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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
		ELECTIVE

Offered By

English Translation and Interpreting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜGE IŞIKLAR KOÇAK

Offered to

English Translation and Interpreting
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Course Objective

In this course, students make research and do extensive reading to select their topic and then design their projects. In that, they learn to start, plan and develop a translation based project. Throughout the course students will work independently, yet under the supervision of their instructors. Thus, students lay the groundwork for Translation Project course in the 8th semester.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Employ written and online sources in conducting research within the process of project design.
2	Identify the stages of project planning.
3	Develop project plan in regards to paralel reading practices.
4	Analyze the linguistic, lexical and semantic characteristics of the source texts.
5	Examine and asses the author s style both in the selected texts and her/his other texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	Research techniques
3	Topic Selection
4	General reading and discussion on the selected topic
5	Project proposal: first draft
6	Reading on the subject I
7	Reading on the subject II
8	Midterm
9	Works on parallel texts I
10	Works on parallel texts II
11	First draft of the literature related to the project proposal
12	Literature study related to the project proposal
13	Working on the project proposal form
14	Project proposal Presentation
15	General Review
16	Final: Submission of the project form

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Mona Baker, Gabriela Saldanha (yay. haz.) 2021. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. Routledge.
2.Nancy Matis. 2014. How to manage your translation projects. https://www.academia.edu/11990971/How_to_manage_your_translation_projects

Additional Materials: Various articles and other sources will be given to students according to their project topics.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students will work under the supervision of their supervisor.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE 1	MIDTERM EXAM 1
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Since this aim is to make preliminary preparation for the Translation Projects (which will be conducted in the 8th semester), students in this course will submit draft proposals for their projects as a midterm and submit at least one homework/ presentation. Additionally, they submit a project report as a final exam. Students will meet their instructors during the semester for feedback.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attempted plagiarism in assignments to be submitted is subject to disciplinary investigation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparing assignments	1	15	15
Preparing presentations	1	10	10
Final	1	20	20
Midterm	1	15	15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	5		5			5			5		5		5
LO.2	5	5			5	5		5	5		5	5
LO.3	5	5	5		5		5	5	5		5	5	5
LO.4	5	5		5	5			5		5		5	5
LO.5	5	5		5	5		5	5		5			5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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