%C4%B0MT 320 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of English Translation and Interpreting

Course Name

Introduction to Audio Description

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
İMT 320	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Q&A Critical feedback Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Nihal YETKİN KARAKOÇ
Course Lecturer(s)	-
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The aim of this course is to introduce audio description to the students, raising their awareness in terms of the importance and necessity of audio description and equipping them with audio description rules of different fields such as cinema, theatre, museums, and paintings. In addition to audio description literacy, this course aims to make the students aware of the fact that disability is a difference in abilities and audio description should be accepted as a right.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; describe different types of audio description, basic principles and rules of audio description; use audio description in different fields such as cinema, theatre, sculpture and painting in accordance with the rules that they have learnt; discuss subjects such as order, word choice, objectivity and subjectivity, didactic narration, avoiding comments in audio description; compare different approaches and schools in audio description; evaluate different audio descriptions through what they have learnt about the principles of audio description; use audio description software.
Course Description	This course is based on practice as well as theoretical knowledge. The students will be introduced to the notion of audio description firstly, and they will learn the rules of audio description through practice at a slow rate. While doing so, students will comprehend general principles such as complementariness, objectivity, placing the description at the right moment.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses	X

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	What is Disability? What do the disabled need? Introduction to the importance of description in the lives of the disabled	Okyayuz, A. Ş. (2017). Sesli betimlemenin çeviribilim sınıflarında tanıtımı için bir eğitim bileşeni önerisi. Turkish Studies, 12 (22), 559-586. DOI: 10.7827/TurkishStudies
2	What is description? Introducing the basics: complementariness, objectivity and arrangement	Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (2014). From source text to target text: the art of audio description. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspectives illustrated (pp. 1-10). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
3	Types of description in different fields such as cinema, theatre, painting and sculpture and their differences	Baş, N. (2019). Görenler sesli betimlenmiş bir filmi nasıl anlar? Sesli betimleme ile ilgili bir alımlama çalışması denemesi. Çeviribilim ve Uygulamaları, 26, 37-59. DOI: 10.37599/ceviri.518756
4	Introduction to description writing: The 5 Ws and 1H	Fryer, L., Romero-Fresco, P. (2014). Audiointroductions. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio Description: New perspectives illustrated (pp. 11-29). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
5	Writing sample texts about the 5 Ws and 1H of description and discussing them	Fryer, L., Romero-Fresco, P. (2014). Audiointroductions. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspectives illustrated (pp. 11-29). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
6	Style and Word choice in description	Maszerowska, A., Mangiron, C. (2014). Strategies for dealing with cultural references in audio descrpition. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspective illustrated (pp. 159-179). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
7	Wording body language and movements in description	Güven, M. (2018). Sesli betimleme araştırmalarında güncel yönelimler. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 29 (2), 107-127. DOI: 10.18492/dad.424635
8	Describing visuals without video content and interpreting the rules accordingly	Orero, P., Vilero, A. (2014). Secondary elements in audio description. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspectives iIlustrated (pp. 199-213). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
9	Simultaneous description: simultaneous description of performing arts such as theatre and ballet.	Güven, M. (2018). Sesli betimleme araştırmalarında güncel yönelimler. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 29 (2), 107-127. DOI: 10.18492/dad.424635
10	Introduction to description of video content such as cinema. Creating a text by using description software	Kökat, S. (2018). Bir kamusal alana çıkma pratiği: Sinema deneyimi ve hikayeleme aracı olarak sesli betimleme yöntemi. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi, 5-15.
11	Describing display elements (logos, lyrics, subtitles, screen credits)	Matamala, A. (2014). Audio describing text on screen. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspectives illustrated (pp. 103-121). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
12	Importance and evaluation of montage and dubbing in videos	Vercauteren, G., Remael, A. (2014). Spatio-temporal setting. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspectives illustrated (pp. 61-80). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
13	Comparing different description schools in video description	Perego, E. (2014). Film and language tools. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (Eds), Audio description: New perspectives illustrated (pp. 81-103). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.
14	Final projects and presentations	Student presentations
15	Review of Semester
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Baş, N. (2019). Görenler sesli betimlenmiş bir filmi nasıl anlar? Sesli betimleme ile ilgili bir alımlama çalışması denemesi. Çeviribilim ve Uygulamaları, 26, 37-59. DOI: 10.37599/ceviri.518756.

Güven, M. (2018). Sesli betimleme araştırmalarında güncel yönelimler. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 29 (2), 107-127. DOI: 10.18492/dad.424635.

Kökat, S. (2018). Bir kamusal alana çıkma pratiği: Sinema deneyimi ve hikayeleme aracı olarak sesli betimleme yöntemi. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi, 5-15.

Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (2014). Audio description: New perspectives illustrated. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 9789027269423.

Okyayuz, A. Ş. (2017). Sesli betimlemenin çeviribilim sınıflarında tanıtımı için bir eğitim bileşeni önerisi. Turkish Studies, 12 (22), 559-586. DOI: 10.7827/TurkishStudies.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	40
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam	1	50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	2	50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	50
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	1	14
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	25	25
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam	1	33	33
		Total	120

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired,	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods,	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages,	-	X	-	-	-
4	To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production,	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language,	-	-	-	X	-
6	To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired,	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act,	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields,	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work,	-	-	-	X	-
10	To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources,	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level,	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-