This course aims to improve students’ writing skills and help them to learn how to organize their ideas in their mind to present them on a paper. In this course students learn paragraph, composition, and essay writing techniques and practice them by ongoing assignments.
Davis, J.; Liss, R. 2012. Effective Academic Writing 3, New York: Oxford University Press.
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
No
Program Qualification
Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1
Have theoretical knowledge about translation studies.
2
Have knowledge about English language structure and its linguistic theory.
X
3
Have knowledge about language and culture theories.
X
4
Have knowledge about Turkish language structure and its linguistic theory.
X
5
Have theoretical knowledge about the comparison of English and Turkish language structures.
X
6
Translate a wide range of texts from literature to scientific sources, from newspaper articles to technical or law texts.
X
7
Translate the texts with content integrity and correct concepts.
8
Edit the translated texts for content integrity and correction.
9
Use IT technology and softwares to work more effectively.
10
Start their own translation office, and design the translation projects they get and complete them successfully with the team they work with.
11
Work for newspapers, magazines or publishing houses as translators or translation editors.
X
12
Critically evaluate their knowledge and skills in translation studies.
13
Read continuously to improve themselves in English and terminology.
X
14
Translate consecutively in public using communication skills effectively.
15
Give advice and help those who would like to get information about translation studies anywhere and anytime.
16
Use the softwares developed by IT technology to help translate and teach how to use them to those who want to learn.
Assessment Methods
Contribution Level
Absolute Evaluation
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success
40
Rate of Final Exam to Success
60
Total
100
ECTS / Workload Table
Activities
Number of
Duration(Hour)
Total Workload(Hour)
Course Hours
14
3
42
Guided Problem Solving
0
0
0
Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report
14
5
70
Term Project
0
0
0
Presentation of Project / Seminar
0
0
0
Quiz
0
0
0
Midterm Exam
1
15
15
General Exam
1
20
20
Performance Task, Maintenance Plan
0
0
0
Total Workload(Hour)
147
Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(147/30)
5
ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit.
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
Course
Code
Semester
T+P (Hour)
Credit
ECTS
WRITING SKILLS for TRANSLATORS II
-
Spring Semester
3+0
3
5
Course Program
Prerequisites Courses
Recommended Elective Courses
Language of Course
English
Course Level
Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Course Type
Required
Course Coordinator
Lect. Nimetullah YAŞAR
Name of Lecturer(s)
Lect. Nimetullah YAŞAR
Assistant(s)
Aim
This course aims to improve students’ writing skills and help them to learn how to organize their ideas in their mind to present them on a paper. In this course students learn paragraph, composition, and essay writing techniques and practice them by ongoing assignments.
