DECEMBER 2011 -JANUARY 2012 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

MONDAY / TUESDAY / WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY
ROOM 215 / ROOM 215A / ROOM 223A / ROOM A17 / ROOM 216
DEC 12 / DEC 13 / DEC 14 / DEC 15 / DEC 16
Writing: How to write good Introduction ParagraphsAycın Nacar Uslu LEVEL 4 Time: 12.30 / Writing: Ways to start writing: Brainstorming&Outlining.
Berkim Gürkan
LEVEL 3
Time: 11.30 / Speaking: Effective Presentation Strategies Mustafa Zor LEVEL 3&4&FAC Time:11.30 / Writing: Moving from Paragraphs to Compositions: What is the difference? Güven Gönüllü LEVEL 3 Time: 12.30
Grammar: “My mother doesn’t speak Italian because she isn’t from Italy.’’: Using verb BE (am-is-are-was-were etc.) correctly. Savash Ademoglu LEVEL 1&2 Time: 14.30
Writing: Different types of Topic sentences for body paragraphs
Andrew Farley& Evrim Atmaca
LEVEL 3
Time: 12.30 / Grammar: “We love our teachers and they love us, too.’ :Using object pronouns correctly.
Josh Ray Brown
LEVEL 2
Time: 14.30
DEC 19 / DEC 20 / DEC 21 / DEC 22 / DEC 23
Writing&Grammar: “There are a lot of different kinds of students who come from various countries”: Using relative clauses correctly to give details. Sinem Ertekin LEVEL 3 Time :12.30
Writing: Academic Writing and Different types of Academic Essays Hasan Akkubak LEVEL 4&FAC Time: 11.30 / Writing: Giving the same meaning by using different words: Paraphrasing. Sezen Alakuş LEVEL 4&FAC Time: 12.00 ______
Grammar: “She is very shy so she doesn’t talk much.’’ : Using verb ‘be’ (am,is, are) when necessary. LEVEL 1&2 Ebru Akbaş Time: 14.30 / Writing: Ways to make writing more interesting and lively: From Simple to Complex SentencesYelda Yavuz&Ebru Davarci LEVEL 3&4 Time: 11.30 / Grammar: “The beautiful girl is sleeping silently in the garden”: Using word forms(adjective,noun,verb etc.) correctly. Betül Emgin LEVEL 3&4 Time: 11.30
Vocabulary: Useful Strategies for Learning Vocabulary Nick Grasso LEVEL 2 Time:14.30 / Grammar: “I watch movies in English to learn vocabulary.’’ Expressing purpose; TO or FOR? LEVEL 2 Tuğba Görgülü LEVEL 3 Time:11.30
Writing: “Watching movies in English is very enjoyable and it is also helpful to improve my English”: Using Gerunds and Infinitives correctly. Tuba Tanrıverdi LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30
DEC 26
Reading: Understanding the Writer’s message in a text: Facts vs Opinion Ali Aydın LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30
Writing: Writing Longer Sentences by using Adjectives, Prepositions, Similes, and Simple clauses Derick Paul Mattern LEVEL 2 Time: 13.30 / DEC 27
Grammar: “I am not as rich as Bill Gates”: Comparatives for upper levels Bahar Sönmez LEVEL 4 Time:11.30
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Writing: The Purpose and Audience in Writing Nesrin Eren LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30 / DEC 28
Vocabulary: Prefix and Suffixes (happiNESS, UNhappy etc.) to change the word forms in English (İngilizce’de ön ekler ve son ekler). Pınar Ballıpınar LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30 ______
Grammar: “Students who come to workshops get better grades!”: Writing sentences with Relative Clauses. Kemal Boşnak LEVEL 3&4 Time: 15.30 / DEC 29
Writing: “Unemployment is an important problem and it increases day by day”: The methods not to repeat key subjects in writing. Özge Öngün LEVEL 3&4&FAC Time:11.30______
Vocabulary: Easy and Useful ways of learning Vocabulary in English. Melike Küçük LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30 / DEC 30
JANUARY 2 / JAN 3 / JAN 4 / JAN 5 / JAN 6
Grammar: "I have added two friends on Facebook this week” : Using Facebook to practice present perfect tense. Göker Talay LEVEL 3&4 Time:11.30 / Reading: Understanding the “unwritten” meaning in a text: Inferencing LEVEL 3&4 Ayhan Doğan Time: 11.30 ______
Writing&Grammar: “My bag was stolen while I was walking to school yesterday morning.”: Using Passives EffectivelyYıldız Altuntas LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30 / Vocabulary: Strategies to improve your vocabulary. Ayşegül Erdemir LEVEL 3 Time: 11.30 ______
Grammar&Writing: “I went out despite the bad weather because I was bored at home.”: How to use linkers (bağlaçlar) correctly. Mehmet Zeki Giritli LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30 ______ / Writing: Using transition signals (also, so, however, etc.) effectively. Burak Eröncel& Burcu Kosova LEVEL 3 Time: 11.30 / Writing: How to plan your supporting ideas clearly?: Unity and Coherence in writing compositions. LEVEL 3&4 Seher Balkaya& Tümay İlhanKutlu Time: 12.30
Grammar: “You shouldn’t drive so fast, you may have an accident.”: Using Modal Verbs (can,may, must, etc) correctly.Nurşen Karabulut&İlkay Bülbül LEVEL 3 Time:11.30 ______Writing&Grammar: I went to England to improve my English”: Expressing purpose; TO or FOR? LEVEL 2 Özlem Tunç& Nazlı Kalkavan Time: 14.30
Grammar: “If I give my newspaper, we will start talking”: Using If Clause Type 1 and Zero meaningfully. Feyza Kasımoğlu LEVEL 2 Time: 14.30
Grammar: “There are a lot of people but there isn’t enough food to eat.’’ : Using There is/ There are, some/any correctly. Ebru Yalçın LEVEL 1&2 Time:14.30
JAN 9 / JAN 10 / JAN 11 / JAN 12 / JAN 13
Reading: Key strategies to summarize reading textsBeyza Bayrak LEVEL 4 Time: 11.30
Writing: “We cancelled the picnic due to/because of the bad weather”: Showing cause& effect in writing.Su Esmen Tek LEVEL 3&4&FAC Time: 12.30 ______Reading: Understanding the “secret” meaning in a text? : Inferencing. Ayla Sürmeli& Hande Günel LEVEL 2 Time: 14.30 / Speaking: “My father is a careful driver, he always drives very carefully” : Using Adjectives and Adverbs correctly. Eren Görür LEVEL 3 Time: 11.30 ______
Grammar: “I was walking down Istiklal when I saw a man with a green beard and a pink suit.”: Reviewing past, present, and perfect tenses with games and stories.Brooke Meyer LEVEL 4&FAC Time: 12.30 ______Grammar: “While I was walking, I saw my teacher yesterday” : Using past and Past cont. correctly. Ezgi Demirkır Level 2 Time:14.30 / Writing: “Although I love cooking, I usually can’t find time to cook”: Using transitions effectively. Tuğçe Gürer&İlkem KayıcanLEVEL 3&4 Time:11.30
Reading: Understanding the Details in a text: How to make effective reading? Zehra Güven Öztürk LEVEL 3&4 Time: 12.30 / Speaking: “Nancy gave me a cold shoulder, I think I made her upset.’’ : Daily idioms in English. Duwane Morrow LEVEL 3&4 Time: 11.30 ______
Writing&Grammar: “Eating too much fast food may/could/can/might cause serious health problems” Using modal verbs of speculation effectively. Birol Türkmen&ŞenayKaraman LEVEL 2 Time: 14.30 / Grammar: “If I had 1.000.000 dollars, I would travel around the world.’ : Using If Clause Type 2 correctly. Eda Gözde Girgin LEVEL 3 Time: 11.30 ______
Writing: “Although she has lived in Germany for many years she can neither speak nor write German”: Using Comparisons in writing Cansu Uzun&Aylin AtalayLEVEL 4&FAC Time:12.30 ______
Grammar: How to remember what you learn: Strategies for memory Patrick Short ALL LEVELS Time: 14.30
JAN 16 / JAN 17 / JAN 18 / JAN 19 / JAN 20
Vocabulary: “She doesn’t break the glass on purpose, it happened by accident”: Phrases with repositions.Gülçin Basa LEVEL 3&4&FAC Time: 12.30 ______ / Writing: Practical ways to write Concluding Sentences Aysel Fırat& Sezin K. Boşnak LEVEL 3 Time:11.30 ______Writing: “Unless the government solves air pollution, it will become more dangerous in the future” : Different uses of IF CLAUSES Nuran Bilginer Level 4&FAC Time: 12.30
Grammar: “Today the weather is worse than yesterday.’’: Comparisons by using Adjectives Didem İlter LEVEL 2 Time:14.30 / Writing&Grammar: “What she did yesterday was really kind”: Noun Clauses Güzide Döndar Efe LEVEL 4 Time:12.30 / WritingGrammar: “Unfortunately people always feel stressful because of big city life”: Using adjectives & adverbs correctly to improve writing Gülden Boyner& Gamze Şener LEVEL 3 Time:11.30