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Course Description

ELTE 455 is designed to focus on analysing and comparing the structures and the communicative features of Turkish and English languages, defining and practicing the intermediate and advanced concepts and techniques of translation and practise them through various sample texts. The course ultimately aims at enabling the students to transfer the skills they master during the course to the future ELT environment. This course further aims at providing the students with a general concept and nature of language(s), with the ability to solve problems they may encounter in their future careers and to create and freely express their own opinions.

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Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 1) transfer the knowledge and skills they acquire through translation activities into their learning/teaching process,
2. 02 2) analyse the texts written in Turkish in their contextual features and interpret them into English preserving the corresponding features and nuances,
3. 03 3) analyse sentences/texts in Turkish in terms of their structural/communicative/contextual features, and interpret them into English.
4. 04 4. be able to recognise the differences in usage of Turkish in different contexts and transfer such nuances into Turkish,
5. 05 5. be able to analyse Turkish sentences in terms of its structural/communicative/contextual features, and interpret them into English.
6. 06 SOLO AVERAGE=[4+(4+5)/2+(4+5)/2+(2+4)/2+2+(4+5)/2]/5=4,1

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Different materials will be used from different sources.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 By the end of this course, students will be able to analyze major English grammatical structures (word classes, sentence patterns, verbals, clauses). SOLO 4
2. L02 By the end of this course, students will be able to analyze major Turkish grammatical structures (word classes, sentence patterns, verbals, clauses). SOLO 4
3. L03 By the end of this course, students will be able to interpret English structures into Turkish accurately and sensitively to preserve meaning and clarity. SOLO 5
4. L04 By the end of this course, students will be able to interpret Turkish structures into English accurately and sensitively to preserve meaning and clarity. SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1- make use of their professional training in language teaching and achieve effective classroom management,
2. P02 2- carry out research on the development of their learners’ social, psychological and personal characteristics by using testing and evaluation techniques in accordance with ethical principles and then report their results.
3. P03 3- conduct research using basic scientific research techniques with the aim to find solutions to problems that may be encountered in the field of Teaching English,
4. P04 4- evaluate, apply and interpret concepts and scientific methods related to the field of teaching English
5. P05 5- choose appropriate language teaching methods and techniques considering diverse learner characteristics stemming from their ages, learning styles, motivation and background knowledge,
6. P06 6- prepare daily lesson plans appropriate to the things to teach and deliver effective lessons by using appropriate course materials and instructional technology,
7. P07 7- choose appropriate materials available for use and/or develop their own course materials according to students’ level, interest and learning characteristics with the aim to use them in the teaching of language items (phonological, lexical, grammatical items and so on) and in the development of learners’ language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing),
8. P08 8- choose and use appropriate measurement tools and materials to asses and evaluate learners’ development and success,
9. P09 9- explain the similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition theories, and relate these theories to language teaching theories and practices.
10. P10 10- make use of principles, theories, approaches and techniques for the development and evaluation of educational programs.
11. P11 11- explain the concepts of Theoretical Linguistics & Applied Linguistics and use their knowledge for the preparation of lesson plans appropriate to the characteristics of the target language,
12. P12 12- use information and communication technology together with computer software required by the field,
13. P13 13- describe the characteristics of different text types considering basic theories & approaches in translation and translate texts from English to Turkish and from Turkish to English,
14. P14 14- define the basic concepts and principles of classical and modern literature, analyse and construct information, and then make use of their literary knowledge in language teaching,
15. P15 15- use the target language to obtain and transmit information; communicate either orally or in writing.
16. P16 16- identify and solve problems in their social environment with the awareness of social responsibility they have developed.

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