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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
TER 4030	GER-TUR COMMUNITY INTERPRETING	ELECTIVE	2	1	0	5

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AYŞEGÜL BAŞER

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to introduce emergency interpreting to students who are interested, inform them about the regulations in the field and the terminology for acquiring the skills to interpret in such situations.
Another aim of the course is to raise awareness on the expected interpreter behavior in emergency interpreting.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be informed on the situations where interpreters are needed.
2	To be informed on the legal regulations on interpreting at emergency and disaster situations.
3	To be familiar with the terminology and to acquire the skill to interpret.
4	To acquire the interpreter behavior and the intercultural dimension of emergency situations.
5	To be familiar with international and national institutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction of the course
2	Legal regulations on emergency and disaster management
3	Society and disaster
4	Coping with emergency and disaster psychology
5	Interpreter's role in search and rescue efforts
6	Emergency interpreting and Intercultural dimension
7	Ara Sınav
8	National Urgent Intervention Teams and Cooperation Principles
9	Practical study with Civil Defense in ARÇ
10	UMKE (National Medical Rescue Team) and the interpreter s role
11	International disaster cooperation
12	Communication in Emergency and Disaster Situations
13	Emergency Action Plan and Interpreter Principles
14	Practice in the field

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Various websites
2. Informing videos
3. Regulations and material on ARÇ
4. Real-life examples and scenarios
5. Presentations
6. Seminars by experts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Class
2. Assignment/Presentation
3. Classroom Practice
4. Practice in the field

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	PAR	PARTICIPATION
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + RST * 0.30

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: Mid-term, Assignment, Practice
2. LO 3-5: Final, assignment, practice

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance (70%) is obligatory.
2. Absence will not be regarded as a rationale for late submission of assignments.
3. Mid-term, assignments, active participation, practice and final will be influential in assesment.
4. The students are expected to contribute to group work. Otherwise the students will not be graded for Assignments and Practice .

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
Preparation for midterm exam	1	12	12
Preparation for final exam	1	14	14
Preparing presentations	1	6	6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Final	1	1,5	2
Midterm	1	1,5	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.11	PO.13	PO.15
LO.1
LO.2				4	4			3
LO.3					5	5
LO.4	5	5	4	4			5	5
LO.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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