Translation and Interpreting English

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Period	Semester	T+A+L	Credit	ECTS
04551303	Discourse Analysis	3	Autumn	5	3+0+0	7	7

Course Type	Compulsory
Course Cycle	Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language	English
Methods and Techniques	-
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	-
Coordinator	-
Instructor(s)	Asst. Prof. Abdulhamit ÇAKIR
Instructor Assistant(s)	-

Name and Surname	Room	E-Mail Address	Internal	Meeting Hours
Asst. Prof. Abdulhamit ÇAKIR	C-	[email protected]

Basic Vocational Courses	X
Specialization / Field Courses
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Program Learning Outcomes	Level
P2	To be able to use the professional knowledge about various cultures, cultural differences and the integrative nature of translation in translation practice.	5
P4	Has a good command of the rules of use of the source and target languages to be used in translation.	5
P5	To be able to use analytical thinking skills and the necessary theoretical knowledge in translation criticism.	5

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No	Learning Outcomes	Outcome Relationship	Measurement Method **
O1	Recognises the history of countries where English is used as a first language.	P.2.1	1
O2	Has an awareness of various cultures, cultural differences and the integrative nature of translation.	P.2.2	1
O3	Uses cultural background knowledge in translation practices.	P.2.3	1
O4	Has knowledge of the usage rules of both source and target language.	P.4.1	1
O5	Prepares a draft text in the target language.	P.4.3	1
O6	Determines the linguistic-textual and semiotic elements considered in the source language for pre-translation decisions.	P.4.4	1
O7	Creates a text suitable for the purpose in the target language.	P.4.6	1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7

Week	Topics
1	Analysis of two different meanings of "mean": semantic meaning and speaker meaning.
2	The comparison of sentence, utterance and proposition.
3	Analysis of semantic concepts "sense" "reference", "referring expression", "referent", ve "equative sentence".
4	Introducing the semantic concepts of "predicators" and "arguments".
5	Diversifying the concepts of "deixis", "context", "homonymy" and "polysemy"
6	Examining Conversation as a type of discourse; taking and giving turns in sequential speech and explaining coincidence events.
7	Sequence types in sequential speech; introduction of adjacent row, side-talk and repair.
8	Examining the structure of dialogue and examining its differences and similarities with monologue. Discussion of the tools that emerge in turning monologue into dialogue-dialogue into monologue.
9	Examining the information structure in a sentence and explaining its relations with sentence structures.
10	Introducing discourse and discourse types and discussing their similarities with information schemes.
11	Introducing the subjects of linguistic competence and communicative competence.
12	Introduction of Critical Discourse Analysis and its differences from Discourse Analysis.
13	Introducing the terms presupposition, implicature and inference in relation to the role of context.
14	Continuation and exemplification of context and context descriptions.

Resources	Cook, Guy. 1989. Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
	Çakır, Abdülhamit. 2020. Söylem Analizi Ne Demek İstiyorsun? Konya: Palet Yayınları.

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Course Specific Internship (If Any)	-	-
Homework	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Projects	-	-
Midterms	1	40 (%)
Final Exam	1	60 (%)
Total		100 (%)

	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time	14	3	42
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement)	14	10	140
Midterms	1	20	20
Quiz	0	0	0
Homework	0	0	0
Practice	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Workshop	0	0	0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation	0	0	0
Fieldwork	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	20	20
Other	0	0	0
Total Work Load:			222
Total Work Load / 30			7,40
Course ECTS Credits:			7

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Learning Outcomes	P2	P4
O1	Recognises the history of countries where English is used as a first language.	5	-
O2	Has an awareness of various cultures, cultural differences and the integrative nature of translation.	5	-
O3	Uses cultural background knowledge in translation practices.	5	-
O4	Has knowledge of the usage rules of both source and target language.	-	5
O5	Prepares a draft text in the target language.	-	-
O6	Determines the linguistic-textual and semiotic elements considered in the source language for pre-translation decisions.	-	5
O7	Creates a text suitable for the purpose in the target language.	-	-