Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Mehvar Ergün Türkkan

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323
14:40 - 15:30
Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Brooks S Macfarquar Brooks S Macfarquar

PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323 PREP 141 - 323
15:40 - 16:30
Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Mehvar Ergün Türkkan Brooks S Macfarquar Brooks S Macfarquar

PREP 141 - 323

16:40 - 17:30        
Mehvar Ergün Türkkan
Course Information
Student Contact Hours: 25 hours per week
Length of course: 8 weeks
Course materials:
▫ Reading: Leap 3
▫ Listening: Contemporary Topics 2
▫ Grammar and Beyond Essential 3
▫ Globed Achieve3000 (Online Component)
Absenteeism Limit: 20
WHAT TO EXPECT AT UPPER LEVEL
Your study at this level will focus on further developing
academic skills (note-taking listening to lectures, giving
presentations etc.).

READING & LISTENING

Constructing meaning from different types of texts
(narrative, discursive etc.)
Exposure to long texts to get prepared for academic
argumentation
 WHAT TO EXPECT AT UPPER
LEVEL
WRITING
Developing the language necessary for essays and
producing well supported essays which will enable
you to use a more detailed complex style of
argumentation in your essays at Pre-faculty.
SPEAKING
Taking part in discussions and conversations and
conversations on familiar topics and giving well
structured oral presentations
 WHAT TO EXPECT AT UPPER LEVEL

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

Having a sufficient range of language to express ideas

on abstract or cultural topics
Communicating with reasonable accuracy

PRONUNCIATION

Achieving clear, natural pronunciation and intonation

– This will help with spoken production and listening
comprehension
COURSE ASSESSMENT

CATs 2 CATs
(Reading, Listening, Grammar and Vocabulary, Writing)
CAT 1: 25 points
CAT 2: 75 points

ECA End of Course Assessment

(Reading, Listening, Writing, Grammar and Vocabulary)
EXAM DATES:
• CAT
: CAT 1
: CAT 2

• ECA March 26
 USE OF MOODLE IN OUR COURSES
In our courses we make use of MOODLE for:
1. communication purposes between students and instructors, and
also between students
to give students information about courses, to schedule
individual and group meetings with students, to communicate
course related information to students, etc.)
2. setting tasks
to set pre-/ post- and main LP tasks
to set homework (extra reading, listening, grammar, vocabulary
and writing practice
3. submission of student work
to get students to submit their written tasks and homework
through Moodle, etc.)
4. teaching
to set up forums for discussion
to give feedback on students’ work
to provide students with necessary information where necessary
 USE OF MOODLE IN OUR COURSES
docs to be found on Moodle
• Student Version of Academic Calendar (with LP dates if possible)
• Student Course Outline with objectives to be covered with set and check
dates
• Upper-Intermediate Level Word List, Contemporary Topics 2 Wordlist
& LEAP 3 Wordlist
• Online Component Information: GLOBED
• Upper-Intermediate MOODLE MATERIALS (weekly)
• LP Task Design Chart with the description of tasks, task dates, task set
and check dates, criteria involved etc.
• Grading Criteria
• Prep Program Writing Error Code
• Prep Program Cheating and Plagiarism Policy
• Student Writing Booklet
• LP STARS Breakdowns Document
• Assessment Matrix
• Make-up dates when necessary
USE OF L1
• English is the medium of instruction at Bilkent University. It is
essential for us to maintain communication in English during:
▫ class, break-out room activities
▫ office hours on Zoom
▫ class spokes person meetings,
▫ E-mails, Whatsapp messaging
All students
▫ are expected to be fluent and accurate users of English both in oral and written
communication.
▫ are responsible for contributing to an English-only environment by taking every
opportunity to practice and experiment with English and also responding to
opportunities created for them to communicate in English.
• Use of L1 (Turkish) is not tolerated.
What are your needs?
Exposure to the language as much as possible
through listening, speaking, reading, writing
To use the language accurately in writing and
speaking
To increase your learning opportunities through
regular self-study
To improve grammar and vocabulary knowledge
Ability to think critically
What should you do to learn better?

1)Vocabulary and Grammar

study the words with their forms and meaning
record words in your vocabulary journal
learn the pronunciation of the words with an
online dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/britis
h
When you read or listen to a text, look for the
grammar structures you’ve learnt and try to form
similar sentences yourself.
use the new words and grammar structures in
writing and speaking tasks
2) Listening and Reading
 Stay away from any distractions in online classes
such as cell phones, messaging with friends, watching
videos etc.
 Actively participate in the class activities
 Come to class prepared; study unknown vocabulary
in the texts
 After class, do the activities on Globed Achieve3000
(Online Component).
 Read and listen regularly outside the class:
- Resources on Moodle: useful links about the topics in the
coursebook
- Internet: millions of online resources from stories to e-
books, from newspaper articles to videos on current
issues
3) Writing and Speaking

• Stay away from any distractions in the class such as cell

phones or chatting with friends

•Actively participate in the classroom activities and don’t

miss any opportunity to get teacher’s feedback

• Always keep your monolingual dictionary with you

•keep a writing journal and write regulary everyday to

practice grammar and vocabulary in context

• form study groups to

• give feedback to each others’ writing
• practice speaking
NON- NEGOTIABLE CLASS RULES
 JOIN CLASS ON TIME  no late-comers are allowed in the waiting room
 DO YOUR ASSIGNMENTS REGULARLY AND HAND THEM IN ON TIME
 ONLY ENGLISH SHOULD BE SPOKEN IN CLASS, BREAKOUT ROOMS
and/or OFFICE HOURS
 COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER
 DO NOT SLEEP or WATCH something DURING CLASS HOURS
 BEHAVE RESPECTFULLY TO THE TEACHER & CLASSMATES
 PUT AWAY YOUR CELL PHONE
 FOOD AND DRINK MUST BE CONSUMED OUTSIDE CLASS
 ATTEND YOUR ZOOM CLASSES FULLY PREPARED. BRING YOUR
COURSEBOOKS, PENCILS, PENS, NOTEBOOK AND DICTIONARY
EVERY DAY
 STUDY OUTSIDE CLASS REGULARLY
 CONSULT YOUR TEACHER OR HTU IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
REMINDERS
• It is important to

▫ check your Bilkent e-mail every day

▫ check STARS for absenteeism and grades

▫ check Prep. Programme Student Website

regularly (i.e. exam announcements, sample
task types)
http://prep.bilkent.edu.tr/
 IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• Check everything on MOODLE & STARS

• Download all the supplementary materials on
MOODLE and DO them for extra practice
• Follow your LP grades on Moodle and STARS
regularly
• Do your GLOBED tasks regularly and check your
scores weekly on Moodle
• Check your weekly GLOBED Reports on MOODLE