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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MUT 1047	GERMAN READING SKILLS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AHMET OLGUN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

This course aims to enhance skills of students to comprehend, express and interpret written sources in various text types and have students acquire reading skills for translation purpose. It is also a preparation course for interpreting courses such as sight translation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Students will conduct syntactic and presumptive analysis on the basis of the texts in German and comprehend the texts
2	Students will enhance their reading skills for signs, tables and graphics in German as well as texts
3	Students will be able to use skim reading techniques in both languages
4	Students will read, explain and translate various texts at a basic level
5	Students will expand their knowledge about the world as well as German and discuss cultural issues

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: Objectives and Sources
2	Theoretical information on reading skills	Distinctive features of texts, expression styles and functions. Analysis difference between communicative and aesthetic functions of the language
3	Studying and evaluating graphics, tables and signs in German
4	Studying and evaluating graphics, tables and signs in German
5	Reading paragraphs in German on various topics	Comprehension, summarizing and coherence
6	Reading paragraphs in German on various topics	Comprehension, summarizing and coherence
7	Skimming texts in German and meaning-focused reading exercise
8	Midterm Exam
9	Skimming texts in German and reading exercise to comprehend the general information
10	Skimming texts in German and reading exercise to comprehend the general information
11	Reading, analyzing and evaluating miscellaneous texts in German	Advertisement texts, language features and the ways to impact the anticipated target group and rhetoric tools
12	A Reading, analyzing and evaluating miscellaneous texts in German	Analysis of short news from the current politics of the German-speaking countries
13	Reading, analyzing and evaluating miscellaneous texts in German
14	A General Review and discussion on the questions not answered

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kormann, Hilmar und Hilde: Zur Diskussion gestellt. Sachtexte und Belletristik mit Fragen und Übungen zu den Texten. Hueber, 1998
2. Eicke, Hans: Erzaehlungen und Gedichte. Hueber, 1990
3. Miscellaneous articles and news taken from current newspapers and magazines
4. Kadıoğlu, Muhsin: Çok Hızlı Okuma Teknikleri. Veli Yayınları, 1991
http://www.studium-ratgeber.de/schneller-lesen-lernen-tipps.php
http://www.heku-it.com/schneller-lesen-app-win/
Tabellen und Grafiken lesen und verbalisieren : http://www3.edumoodle.at/textkompetenz9/pluginfile.php/501/mod_label/intro/6_lehrer.pdf
Turkish-German Texts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning Outcomes 1-5 will be assessed as per 30% homework assignments and participation;
2. Learning Outcomes 1-3 will be assessed in midterm exam;
3. Learning Outcomes 4-5 will be assessed in final exam.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % class attendance is required.
2. Absence will not be regarded as a rationale for late submission of assignments.
3. The midterm exam, homework assignments, class work and participation in final activities will be taken into consideration during assessment.

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	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	2	5	10
Preparing presentations	1	6	6
Final	1	6	6
Midterm	1	4	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.9	PO.11
LO.1	5		5	3
LO.2	4		1
LO.3	4				4
LO.4	4				4
LO.5	1	5				5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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