Information Of Programmes

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES / ETI315 - TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING (ENGLISH)

Code: ETI315

Course Title: LEXICOLOGY

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 4

Year/Semester of Study

3 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

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

English

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to show the students how the words have been formed in structure and by doing so to help them evaluate the meaning in a better way and to minimize their dictionary need. Secondly, it is aimed to increase students' vocabulary levels by studying the words in the context.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	can distinguish between words, phrases and sentences.	PO-14 To have a wide knowledge of terminologies of specific fields in both languages	Examination
LO-2	can identify the inflections and derivations.	PO-15 To be able to have knowledge of the terminology of various fields (Science, Social and Health Sciences etc.) and being able to use second foreign language and English both as a source and a target language	Examination
LO-3	can use the learned vocabulary through Anglosaxon, Latin and Greek affixes.	PO-2 To be able to have basic and specialized knowledge about the language and history of the cultures taught	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents

Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Language: A System of Systems De Saussurean Principles	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
2	Sub-disciplines of Linguistics The Interrelationship between Linguistics and Translatology	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
3	Sub-disciplines of Linguistics The Interrelationship between Linguistics and Translatology	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
4	Lexicology: Lexis (Word), Lexicon, and The Mental Lexicon	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
5	Lexicology: Lexis (Word), Lexicon, and The Mental Lexicon	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
6	A fundamental Building Block in Language: Lexis Morphological Derivation and Word Formation	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
7	The Fundamental Structure of the Lexis: The Diadic and the Triadic Model	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
8	mid-term exam
9	Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Equivalence, and Conceptual Equivalence	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
10	The Interrelationship between Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology, and Terminography The Relationship between Term and Word	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
11	Terminology Science: Terminology and Terminography The Fundamental Structure of the Term: The Quadric Model	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
12	The Morphological Structure of the Term: Roots and Affixes	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
13	The Notion of Neology, Derivational Patterns, and Word/Term Formation Methods	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
14	ISO Standarts and Equivalency	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
15	General Assessment	Presentations, Quesiton-Answer
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	1. Levine, Harold. 1982. Vocabulary for the High School student. Istanbul: ABC kitabevi.
2	2. Ayers, Donald. 2005. English Words. University of Arizona Press.
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)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	14	28
b) Search in internet/Library	2	14	28
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	15	1	15
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	15	1	15
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			116