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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
TER 4034	GER-TUR ADVANCED SIMULTANEOUS 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

ASISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK ALTINKAYA NERGIS

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to improve the skills acquired in the previous semester. Students are aimed to acquire the qualifications necessary to tackle real interpreting situations, to improve their skills of interpreting, and to learn how to work as a team.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Put into practice the simultaneous interpreting techniques they learned in the previous semester.
2	Enhance their competences to comprehend a speech they have heard for the first time, and express it in another language.
3	Interpret at a level of working successfully with challenging speakers with different accents
4	Perform long duration interpreting and exhibit perseverance required in real life situations.
5	Make it a habit to be up to date on the political, economical and social issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

TER 4037 - Ger-Tur Simultaneous Interpreting

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Review of basic principles, techniques, ethical issues and skills of conference interpreting.
2	Beginning exercises: short and simple sentences. Building semantic units, reformulation, simplification, omission, anticipation and cope with fast speaking speakers.
3	Class exercise. Speech topic: Law I	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
4	Class exercise. Speech topic: Law II	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
5	Class exercise. Speech topic: Environment	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
6	Class exercise. Speech topic: IT	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
7	Mid-term exam
8	Class exercise. Speech topic: Health	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
9	Class exercise. Speech topic: Technical I	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
10	Class exercise. Speech topic: Technical II	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
11	Class exercise. Speech topic: Politics	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
12	Class exercise. Speech topic: Diplomacy	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
13	Class exercise. Speech topic: Finance	Preparing terminology and reading other relevant resources.
14	Review of the semester

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Text books
Kautz, Ulrich (2002). Handbuch Didaktik des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens. München: Iudicium.
Pöchhacker, Franz (2007): Dolmetschen. Konzeptuelle Grundlagen und deskriptive Untersuchungen, Tübingen: Stauffenburg.
Kalina, Sylvia (1998). Strategien des Dolmetschens, Tübingen: Narr.
2. Class Material
- Miscellaneous texts related to the topics that will be used in interpreting.
- Miscellaneous online resources including dictionaries, referential web sites etc.
- Speech texts
- Presentations
- Glossaries

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Performance in class.
2. Preparation for class.

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

1. Exams
Throughout the semester two exams will be given:
Midterm (%30)
Final exam (%30)
Exams will be conducted in the form of students animating a real speech or a presentation in the classroom, and will assess the student s skills of interpreting this speech into the target language in the booth.
2. Homework and participation
Before each class, a text, presentation or title of the week s topic will be given to students. Students will be asked to gather information, if available, about the meeting concerned and speakers and gather terminological data from both the materials provided and from extra materials. Other assignments will be video and audio recordings of speeches for students to do listening exercises and transcribe as class preparation.

Assessment Criteria

1. Oral tests that are recorded will be evaluated in terms of preparation, use of skills learned during the semester and fulfilling the tasks required.
2. The attendance grade will be based on (i) the student s participation in the class, (ii) the quality of the answers given by the student to questions asked by the instructor and (iii) the student s contribution to creating a positive learning environment.
3. For grades on the border between two grades, active participation in the class will justify the higher grade.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is compulsory.
2. Students are required to come to the class prepared.
3. Students are required to bring their own CD s or recording devices for this class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours