COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EDITION AND REDACTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The main purpose is to enable students to apply their theoretical and applied knowledge in both small-scale and large-scale fields on a written text. students should be able to evaluate the quality of a text/article/book/file (story, novel, article, newspaper column, legislation and regulations, etc.) in terms of subject, content and genre; organize them according to their suitability for the target audience and area. the order in question is about restructuring texts in all relevant aspects (preserving the author style, making the style common that there is more than one author, ensuring intellectual and chronological coherence, etc.), primarily linguistic.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the main terms and concepts related to edition and diction.
2   Explain the relationship between edition and book/file content, quality etc. with their features
3   Recognize the differences of proofreading
4   Prepare publication policies in terms of language
5   Compare the purpose of publishing the books/files, their linguistic features, style and expression competencies, etc., according to their area of expertise.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What Does Edition and Editorial Mean Introduction and discussion of definitions and applications in the literature
2 What are the Edition Processes I Ideational, intellectual, chronological, etc. edit : word choices, semantic component evaluations
3 What are the Edition Processes II Linguistic organization and structuring: Theme and rheme, focus priorities, etc.
4 Types of Edition I Journal/book Edition Process + sample texts and evaluation
5 Types of Edition II Newspaper and Other Printed Media Edition Process + sample texts and evaluation
6 What are the Basic Duties of the Editor I How is the quality of the text/article/book/file in terms of subject, content and genre determined, and its suitability for the purpose and audience of publication etc.
7 What are the Basic Duties of the Editor II How is the text/text/book/file organized in terms of stylistic and linguistic expression, suggested editing and how is it structured etc.
8 Mid-term
9 What is Redaction
10 Why do publishing houses follow different policies
11 What are the basic duties of Redacteurs
12 Sample Applications I
13 Sample Applications II
14 Sample Applications III
15 Proofreading a selected text
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Carduner, J. (2007). Teaching proofreading skills as a means of reducing composition errors. Language Learning Journal, 35(2), 283-295.
Coquelin, V. (1997). Digital redaction (Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University).
Goldwyn, R. M. (2010). On being an editor. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 126(2), 702-703.
Harris, J. (1987). Proofreading: A reading/writing skill. College Composition and Communication, 38(4), 464-466.
Hass, T. A. (2014). Changing Metatexts and Changing Poetic Ideals. In Transformations of the Classics via Early Modern Commentaries (pp. 47-59). Brill.
Prinsloo, P. (2013). Becoming and being editor. Progressio, 35(1), 1-7.
Roth, W. M. (2006). On editing and being an editor. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1(2), 209-217.
Ventura, S. (2019). Digital Editing and Linguistic Analysis. Textual Cultures, 12(2), 33-56.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Question and answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-3 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 1-3 will be evaluated via a presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

PROF.DR.ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN
FACULTY OF LETTERS
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
BLOK C-154
02323018633
ozge.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday: 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.5

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