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Group Member 1
Name:

Bra Akcan

Sub-Category Research
Area:

Communication Skill and Critical Thinking Skill

Information Source #1
Title:

Why are critical thinking skill and communication skill crucial ?

Notes
:

- Both of them are significant for us, critical thinking has many positive
effects, it provides higher academic and professional achievement, and
cognitive skill
- Critical Thinking Skill requires more logical thinking according to other
skills
- Communication Skill is the most important of all life skill because people
cant speak efficiently without this
- Unless peoples communication skill is well, they cant socialize with
others.

http://www.skillsyouneed.com/general/communication-skills.html
https://www.thebalance.com/communication-skills-list-2063779

Information Source #2
Title:

What are the Critical Thinking Skill and Communication Skill ?

Notes

Critical Thinking:

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-Its very extensive and it consists of mental processes such as logical

thinking, analyzing, and discriminating
-Its also the ability to think clearly and rationally
-In addition, when you have critical thinking, you can solve problems
systematically
Communication Skill:
- Communication skill is the most significant of all life skill.
- Its more extensive according to other skills.
- Communication includes saying peoples emotions and thought
appropriately

http://www.umich.edu/~elements/5e/probsolv/strategy/ctskills.htm
https://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/communicating.htm

Information Source #3
Title:

How good are your communication skills ?

Notes
:

- If people want to express your ideas clearly and confidently, they should
empathize with others and listen carefully, so this statement is crucial.
- When people communicate with each other, they should use their body
language, gestures, and the tone.
- If people want to be an expert communicator, they must be comfortable.

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCS_99.htm

Group Member 2
Name:

Hilal Merve Salcan

Sub-Category Research

Writing Skill And Note taking Skill

Adapted from Sabanc University

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Area:

Information Source #1
Title:

Why is note taking skill significant ?

Notes
:

Efficient note taking is necessary for students to have a record of lectures

for future study and review. Thats why , note taking skill is important.
A good lecture notes is one of your most important assets in getting ready
for an examination
Another point is Students who study their notes using the recitation
method remember one and a half times more after six weeks than students
who do not review
Students who take no notes or do not study their notes forget
approximately 80% of the lectures by the end of two weeks.

https://www.northshore.edu/support_center/pdf/listen_notes.pdf

Information Source #2
Title:

How should be good lectures notes ?

Notes
:

Good lecture note should indicate the main points of the lecture.
include enough illustrative detail to enrich notes and content.

https://www.northshore.edu/support_center/pdf/listen_notes.pdf

Information Source #3
Title:

Does writing skill provide success ?

Notes
:

Writing skills are important in many types of company communications, including emails,
reports, presentations, company brochures, sales materials , etc.

Adapted from Sabanc University

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Group Member 3
Name:

Mahir Can KOCAOKUTGEN

Sub-Category Research
Area:

Presentation Skill
Self-management

Information Source #1
Title:

why are presentation skills important ?

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Notes
:

presentation skill are important as it mproves:

time managementreduces stressbusiness success and leadership-

http://www.torok.com/articles/presentation/WhyArePresentationSkillsImportant.html

Information Source #2
Title:
Notes
:

What is the steps

These are steps to becoming a self manager they are
Set goal
Make plan
Get to work
Stick with it
Reach goal
We need these steps in order to be successful in both academic life and
professional life

https://sites.google.com/a/apps4pps.net/approaches-to-learning-skyline/home-1

Information Source #3
Title:
Notes
:

Adapted from Sabanc University

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Group Member 4
Name:

Kagan Fevzi Byk

Sub-Category Research
Area:

Listening and reading skills

Information Source #1
Title:
Notes
:

What can we do about improve our listening?

- reduce stress
- focus on what is being said
-try to understand the other persons point of wiew
-try to be impartial
-listen to the tone
-not just words

Information Source #2
Title:
Notes
:

What can we do about improve our reading?

- reduce our stress
- reading goal
-choosing a text
-scanning,skimming
-detailed reading and note taking
-increasing your reading speed
-developing your reading speed

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-summary

Information Source #3
Title:
Notes
:

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Sub-Category:

Professional and Academic Life

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Relevant information about the Sub-Category

Main
Idea #1

Critical Thinking Skill and Communication Skill

Why is it
relevant?

Communication and Critical Thinking related to professional and

academic skill. People in professional life and in academic life need
these skills, especially if they communicate efficiently in professional
and academic life with others, they can need this skill. On the other
hand, people can also need critical thinking for thinking logical.

Supporting data information

- Listening and speaking is supporting data for communication.
- If you people want to communicate efficiently and
appropriately, they can need efficient speaking and listening.
- Written communication is another supporting data for this
skill.
- There are three core factor to written communication, these
are structure style, and content.
- Non-verbal communication is crucial supporting data in order
to communicate
-This communication way is honest form of your communication
because your body rarely lies.
- Non-verbal communication includes body language, gesture
and tone of voice.

