ADVANCED ENGLISH PROGRAM
Welcome to SFL Advanced English Program!
The School of Foreign Languages (SFL) offers a variety of English language courses for ITU undergraduate students. Advanced English (AE) courses provide students with academic studies skills such as researching, identifying reliable sources, organizing information, and presenting within an academic framework. The AE courses learning strategy is focused on the development of 21st-century core skills - 4Cs: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity.
Sibel Dursun
Coordinator
E-mail: dursunsi@itu.edu.tr
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COURSES
The Advanced English Program includes a set of courses aiming at helping students acquire academic English skills needed during their undergraduate studies at ITU as well as in their professional life. The courses are ING 100, ING 101, ING 102, ING 103, ING 112A, and ING 201A. In addition, there are ING 105, ING 106, ING 205, and ING 206 courses designed specifically for the Turkish Music State Conservatory students.
ING 100 (3 credits)
ING 100 is an interdisciplinary course of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) that will help students develop their English language skills through 21st-century core skills- the 4 Cs (Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity) and United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The course content is based on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a rich resource that is engaging for learners of all disciplines. In addition to developing students’ academic and soft skills, the focus on the SDGs will encourage students to consider their role as responsible 21st-century global citizens. The main focus of the course is the development of academic skills through learning strategies that support both individual studies and collaborative learning. With a variety of in-class practices, students will be able to improve their English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. ING 100 is a compulsory course for those who are subject to the 2021-2022 academic year lesson plans and get a score between 60-74 from ITU SFL English Proficiency Exam. Students who get 75 or above are exempt from this course. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 100 – EAP Through Global Goals
ING 100 EXEMPTION
Students who are subject to 2021-2022 Academic Year Course Plans need to complete 7 credits of English lessons: ING 100, ING 112A, and ING 201A, and ING 100 course carries 3 credits; ING 112A and ING 201A courses carry 2 credits each.
Students passing the ITU SFL Proficiency Exam with a score of 60-74 have to take ING 100 in their first faculty year. In order to fulfill 7 credits of English, they subsequently need to take ING 112A and ING 201A courses in the following terms/years, which can be scheduled differently by their faculties and/or departments.
Students who pass the ITU SFL Proficiency Exam with a score of 75 or more are exempt from ING 100. These students are enrolled in a class for the exempt students (the CRN for the class is announced on the webpage of the Registrar’s Office). At the end of the term, they have an AA in their transcript so that in the following terms, they can take ING 112A and ING 201A respectively.
ING 100 exemption is applied only once at the term students start their undergraduate education, and the first pass grade they scored at the Proficiency Exam (or valid English tests) is considered. The Proficiency Exam scores received later are not valid for the ING 100 exemption procedure. See the link below for the details of the valid English tests and scores.
Valid English Tests and Scores
ING 101 (3 credits)
ING 101 is designed to improve students’ reading skills by analyzing technical and academic texts in addition to academic and technical writing skills by eliciting information from the texts. Students not only learn about the requirements of Academic and Technical English but also improve their other linguistic and critical thinking skills. Students are expected to extensively describe an object and mechanism by using proper technical language, to classify the information they researched and write an analytic composition on their classification, and to cite all the information they utilized throughout the process. This course is compulsory for students who are subject to the lesson plans before the 2017-2018 academic year and who have passed the ITU YDY English Proficiency Exam with a score between 60-74. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 101 – English 1
ING 102 (3 credits)
ING 102 is focused on improving the students’ efficient reading techniques by learning to analyze outside sources and eliciting proper information, developing their critical thinking skills. Students will be able to go through the processes of reading and analyzing texts, planning, drafting, and editing. Students working on text exploration and academic writing simultaneously produce cause and effect and argumentative essays for both in their homework assignments and exams. Moreover, students participate in in-class discussions about the reading materials. This course is compulsory for students who are subject to the lesson plans before the 2017-2018 academic year and have scored 75 or higher in the ITU YDY English Proficiency Exam. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 102 – English 2
ING 103 (3 credits)
The ING 103 courses include versions developed according to the students’ specific field of study. These are Professional Communication for Engineers (ING 103CO), Intercultural Citizenship in International Education (ING 103ES), Public Speaking (ING 103H), Short Stories (ING 103I), Film Studies (ING 103N), and Science Communication: Theory and Practice for Engineers (ING 103SC).
