Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||