COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NAFIZE SIBEL GÜZEL

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Course Objective

The course objective is to increase language awareness of the students and emphasize the importance of language for translation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Printed media and three books, one is a book written in a foreign language by a Turkish writer and translated into Turkish, the other is a Turkish book by a Turkish writer, and the third one is a translated book.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lesson
Students are required to examine printed and visual media, and to bring all the findings concerning the use of Turkish to the classroom.
2. Revision Sessions and Classroom Discussions
Turkish mistakes/errors in the printed and visual media or in the translated book each week. Students are required to participate in classroom discussion.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Exams will evaluate whether students are able to detect lingual errors in texts.
2. Students are required to do their assignments each week. It is obligatory to do assignments on one s own so as to be pass the course. Assignments are also important to prepare students for the exams.

Assessment Criteria

Assignments and classroom participation will have an impact at 20%, mid-term at 40% and final exam at 40%.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation is obligatory at 70%.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes