Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZTBS4092016955POFESSIONAL ENGLISH-IElective474
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
• to provide the basic knowledge about agricultural English vocabulary • to give the students information on tenses, modals, comparisons and conditionals • to introduce and equip the students with translation methods from English to Turkish • to enable students understand scientific articles written English in agriculture
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Ş. Metin KARA
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of agricultural scientific vocabulary, grammar and translation techniques
2Effectively be able to understand scientific articles in field crops
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• The sentence structure , the tenses, modals, comparisons and conditional sentences • Basic principles of translation, • Examples of scientific writings and translations
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to the course, aims and approaches
2The basic sentence structure of English
3The basic sentence structure of English
4The tenses and their use
5The tenses and their use
6The tenses and their use
7The modals and their use
8Midterm Exam
9The modals and their use
10The comparisons, quantifiers
11The comparisons, quantifiers
12Conditional sentences
13Conditional sentences
14Translation practices
15Translation practices
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Hasdemir, Y. 1996. Translation Methods. Sixth Revised Edition, Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım, İstanbul. Pohl, A., Brieger, N. 2007. Technical English – Vocabulary and Grammar. Nüans Publishing, Ankara. Handouts, printed papers form agricultural books and articles
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination8216
Individual Study for Final Examination12448
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO2           55     
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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