COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGLISH-TURKISH TRANSLATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YIÖ 2007 ENGLISH-TURKISH TRANSLATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HATICE IREM KIZILASLAN

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

This course is designed to focus on analysing the structure and the communicative features of English language in comparison with those of Turkish language; defining and practicing the basic concepts and techniques of translation and practise them through various sample texts. The course also aims at enabling the students to transfer the skills they master during the course to the future ELT environment. This course further aims at providing the students with a general concept and nature of language(s), with the ability to solve problems they may encounter in their future careers and to create and freely express their own opinions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to analyse an English sentence in terms of its structural/communicative/contextual features, and translate it in Turkish
2   Students will be able to recognise the differances in usage of English in different contexts and transfer such nuances into Turkish
3   Students will be able to analyse the texts written in English in their contextual features and translate them into Turkish preserving the corresponding features
4   Students will be able to transfer the knowledge and skills they acquire through translation activities into their learning/teaching process
5   Students will be able to build peer-/self-evaluation skills and a general awareness of language(s), and transfer such skills into their future careers effectively.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction, objectives, course requirements
2 Introduction to Translation, tips and techniques, using a dictionary
3 Simple text translation
4 Simple text translation
5 Simple text translation
6 Simple text translation
7 Newspaper language
8 Midterms
9 Newspaper Article
10 Newspaper Article
11 Proverbs, Idioms and Metaphors
12 Poem Translation
13 Miscellanous Sentences
14 Miscellanous Sentences
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Class notes, Miscellaneous Text

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Translating pre-assigned texts in class as a whole class study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr.Gör.Dr. Tarkan KAÇMAZ, tarkan.kacmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday-Wednesday-Friday 15:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 15 2 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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