COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EHE 4209 TECHNICAL ENGLISH 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Telecommunication Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

SADETTIN KESKIN

Offered to

Telecommunication Technology
Telecommunication Technology (Evening)

Course Objective

Students will be able to improve their foreign language competencies and technical English terminology & skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To improve technical and scientific vocabulary by using simple scientific texts
2   To apprehend sentence structure used by scientific writing
3   To carry out technical translation working with original texts in selected textbooks and scientific journals
4   To be able to prepare scientific publication as English
5   To be able to take advantage of professional language skills in business

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 English grammar rules
2 English grammar rules
3 Introducing electronic communications terminology and professional terms
4 Introducing electronic communications terminology and professional terms
5 Engineering text translation techniques
6 Electronics and communication engineering text translation (English / Turkish)
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 Electronics and communication engineering text translation (English / Turkish)
10 Electronics and communication engineering text translation (English / Turkish)
11 Translation of Turkish technical texts into English
12 Electronics and communication engineering text translation (Turkish / English)
13 Electronics and communication engineering text translation (Turkish / English)
14 General review

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Technical English 1 & 2, David Bonamy, Pearson Longman, 2008.
Supplementary Book(s):
Türkçe Açıklamalı English Grammer Today, Murat Kurt, MK Publications, Istanbul, 2009
References: -
Materials: -
Ingilizce/Türkçe Türkçe/Ingilizce Teknik Terimler Sözlüğü, Ali Bayram, Fono Açık Öğretim Kurumu Yayınları, Istanbul, 1997

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Bilateral and group study
3. Weekly assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Assessment Criteria

Five learning outputs will be measured by mid-term and final exams. Besides that, weekly assignments will be used to pursue the students learning achievements.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.
All types of reproducing action will be prosecuted with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: sadettin.keskin@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232-3012562

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 4 4
Preparation for Final Exam 1 8 8
Preparing Individual Assignments 12 1 12
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.5111

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