- Course Code
- LENG306
- Semester
- Sixth Term (Spring)
- Theory+Practice
- 2 + 0
- ECTS
- 3
| Course Type | Compulsory Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | 3 |
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| Semester | Sixth Term (Spring) |
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| ECTS | 3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- compare sentence and text structures to translate at both the sentence and short paragraph level.
- develop their ability to make sense out of context.
- make logical inferences from expressions and generate ideas.
- read intensively, paying attention to sentence and paragraph integrity.
- develop their vocabulary for content knowledge.
- improve their writing skills.
- correctly understand the message intended to be given in the sentence and/ or paragraph and transfer it to the target language.
- evaluate translations and suggest alternative translations, focusing on the structural and contextual clues.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | - |
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| Course Description | LENG 306 is an intermediate-upper level professional English translation course. The aim of this course is to provide students with the necessary skills to understand and define the structural differences between the English and Turkish languages, to remind their previous grammar knowledge and to use this knowledge in their own fields, to help them recognize the use of words in different contexts, to help them translate sentences and paragraphs with different difficulty structures and levels into target language considering crucial points regarding tone and content, to develop their skills to produce alternative translations for words, clauses and structures in the source language,to enrich their vocabulary in the field of law and to increase their ability to read, analyze, understand and translate legal material. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction of the Course; Introduction to Translation; Preliminary Translation Studies (including Noun Clauses and Adjective Clauses) |
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2nd Week |
Preliminary Translation Studies (including Noun Clauses and Adj. Clauses) (continued) - Adverbial Clauses (INDUCTION) |
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3rd Week |
Adverbial Clauses (English - Turkish) |
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4th Week |
Adverbial Clauses (English - Turkish) (continued) |
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5th Week |
Adverbial Clauses (Turkish - English) |
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6th Week |
Adverbial Clauses (Turkish - English) (continued) |
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7th Week |
Vocabulary Revision Exercises, Multiple Choice Translation Exercises |
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8th Week |
MIDTERM EXAM WEEK |
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9th Week |
MIDTERM EXAM WEEK |
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10th Week |
Conjunctions (INDUCTION) |
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11th Week |
Conjunctions (English - Turkish) |
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12th Week |
Conjunctions (Turkish - English) |
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13th Week |
Conjunctions (continued) |
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14th Week |
Vocabulary Revision Exercises, Multiple Choice Translation Exercises |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Course materials prepared by Başkent University School of Foreign Languages Curriculum Development Unit |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Other
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
45 |
| Oral Exam |
1 |
5 |
| Total(%) |
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50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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50 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Course hours |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
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| Total Work Load | 89 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 2.96 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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