All ING 103 courses are designed to develop students intellectually. In general, curricula focus on reading comprehension, written and oral expression, organizational writing, and oral communication skills. Students are expected to participate in academic discussions to support their presentation skills. The courses are taught by instructors specialized in their field of study.
These courses (except for ING 103CO, ING 103ES, ING 103SC) are compulsory for students who are subject to the lesson plans before the 2017-2018 academic year and who have passed the ITU YDY English Proficiency Exam with a score of 75 or above. For those who are subject to the 2017-2018 academic year and later lesson plans, all of these courses are in the elective category.
For the detailed course catalogue forms, click the links below.
ING 103CO – Professional Communication for Engineers
ING 103ES – Intercultural Citizenship in International Education
ING 103H – Public Presentations
ING 103I – Short Stories
ING 103N – Film Studies
ING 103SC Science Communication: Theory and Practice for Engineers
ING 112A (2 credits)
ING 112A course focus is to improve students’ reading techniques, learn to analyze outside sources and elicit proper information by differentiating general from specific data, and develop their academic writing skills by including proper in-text citation methods in their written assignments. Students will also go through the processes of reading and analyzing texts, critical thinking, planning, drafting, and editing. They will be able to learn how to write a formal sentence definition, interpret charts and graphs, use direct quotations, paraphrase and summary by implementing APA citation rules. Students working on text exploration and academic writing simultaneously produce a paragraph and an argumentative essay both for their homework assignments and exams. In addition, they will participate in in-class discussions about the reading materials. Students who are exempt from ING 100 can take the ING 112A course after their ING 100 course grades are recorded as AA on their transcripts at the end of the semester. There is no exemption from ING 112A for students starting their undergraduate programs as of the 2021-2022 academic year. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
112A – Basics of Academic Writing
ING 201A (2 credits)
ING 201A is a course designed to teach the organizational and critical thinking skills necessary for logical written expression. The course focuses on writing a research paper of at least 1500 words based on sound scholarly sources on a topic of interest related to a student’s field of study by conforming to the APA standards of writing without committing plagiarism. In this course, the whole research process is taught step-by-step through skills including research, source selection, choice of topic, construction and defense of a thesis statement, citing sources, outlining, organizing a “References” page, and note-taking. Critical elements of the course are instruction in paraphrasing and summarizing techniques, use of quotations and the incorporation of these research findings in the paper together with the inclusion of personal comments, avoidance of plagiarism, and conforming to ethical rules. It is a must course for all the ITU students; there is no exemption. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 201A – Essentials of Research Paper Writing
Other General English Courses
ING 105, ING 106, ING 205, and ING 206 are compulsory English courses developed for the students of the Turkish Music State Conservatory.
ING 105 – (3 credits)
The course is designed to help students acquire the basic ability to communicate and exchange information in a simple way aligned with an Elementary level of English. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 105 – English 1
ING 106 – (3 credits)
The course is designed to help students acquire the basic ability to communicate and exchange information in a simple way aligned with an Elementary level of English. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 106 – English 2
ING 205 – (3 credits)
The aim of the course is to help students acquire the ability to deal with simple, straightforward information and begin to express themselves in familiar contexts aligned with a Pre-intermediate level of English. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 205 – English 3
ING 206 – (3 credits)
The course is designed to help students acquire the ability to deal with simple, straightforward information and begin to express themselves in familiar contexts aligned with an Intermediate level of English. For the detailed course catalogue form, click the link below.
ING 206 – English 4
ING-CODED COURSE RULES AND REGULATIONS
· According to ITU regulations, students should attend 70% of the total credit hours. That is to say, students cannot miss more than 12 hours maximum for ING 100 courses; 8 hours for ING 112A and ING 201A courses. Students who are more than ten minutes late for a lesson are marked absent for that hour only.
· Assignments must be submitted on the day they are due, during class time. Failing to submit an assignment on the due date, at the specified time, will result in a ZERO for that assignment.
· Students who plagiarize, in anyway or form, will get a ZERO.
· For more details, see Advanced English Program Course Rules & Regulations
Please check the Disciplinary Regulations, ITU Honor Code, and ITU Regulations by clicking on the following links:
Disciplinary Bylaw for Students of Higher Education Institutions
ITU Honor Code
ITU Undergraduate Education Regulations
ITU Undergraduate Summer School Regulations