TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Bürge Kardeş Delil
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) To learn the techniques and strategies of translation in Turkish and English. To this effect, mainly lexical studies and grammar are dealt with for recognition, consolidation, and production purposes in the context pertaining to the field concerned. 2) To develop their reading comprehension in the source language as well as writing in the target language. 3) To develop their listening and speaking skills through the evaluation of the translation products in class.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This is an upper-intermediate English for Specific Purposes translation course. It aims to equip students with the necessary skills in order to understand and identify the structural differences between English and Turkish, to recall previous knowledge on grammar and apply this knowledge to ESP content, to realize different uses of words in different contexts, to translate sentences of various structure and level of difficulty into the target language, considering important points about tone and content, to produce alternative translations for the words, phrases and structures given in the source language, and to enrich their field-specific vocabulary and to enhance their comprehension of written material.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Hafta 1: Introduction to and Comparison of English and Turkish sentence structure, word order 2nd Week Hafta 2: Translation of simple and compound English Sentences with reference to tenses, negation, parts of speech and subject-verb agreement, vocabulary input 3rd Week Hafta 3: Translation of simple and compound Turkish Sentences with reference to tenses, negation, parts of speech and subject-verb agreement 4th Week Hafta 4: Introduction to and comparison of passive voice and complex passive structures in both languages, vocabulary and translations from English sentences 5th Week Hafta 5: Translation into English (simple and complex passive constructions), vocabulary 6th Week Hafta 6: Input for Adjective Clauses, comparison of the structures in both languages, reduction of adjective clauses, vocabulary and translations into Turkish 7th Week Hafta 7: Translations of sentences with adjective clauses into Turkish, vocabulary revision, error correction exercises 8th Week Hafta 8: Mid-term week 9th Week Hafta 9: Translations of sentences with adjective clauses into English, vocabulary 10th Week Hafta 10: Translations of sentences with adjective clauses into English 11th Week Hafta 11: Introduction to Noun Clauses, ESP vocabulary, translation from English 12th Week Hafta 12: Translation of sentences with noun clauses into Turkish continues 13th Week Hafta 13: Translation of sentences with noun clauses into English 14th Week Hafta 14: Translation of sentences with noun clauses into English, error correction exercises, vocabulary revision 15th Week Hafta15: Revision
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	"Grammar Booklet for Translation Courses" (ELDBU-CDU) (2004). Weekly translation materials Field specific language dictionary work
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Other 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No