Simultaneous Interpreting (ETI413) Course Details

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1 Simultaneous Interpreting (ETI413) Course Details Course Name Course Code Term Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Credit ECTS Hours Simultaneous Interpreting ETI413 Autumn Pre-requisite Course(s) Course Language Course Type Course Level Mode of Delivery Learning and Teaching Strategies Course Coordinator English Area Elective Bachelor Face to Face Lecture, Observation Case Study, Team/Group Instructor Asiye Öztürk Course Lecturer(s)

2 Course Assistants Course Objectives Course Learning Outcomes Course Content The course aims to prepare the students for simultaneous interpreting and to enable the students to improve analytical thinking skills to understand the message of any kind of speech. It also provides for memory and retention development of the students through in many different subjects and styles of interpretation. The students who succeeded in this course; Students developed memory and retention skills Students acquired dual task skills including listening and producing the same message in the target language Students improved analytical thinking skills covering the skills to understand the basic points of the messages embedded in the conference or any kind of speech text. Students learned and applied basic simultaneous interpreting strategies such as generalization, omission, chunking or finding pat phases Students developed skills regarding how to manage their stress during simultaneous interpreting in booth, and how to cooperate with their colleagues in the booth. Students enhanced their terminology knowledge by practicing with speeches on various topics. Simultaneous interpreting of various speeches on different topics; booth manners; stress management during simultaneous interpreting; coping strategies for simultaneous interpreting. Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies Week Subjects Preparation

3 1 The history of interpreting and simultaneous interpreting in the world and Turkey 2 A General Outlook to Simultaneous Interpreting The Characteristics and Skills of a Good Simultaneous Interpreter Strategies in Simultaneous Interpreting 3 Listening Comprehension Skills Active Listening 4 Listening Comprehension Skills and Paraphrasing Pöchhacker, Franz, Introducing Interpreting Studies, USA: Routledge, Doğan, Aymil, Sözlü Çeviri ve Uygulamaları, Hacettepe:Doktorlar Yayınevi, Jones, Roderick, Conference Interpreting Explained, St Jerome: Manchester, Doğan, Aymil, Sözlü Çeviri ve Uygulamaları, Hacettepe:Doktorlar Yayınevi, Jones, Roderick, Conference Interpreting Explained, St Jerome: Manchester, Texts from current newspapers and magazines (New York Times, The Guardian, Hürriyet and Sabah, Newsweek, Economist popular men s and women s magazines) 5 Memory Exercises Texts from current newspapers and magazines (New York Times, The Guardian, Hürriyet and Sabah, Newsweek, Economist etc popular men2s and women s magazines.) 6 Memory Exercises The biographies of successful leaders; Atatürk, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, The Alexander Great. Related websites 7 Interpreting on speeches for special occasions such as inauguration speeches, press conferences, etc. 8 Interpreting on speeches for special occasions such as inauguration speeches, press conferences, etc. 9 Midterm Exam

4 10 Simultaneous Interpreting 11 Simultaneous Interpreting 12 Simultaneous Interpreting 13 Simultaneous Interpreting 14 Simultaneous Interpreting 15 Simultaneous Interpreting 16 Final Exam Sources Course Book: Other Sources: 1. Jones, Roderick, Conference Interpreting Explained, St Jerome: Manchester, Pöchhacker, Franz, Introducing Interpreting Studies, USA: Routledge, Doğan, Aymil, Sözlü Çeviri ve Uygulamaları, Hacettepe:Doktorlar Yayınevi, Dergiler 2. gazeteler 3. çeşitli konularda özgün konuşmalar

5 Evaluation System Requirements Number Percentage of Grade Attendance/Participation 15 5 Laboratory - - Application Field Work - - Special Course Internship - - Quizzes/Studio Critics 8 5 Homework Assignments - - Presentation - - Project - - Seminar - - Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30 Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50 Total Percentage of Semester Work 50 Percentage of Final Work 50 Total 100

6 Course Category Core Courses Major Area Courses X Supportive Courses Media and Managment Skills Courses Transferable Skill Courses The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications # Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution 1 To have the sufficient background in the field of translation and to use the theoretical and applied knowledge in translation. 2 To find, define, formulate and solve the possible problems in translation and interpreting. 3 To select and use the technical equipment in the applications of translation and interpreting; to be able to use simultaneous interpreting booth equipment. 4 To acquire the skills of translation analysis, criticism and hermeneutics

7 5 To access information and to do research in line with that; to use data bases, translation programs and other information resources. 6 To develop efficient individual and group working skills; to build self-confidence for taking responsibility. 7 To build efficient verbal and spoken communication skills; to establish fluency in English and to acquire at least one foreign language. 8 To build the awareness for life-long learning; to catch the developments in science and technology and to sustain continuous personal development. 9 To have the awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. 10 To build awareness about project management and the rights of employees and the legal consequences of translation and interpreting applications. 11 To build awareness about the universal and societal dimensions of translation and interpreting applications and to gather information about the problems of the contemporary World. ECTS/Workload Table Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) Laboratory Application Special Course Internship

8 Field Work Study Hours Out of Class Presentation/Seminar Prepration Project Homework Assignments Quizzes/Studio Critics Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury Total Workload 150