Information Of Programmes

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES / ETI213 - TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (ENGLISH)

Code: ETI213

Course Title: TURKISH FOR TRANSLATORS

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 4

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (ENGLISH)

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

SAMET TAŞÇI (samettasci@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enhance the students’ awareness of their native language and of other languages they work with; to have the students actively transfer said awareness to their translational activities. The relationship between translation and language; the historical and linguistic position of the Turkish language within said relationship; the idea of ‘the translator of Turkish;’ the concept of terminology, and the classification of text types; stylistic and thematic aspects in textual analysis; analysis and translation of certain Turkish and English texts are the topics that will be covered in this course.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	can use a variety of critical reading/thinking strategies to comprehend texts	PO-4 To be able to think analiytically	Examination
LO-2	can demonstrate skill transfer from Turkish to English	PO-2 To be able to have basic and specialized knowledge about the language and history of the cultures taught	Examination
LO-3	can express their own ideas fluently and accurately within the context of translation	PO-3 To have problem solving skills to compete with the problems due to the cultural and lingual differences	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents

Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction; comprehension exercises with reading skills: skimming, scanning, and summarizing	Lecture, discussion
2	Spoken language vs. written language; ”language-culture-civilization”, reading skills: making inferences guessing	Lecture, discussion
3	Rules of sounds in Turkish;” language and communication”, reading skills: problem solving and paraphrasing	Lecture, discussion
4	Rules of words in Turkish (affixes, collocations); “language and society”, reading skills: logical reasoning	Lecture, discussion
5	Linguistic structure, meaning and function; “language and thought”, reading skills: textual analysis and evaluation of information	Lecture, discussion
6	Linguistic structure, meaning and function; “language and thought”, reading skills: textual analysis and evaluation of information	Lecture, discussion
7	Literary language, imagery, connotative and denotative meaning, metaphors; translating metaphorical meaning; short story; reading skills: decoding explicit/implicit meaning	Lecture, discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	Literary language, imagery, connotative and denotative meaning, metaphors; translating metaphorical meaning; short story; reading skills: decoding explicit/implicit meaning	Lecture, discussion
10	Abstract vs. concrete thinking: critical essays; reading skills: reorganizing thought patterns based on background knowledge	Lecture, discussion
11	Abstract vs. concrete thinking: critical essays; reading skills: reorganizing thought patterns based on background knowledge	Lecture, discussion
12	Discourse of science and the idea of translation: scientific articles; reading skills: making judgments and presenting logical arguments	Lecture, discussion
13	Discourse of science and the idea of translation: scientific articles; reading skills: making judgments and presenting logical arguments	Lecture, discussion
14	Translation exercises	Lecture, discussion
15	Translation exercises	Lecture, discussion
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Yusuf Çotuksöken Uygulamalı Türk Dili Papatya Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2014
2	Nermi Uygur Dilin Gücü Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2015
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	1	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	1	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	3	14	42
b) Search in internet/Library	2	7	14
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	10	1	10
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	10	1	10
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			120