Main
Idea #2
Why is it

Information
Sources
https://www.kent.a
c.uk/careers/sk/co
mmunicating.htm
https://www.kent.a
c.uk/careers/sk/wr
ittencommunication.ht
m
https://www.kent.
edu/yourtrainingp
artner/what-doesyour-nonverballanguage-revealabout-yourcommunicationstyle

Writing Skill & Note Taking Skill

Writing and not-taking skill are relevant to be successful in academic

and professional life.Since in your professional life writing skill provide

Adapted from Sabanc University

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relevant?

some beneficial thing when you are writing e-mail or essay which
contain about your job. if you have a note taking skill for example you
dont forget things which are mentioned in meeting.

Supporting data information

Reading is supporting data for good writing
You want to write efficiently dissertation or essay in academic
life you firstly have to read more.On top of them business life
also require writing skill.

Listening is supporting data for good note taking

There are some tips to write notes while listening and most
crucial tip is good listening.
Acquiring listening skill is beneficial for note taking skill
Having a good language development is significant support
data to write
f People had general knowledge of genres and writing style
they would be successful

Information
Sources
http://smallbusine
ss.chron.com/imp
ortance-goodwriting-skillsworkplace10931.html
https://www.stmar
ys-ca.edu/tutorialacademic-skillscenter/notetaking-strategies
https://training.go
v.au/TrainingComp
onentFiles/CHC08/
CHCEDS306A_R1.
pdf

People have to know range of statement , people should use

linkers for good organization of your writing.

Main
Idea 3

Presentation skill and self management skill

Why is it
relevant?

Self management is a major factor on both academic life and

professional life.We should not waste our time.we should have some
steps in order to save time and also presentation skill is a major factor
on both academic life and professional life.

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Supporting data information

People who have self manager skill have some step to finish a
mission on time some of these step are setting goal , making
plan getting to work and reaching goal

We need some skill to be better presenter some of them are

time management and reducing stress

You ought to show your passion and connect with your

audience and also we should be honest when we present.

Information
Sources
https://sites.googl
e.com/a/apps4pps
.net/approachesto-learningskyline/home-1
http://www.torok.c
om/articles/presen
tation/WhyArePres
entationSkillsImpo
rtant.html

http://www.skillsy
ouneed.com/prese
nt/presentationtips.html

Main
Idea #4

Reading skill and listening skill

Why is it
relevant?

Reading and listening skills very relevant to be succesful in academic

and professional life.because if you want to succesful person you
should be good listener and you should more and more read. These
things are major factors in the professional life.

Supporting data information

Information
Sources

Skimming: reading through a text quickly to get an overall idea

of the contents; that is, the gist of the passage. For example,
before buying a book we glance quickly at the cover page, the
reviewers comments on the back cover (also called book
jacket), the contents page, etc., to get a general idea of its
contents.

http://orelt.col.org
/module/unit/3readingefficiently-subskills-reading

Scanning: searching quickly for a specific piece of information

http://orelt.col.org

Adapted from Sabanc University

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or a particular word. For example, when looking up a word in a

dictionary, an address in a directory or the flight arrival
schedule of a particular flight, we do not read entire pages or
passages.

/module/unit/3readingefficiently-subskills-reading

Listening: it is very fundamental for professional and academic

life. Namely in professional life you should be firstly good
listener. You can listen peoples problems and you should solve
this problems. In academic life if you want to improve yourself
you should note taking all talkings,chats,things.

Main
Idea #5
Why is it
relevant?

Supporting data information

Weekly Action Plan

Adapted from Sabanc University
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Information
Sources

Wee
k

Date

12.12.2016

Dat
e

27.12.2016

Team
member

This weeks agreed

activity

Kaan Fevzi
BYK

We debated with
Emrah Aydn who is
regional manager of
Migros and
experienced own
professional life. I
asked 5-6 question
about reading and
listening skills

Hilal
Salican

I debated that to do
writing and not taking
skill depends on
theoretical knowledge
or practical ability with
university students.
Then I prepared some
question which
proffesinal life and I
ask Emrah Aydn who
manager of Migros.

DONE

Bra Akcan

We debated with
Emrah Aydn who is
regional manager of
Migros and
experienced own
professional life. I
asked some question
about critical thinking
and communication

DONE

Mahir Can

I will get some

information about why
presentation skill are
important and steps
of self management
Finally I will write

KOCAOKUTG
EN

Adapted from Sabanc University

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Was the activity completed?

DONE

DONE

some question for

asking to regional
manager of Migros

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