• Turkish
  • English
Course Code: 
INT 403
Course Type: 
Area Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
7
Prerequisite Courses: 
Public Speaking
Introduction to Interpreting
Course Language: 
Turkish
English
Course Objectives: 
To develop skills in simultaneous interpreting. In addition, through classroom, lab and field experiences, students practice interpretation modes they have learned in the program and improve all aspects of their interpreting while observing and forming good professional habits
Course Content: 

This course starts with an introduction to simultaneous interpreting techniques and exercises to help students develop their skills required to work as a professional interpreter for international conference setting and assignments. Self-assessment, professional understanding and understanding the interpretering philosophy are aimed to be developed

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case Study
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Midterm, B: Final examination, C: Homework, D: Project, E: Report, F: Performance, G: Oral Presentation, H: Internship, I: Other

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning

Outcomes

Program

LearningOutcomes

Teaching

Methods

Assessment

Methods

Developing their listening, understanding skills.

              1,2,3,4,11

1,9,12

B,C,G

Understanding and analyzing the assigned texts.

               1,2,3,4,11

9,12

B,C,G

Being able to perform dual tasking.

               1,2,3,4,11

2,3,9,12

B,C,G

Developing simultaneous interpreting skills

              1,2,3,4,5,11

2,3,9,12

B,C,G
 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

Basic Introduction

Recorded conferences and texts

2

Simultaneous Interpreting Presentation & Discussion Review

Recorded conferences and texts

3

Simultaneous Interpreting Presentation & Discussion Review

Recorded conferences and texts

4

Shadowing Practice

Recorded conferences and texts

5

Shadowing/ Paraphrasing Practice

Recorded conferences and texts

6

Terminology, Shadowing/ Paraphrasing Practice

Recorded conferences and texts

7

Simultaneous Practice (Politics)

Recorded conferences and texts

8

Simultaneous Practice (Economics)

Recorded conferences and texts

9

Simultaneous Practice (Medical)

Recorded conferences and texts

10

Simultaneous Practice (Legal)

Recorded conferences and texts

11

Simultaneous Practice (Environment)

Recorded conferences and texts

12

Simultaneous Practice (Arts and Entertainment)

Recorded conferences and texts

13

Evaluation of  of styles, register, roles of the interpreters considering the previous weeks

Recorded conferences and texts

14

Overview of the Semester Presentation & Discussion Review

Recorded conferences and texts

15

FINAL EXAMINATION

Recorded conferences and texts
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Diriker, Ebru (2005) Konferans Çevirmenliği, Scala Yayıncılık, İstanbul.

Doğan, Aymil (2009) Sözlü Çeviri Çalışmaları ve Uygulamaları, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara.

Gilles, Andrew (2005) Note-Taking for Consecutive Interpreting, St.Jerome Publishing, UK.

Jones, Roderick (2002) Conference Interpreting Explained, St.Jerome Publishing, UK.

Pöchhacker, Franz (2004) Introducing Interpreting Studies, London, Routledge.

Wagner, E.,Bech S., Martinez M., (2002) Translating for the European Union Institutions, St.Jerome Publishing, UK.

Additional Resources

Speech Repository, http://www.multilingualspeeches.tv/scic/portal/index.html
 
 

Material Sharing

Documents

Weekly journals and daily newspapers

Assignments

Activity journals about listening, shadowing exercises and reports about the daily news

 

Exams

 

There will be no midterm but classwork will constitute 50% of the grade.

Journals will constitute 10% of their grade

The final presentation will consist of the listening, note-taking and interpreting of ten-minute speeches and will constitude 50% of their grade.
 
 

Assessment

ASSESSMENT

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

%50

Quizzes

-

-

Assignment

15

%30

Final

1

%20

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 1

%50

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 16

%50

Total

 

100
 

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

1

Being able to use advanced, fieldspecific theoretical and practical knowledge acquired.

        

X

2

Analyzing, interpreting,and assessing fieldspecific concepts, ideas, and data through scientific methods.

        

X

3

Being able to understand and use grammatical, lexical, semantic and culturespecific structures of the source and target languages.

        

X

4

Being able to use current translation technologies to do research and to reach resources.

      

X

  

5

Defining and explaining structures, social and cultural functions of various kinds of texts in source and target languages.

        

X

6

Being able to improve theoretical knowledge and skills in other fields of humanities and social sciences, and to translate the texts in the above mentioned fields.

        

X

7

Being able to use knowledge and skills with regard to the social role of the translator in professional life.

        

X

8

Being able to use a second foreign language at an advanced level, and a third foreign language at an intermediate level.

        

X

9

Describing stages, strategies, and problems of translation process, and finding solutions to such problems.

        

X

10

Making decisions, criticizing, and displaying creativity in translation process.

      

X

  

11

Obtaining a positive attitude for lifelong learning strategies.

    

X

    
 
 

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)

16

3

48

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

16

4

64

Mid-terms

1

3

3

Homework

3

10

30

Quiz

2

6

12

Final examination

1

10

10

Total Work Load

 

 

167

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

6,68
 

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