Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF TOURISM / TR401 - TOURISM GUIDING

Code: TR401 Course Title: PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH I Theoretical+Practice: 8+0 ECTS: 10
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department TOURISM GUIDING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NEVZAT KALAY (nevzat@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to enable students to acquire basic skills necessary for translation from English to Turkish through analysis, discussion and practice with a variety of texts.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can translate English texts into Turkish at advanced level. PO-2 Demonstrate reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio.
 		Examination
LO-2 can express himself/herself in English language at advanced level. PO-2 Demonstrate reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio.
 		Quiz
LO-3 can have a wider knowledge about the advanced structures in English language. PO-2 Demonstrate reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio.
 		Examination
LO-4 can use English idioms and collocations at advanced level. PO-2 Demonstrate reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio.
 		Examination
LO-5 can understand types of clauses in English. PO-2 Demonstrate reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio.
 		Examination
LO-6 can acquire knowledge about terminology in tourism. PO-2 Demonstrate reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English at the B2 level of European Language Portfolio.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Various translation methods and techniques, translation in social sciences, phrases, collocations; translating a variety of different genre of authentic English texts into Turkish.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to translation grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
2 Advanced translation methods grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
3 Adverb clauses (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
4 Noun clauses (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
5 Adjective clauses (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
6 Analysis of complicated sentences.1 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
7 Analysis of complicated sentences.2 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
8 mid-term exam
9 Sentence level translation activities.1 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
10 Sentence level translation activities.2 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
11 Sentence level translation activities.3 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
12 Text level translation activities.1 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
13 Text level translation activities.2 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
14 Text level translation activities.3 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
15 Text level translation activities.4 (Eng-Tur) grammar translation, question-answer, discussion.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kalay, N. (2007). Güncel Çeviri Sözlüğü. 3rd ed. Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.
2 Kalay, N. (2019). Advanced Translation Practice. 4th ed. Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbooks, Dictionaries, Web-based Dictionaries

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 8 14 112
Outside Class
       a) Reading 8 11 88
       b) Search in internet/Library 7 9 63
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 7 21
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 300