ENG 102 - English and Composition II
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Source       : the official STARS syllabus (stars.bilkent.edu.tr)
Fetched      : 2026-09-11T06:57:41
Credits      : 3.0 · ECTS 5.0
Coordinator  : (not published on this page)
Contact hours: 5 hours of lecture per week

CATALOG DESCRIPTION
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The central basis of ENG 102 is to consolidate students' academic approach to
thinking, reading, speaking and writing and language usage, as initiated in
ENG 101. In addition, the ENG 102 course aims to develop the students'
abilities to synthesize and evaluate information and conduct basic,
independent research.

ASSESSMENT
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  · Library Skills Task - %5
  · Academic Essay - %20
  · Oral Presentation - %20
  · Research Paper Outline - %10
  · Research Paper - %30
  · End of Course Interview - %15

PASSING REQUIREMENT
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90% attendance/ No final exam

LEARNING OUTCOMES
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· Can carry out autonomous, focused research in order to identify potential
sources
      assessed by: Library Skills Task Academic Essay Oral Presentation Research Paper Outline Research Paper
· Can critically analyse and evaluate academic texts to understand and
record both their meaning and potential value
      assessed by: Library Skills Task Academic Essay Oral Presentation Research Paper Outline Research Paper
· Can critically analyse and evaluate spoken input to understand and record
both their meaning and potential value
      assessed by: Oral Presentation End of Course Interview
· Can develop well-reasoned written arguments that are supported by valid
and reliable evidence
      assessed by: Academic Essay Research Paper Outline Research Paper
· Can develop well-reasoned spoken arguments that are supported by valid and
reliable evidence
      assessed by: Oral Presentation End of Course Interview
· Can write focused, coherent, thesis driven academic essays
      assessed by: Academic Essay
· Can write focused, coherent, thesis driven research paper
      assessed by: Research Paper
· Can incorporate citation skilfully and accurately, and distinguish between
their own and others' voice
      assessed by: Library Skills Task Academic Essay Research Paper
· Can effectively communicate with others orally in the form of formal
presentations and discussions/debates
      assessed by: Oral Presentation End of Course Interview
· Can use the language accurately and appropriately
      assessed by: Library Skills Task Academic Essay Oral Presentation Research Paper Outline Research Paper End of Course Interview

WEEKLY PLAN
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1. Introduction to the course and its requirements: Syllabus/14-week
plan/Assessment +Introduction to the course & setting expectations +
Introducing course topic Library Visits
2. 1. Text discussion and analysis- Getting the students to discuss the
course topic based on the ideas indicated in the texts. 2. Revision of
Academic Writing Skills Library Visits
3. Analysis and discussion of texts for the Academic Essay Research Skills:
Can carry out autonomous, focused research in order to identify potential
sources- Library Skills Task
4. Analysis and discussion of texts for project/Project (essay) Outlining +
Report (Research Paper) Topic Selection and narrowing down the topic.
Research Skills: Can carry out autonomous, focused research in order to
identify potential sources Academic Essay Detailed Outline + Outline
tutorials
5. In-class Academic Essay writing + Oral task skills input
6. Research skills input + Oral Presentation Skills Input + Essay Tutorials
(outside the class)
7. Research skills input + Oral Presentation Skills Input + Oral
Presentation pre-task (unassessed) + Essay Tutorials (outside the class)
8. Essay tutorials/Text analysis and Discussion/Research Paper input and
practice / Academic Writing Language Workshop RESEARCH PAPER PROPOSAL
PRESENTATION
9. Text analysis and Discussion/ Research Paper input and practice
continued/ Academic Writing Language Workshop RESEARCH PAPER PROPOSAL
PRESENTATION
10. Text analysis and Discussion / Research Paper input and practice
continued/ Academic Writing Language Workshop /Research paper outline
tutorials/ RESEARCH PAPER PROPOSAL PRESENTATION/ RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE
11. Text analysis and Discussion/ Research Paper input and practice
continued/ Academic Writing Language Workshop/ RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE
12. Text analysis and Discussion / Research Paper input and practice
continued/ Academic Writing Language Workshop
13. Text analysis and Discussion for the report / Research Paper input and
practice continued/ Academic Writing Language Workshop
14. End of Course Interview/ RESEARCH PAPER FINAL DRAFT

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