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 Week 1: Revision of Adjective and Noun Clauses through translations from/into English 2nd Week Week 2: Induction for Adverbial Clauses, Vocabulary, 3rd Week Week 3: Translations of sentences from English 4th Week Reduction of Adverbial Clauses, Sentence translations from English 5th Week Week 4: Translation of sentences with Adverbial Clauses from English 6th Week Week 5: Translation of sentences with Adverbial Clauses into English 7th Week Week 6: Translation of sentences with Adverbial Clauses into English 8th Week 9th Week Week 7: Error correction exercises, vocabulary and general revision 10th Week Week 8: Exam-week 11th Week Week 9: Input for Conjunctions 12th Week Week 10: Translation of sentences with conjunctions (short prg) into Turkish 13th Week Week 11: Translation of sentences with conjunctions into Turkish 14th Week Week 12: Translation of sentences with conjunctions (short prg) into English 15th Week Week 13: Translation of sentences with conjunctions into English 16th Week Week 14: Error correction Exercises, vocabulary revision 17th Week Week 15: multiple choice translation exercises and 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