COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH ON INTERPRETING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEV 6052 RESEARCH ON INTERPRETING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Translation Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEYDA KINCAL

Offered to

Translation Studies

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to urge students to understand a variety of empirical research papers in interpreting using different techniques, so as to develop awareness of possible solutions to problems that the students may encounter as independent researchers in the future. It covers various approaches, data collection methods and paradigms in interpreting studies and provides a framework in research on interpreting.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to acquire research skills for academic research in interpreting studies.
2   to learn the theoretical and conceptual framework in interpreting studies.
3   to learn the literature in the field.
4   to link the research process with theories and methodologies in interpreting.
5   to evaluate their research critically

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Questionnaires in interpreting research
3 Ethnographic research on interpreting
4 Discourse analysis in interpreting research
5 Experimental methods in interpreting research
6 Research on interpreting education and assesment
7 Mid-term exam
8 Quality & user expectations research
9 Remote interpreting & technology in interpreter training
10 Remote interpreting & technology in interpreter training
11 Community Interpreting Research (court/hospital/refugee)
12 Community Interpreting Research (court/hospital/refugee)
13 Presentation and discussion of students research projects
14 Presentation and discussion of students research projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Claudia Angelelli & Brian James Baer (2016) Researching Translation and Interpreting. Routledge.
Brenda Nicodemus & Laurie Swabey (2011) Advances in Interpreting Research. John Benjamins.
Sandra Hale & Jemina Napier (2015) Research Methods in Interpreting. Bloomsbury.
Jenny Williams & Andrew Chesterman (2002) The Map: A Beginner s Guide to Doing Research in Translation Studies. St Jerome Publishing.
Franz Pöchhacker (2004) Introducing Interpreting Studies. Routledge.
Hansen & Chesterman & Arbogast (2008) Efforts and Models in Interpreting and Translation Research. John Benjamins.
Ebru Diriker (2004) De-/Re-contextualizing Simultaneous Interpreting: Interpreters in the Ivory Tower John Benjamins.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, response papers and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note,

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is obligatory. Students are expected to read assigned material and write weekly response papers. They are also responsible to write a term paper based on findings of a wide scale research.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

seyda.eraslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Student Presentations 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 11 3 33
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparing report 2 8 16
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 237

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15433313334
LO.24533313334
LO.33433313334
LO.44333313334
LO.55433313334

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