ETI 117 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of English Translation and Interpreting

Course Name

Oral Communication Skills

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
ETI 117	Fall	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Group Work Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Nihal YETKİN KARAKOÇ
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Joanne NOONAN
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Aslı Melike SOYLU

Course Objectives	This course is aimed to help students improve their oral communication skills necessary to professionally translate and interpret.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; distinguish English phonetic and phonemic systems; explain how the symbolic representation of sounds can change when produced orally in certain phonetic environments; speak with confidence, fluency, coherence, and accuracy in order to communicate effectively; explain the technical and stylistic aspects of public speaking; deliver English presentations with the knowledge of oral presentation techniques.
Course Description	This course aims to provide students with basic speaking skills such as establishing a good relationship with the audience, listening with empathy, creating a discourse structure, correct pronunciation and using body language effectively.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

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

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction, Verbal Communication Skills
2	Vocabulary Building, Casual Conversations & Dialogues Dictation and Note-taking Skills
3	Basic Conversation & Communication tactics
4	Expressing Preferences, Stating Opinions, Defending and Supporting Viewpoints
5	Introduction to Basic Discussion Techniques
6	Individual Mini-talks (Quiz)
7	Oral Presentations (Oral Exam)
8	Developing discussion practices, Class Debates	The Debatabase Book, 6th Edition, Introduction. The Editors of IDEA. International Debate Education Association. p. 1-12. ISBN-13: 978-1617700774
9	Midterm Exam
10	Developing Presentation Skills	Outside reading: TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking. (2016)
11	Interactive learning: In-class Discussions of assigned TED Talks	TED Talks
12	Delivering effective presentations
13	Oral Presentation Practice
14	Oral Presentation Practice
15	Semester Review
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

The Debatabase Book, 6th Edition: A Must Have Guide for Successful Debate 6th Edition. The Editors of IDEA. International Debate Education Association. ISBN-13: 978-1617700774

Verbal Communication. (2016) Andrea Rocci, & Louis de Saussure (Eds). ISBN: 978-3-11-025545-4

Suggested Readings/Materials

TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking. (2016) Chris Anderson. Brilliance Audio. (e-source).

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	-	-
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	1	10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams	1	20
Midterm	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
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	2	28
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	-		0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury	1	4	4
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam	1	10	10
Midterms	1	10	10
Final Exam	1	20	20
		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,	X	-	-	-	-
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,	-	-	-	-	-
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,	-	-	X	-	-
12	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-