Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 3 / Spring 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 | İSMAİL SERDAR ALTAÇ (serdaraltac@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of the course is to point out to the students the connections and interactions between language and culture through the theories and methods of disciplines such as linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, and to lay the foundations of a more efficient translation process by revealing the cultural foundations of a language often encountered during translation. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | identify and use the concept of culture, the sources of culture and its elements. |
PO-1 To be able to make interdisciplinary research within the field PO-2 To be able to have basic and specialized knowledge about the language and history of the cultures taught PO-4 To be able to think analiytically |
Examination |
| LO-2 | learns the relationship between language and culture. |
PO-1 To be able to make interdisciplinary research within the field PO-2 To be able to have basic and specialized knowledge about the language and history of the cultures taught PO-4 To be able to think analiytically |
Examination |
| LO-3 | have knowledge on the influence of language on human consciousness. |
PO-1 To be able to make interdisciplinary research within the field PO-2 To be able to have basic and specialized knowledge about the language and history of the cultures taught PO-4 To be able to think analiytically |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Basic concepts related to language and culture | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Language, Cognition and Culture: Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis | Lecture, Discussion |
| 2 | Meaning as a sign: meanings of signs, cultural encodings, non-arbitrary nature of signs | Lecture, Discussion |
| 3 | Meaning as action: context of situation, context of culture, expectation structures | Lecture, Discussion |
| 4 | Culture and linguistic categories: kinship terms, color terms, metonomy | Lecture, Discussion |
| 5 | Culture and linguistic categories: folk taxonomies, taboo and euphemism | Lecture, Discussion |
| 6 | Language and cultural identity: cultural identity, cultural stereotyping | Lecture, Discussion |
| 7 | Pragmatic coherence, cooperation principle, roles of participants, and construction | Lecture, Discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Verbal language, verbal culture: theories of face and politeness | Lecture, Discussion |
| 10 | Functions of speech: politeness and address terms | Lecture, Discussion |
| 11 | The relation between gender and politeness | Lecture, Discussion |
| 12 | Varieties of talk: ethnography of speaking, ethnomethodology | Lecture, Discussion |
| 13 | Theory of speech-acts | Lecture, Discussion |
| 14 | Linguistic and cultural imperialism I | Lecture, Discussion |
| 15 | Linguistic and cultural imperialism II | Lecture, Discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Bonvillain, N. (1997). Language, Culture and Communication. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Coursebook | ||
| 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 | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 121 | ||