COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUBLIC SPEAKING IN GERMAN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MUT 1037 PUBLIC SPEAKING IN GERMAN COMPULSORY 2 1 0 6

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜLPERI SERT

Offered to

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

The course objective is to enhance the linguistic awareness and accumulation of students by improving their skills to produce oral texts and prepare them for interpreting. Students, in this direction, produce German oral texts in different types, presents while their challenges, success and alternatives are examined during the class. Various exercises geared toward to the said types are performed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gain skills to comprehend what they hear in German, to Express their feelings and opinions effectively.
2   Develop self-confidence in producing oral texts in German and in public speaking.
3   Gain skills to express their feelings and opinions effectively with current, original, audio-visual materials as well as activities of conversation, presentation, and discussions.
4   Gain awareness of perception about the different contexts of oral communication types and different language use and presentation factors according to the purpose.
5   Prepare for interpreting by enhancing their German oral skills and gain linguistic awareness.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Getting to know each other and introductory conversations in order to determine the linguistic levels of the students
2 German Music, German bands and lyrics Exercises with examples
3 Student presentations Students presents a bands r a singer with one of their songs
4 German cuisine and food culture Oral exercise related to the topic
5 Student presentations and discussion An oral presentation and discussion related to the previous week s topic
6 The fall of Berlin wall in the movie Goodbye Lenin Watching the movie and discussing the historical and social matters in the movie
7 Student presentations and discussion An oral presentation and discussion related to the previous week s topic
8 Mid-term exam
9 Marriage Yes or No , Fashion and Youth Pro - Contra group discussion
10 Student presentations and discussion oral presentation and discussion related to the topics of 8. and 9. Week
11 Famous Germans Oral exercise related to the topic
12 Turks in Germany Oral exercise related to the topic
13 Student presentations and discussion oral presentation and discussion related to the topics of 11. And 12. Week
14 Evaluation A qualitative evaluation of the term

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Miscellaneous magazine
2. Miscellaneous internet sites
3. Short videos
4. Movie `Goodbye Lenin and related materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Classes
2. Presentations
3. Practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: will be assessed with Mid-term exam , active participation and the final exam.
2. LO 3: will be assessed with the Final test.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. % 70 Attendance is compulsory.
2. Non-attendance will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of homework or to be excused of presentations.
3. Attending the Mid-term exam, presentations, active participation and the final exam will be the main assessment.
4. Students are expected to make individual efforts and contribute to the work in their group activities for the class. If the lack thereof is detected, students will have no grades for presentation and active participation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 7 4 28
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 0,5 1
Midterm 1 0,5 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.153445
LO.254445
LO.344
LO.45554
LO.554

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