PRACTICUM: LANE 462 2011

WELCOME TO LANE-462-CA: PRACTICUM IN TRANSLATION

Year 2011 Term 1

Class Info

SESSION_NO Site BUILDING ROOM Days

B1 08 01C 208A S.M.W..

Instructor: Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

Office: Teachers’ Building, Office no. 4, EX. 4373
Telephone: 2576570
E-mail: dr.shadiabanjar@gmail.com
Webpage: http://sbanjar.kau.edu.sa/
Office Hours: According to schedule; and by appointment.
Prerequisites:
• LANE 321: Introduction to Linguistics
• LANE 350: Introduction to Translation
Course Description

The course is designed as a three-hour credit course for bilingual (Arabic-English) level-seven students. It
gives the students a chance to practice the knowledge gained during their course of study within a
professional setting offering activities related to their field of specialization. The purpose of this course is to
prepare the students for the working environment thus students are introduced to various practical skills
related to different future careers and they are expected to know how to apply their academic background
to their professional training and to develop their professional language and thinking skills.

Course Objectives:

In a practicum setting, student will learn to:

• Examine theories related to practice
• Think logically
• Choose appropriate goals
• Effectively organize the work setting
• Create reflective, documentable assessment
• Select appropriate resources
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• Choose strategies for appropriate reasons

• Evaluate her own work
• Write curriculum vitae, different types of formal letters and memo, notes, reports, etc.
• Edit different pieces of writing
• Identify the various teaching skills that enable a person to be a good teacher
• Write a lesson plan
• Improve teaching skills
• Design a syllabus
• Write good tests and exams
• Explore the different skills and techniques of translation
• Know how to prepare for an interview

Course Outcomes:

By the end of this course students should have achieved the following outcomes:

• Produce good curriculum vitae, different types of formal letters and memo, notes, reports, etc.
• Differentiate between the various forms of writings relevant to various careers.
• Differentiate between teaching methods.
• Design a good syllabus.
• Write good tests and exams.
• Use the different translation skills to adequately translate between the two languages.
• Conduct a successful interview

Assessment:

Class Participation, Assignments, Presentations, Quizzes, and Exams (Midterm & Final).

Grading:

Midterm Final Exam

30 40

Presentation & Participation 10

Lesson Plan 10
Translation 10

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Required Texts:
• Notes are available at Al-Khawarizmi Bookstore.

References:

Bell, Roger T. Translation and Translating. Longman Group UK Ltd. 1994.

Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. 2nd
ed.,Cambridge University Press.2001.
Kussmaul, Paul. Training the Translator. John Benjamins Publishing Co. 1995.
Marianne Celce-Murcia. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. Newbury House Publishers,
Inc., 1992.
Parrott, Martin. Grammar for English Language Teachers. Cambridge University Press.2008.
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. (3rd.ed.)Oxford Univ. Press. London, 2009.
Thomson, A. J.& A.V. Martinet: A Practical English Grammar. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Useful Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLPL5p0fMg
http://www.criticalthinking.org/print-page.cfm?pageID=408#
http://www.texascollaborative.org/criticalthinking.htm
www.creativeteachingsite.com
www.sitesforteachers.com/
www.teachers.net/
www.teachnet.com
www.essayedge.com/teachers/
www.teachermentors.com
www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
www.utoronto.ca/writing/
www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html
www.mdx.ac.uk/WWW/STUDY/gloess.htm
www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html
www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/what.shtml
www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/writing/
www.ceu.hu/writing/sfaccessowl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/scholacadem.html
www.open.ac.uk/study-strategies/english/pages/academic
www.smu.ca/administration/library/writing.html

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