English Studies
English Studies
English Studies
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G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S<br />
with elements of contrastive analysis and Translation Methodology - Theory<br />
and Practice courses.<br />
Course contents Translation of specialized texts, technical and scientific; translation of EU<br />
documents and publications; translation of authentic texts (warm texts)<br />
which represent a real-life task; discussion on the possible translation<br />
alternatives and comparison of the students’ version with the teacher’s<br />
version as a possible translation alternative. Translation strategies in<br />
ESP/LSP; information transforming and supplementing, information<br />
collecting and splitting; translation of abstracts; reading strategies; message<br />
comprehension and reformulation; transpositions of attributive and<br />
adverbial functions, transpositions of syntactic categories (locative,<br />
instrumental), sententialization and nominalization.<br />
Identification of changes in translation based on the theory of translation,<br />
the communicative model of translation, the cognitive approach to<br />
Recommended<br />
reading<br />
Supplementary<br />
reading<br />
Teaching<br />
methods<br />
Assessment<br />
methods<br />
Language of<br />
instruction<br />
Quality<br />
assurance<br />
methods<br />
translation and other modern approaches such as text linguistics.<br />
Newmark, P. (1995). A Textbook of Translation. Library of Congress<br />
Cataloging-in-Publication Data.<br />
Kussmaul, P. (1995). Training the Translator. Amsterdam, Philadelphia:<br />
John Benjamins Publishing Company.<br />
Sewell, P. & Higgins, I. (Ed.). (1996). Teaching Translation in Universities,<br />
Present and Future Perspectives. London: Middlesex University Printing<br />
Services.<br />
Kiraly, D.C. (1995). Pathways to Translation, Pedagogy and Process. Kent,<br />
Ohio; London, England: Kent University Press.<br />
Exercise course; student participation encouraged: individual work, pair<br />
work, group work; problem-solving tasks; independent homework tasks.<br />
The assessment of student knowledge will be based on the following:<br />
Continuous assessment.<br />
Seminar papers.<br />
Exam: written.<br />
<strong>English</strong>.<br />
Student feedback via questionnaires and surveys.<br />
Lecturers responsible for the same subject area collaborate closely and<br />
monitor each other's work. Occasional class observations and appraisal by<br />
Head of Department.<br />
3. 2. 3. Graduate double-major degree programme in <strong>English</strong><br />
<strong>Studies</strong>: Teacher Education<br />
Elective courses in <strong>English</strong> studies: see 3.2.1.<br />
Elective courses in Translation studies: see 3.2.2.<br />
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