English Course Syllabuses

Republic of the Philippines
PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY
LINGAYEN CAMPUS
Lingayen, Pangasinan

SYNCHRONIZED COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code: EL 130
Course Title: Translation and Editing of Text
No. of lecture hour/week: 3
No. of units: 3

I. VISION, MISSION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES A. University Vision

The Pangasinan State University envisions to become the apex of academic excellence through total quality education.

B. University Mission

The Pangasinan State University provides better service in professional and technical training in the arts, sciences, humanities and technology and in the conduct of scientific research and technological studies. — PD 1497

C. Campus Mission

The college provides quality education in the arts, sciences, and technology geared towards the development of the individual as an integral instrument of change and takes leadership role in research, extension and production to ensure the development and transformation to a decent way of life for the people and the community it serves.

D. Campus Goals & Objectives To provide substances and direction to its mission, the College shall pursue the following goals: 1. Promote quality and relevant education design to fully exploit individual potentials commensurate to the needs of the industry, economy and global competitive; 2. Evolve and design relevant and responsive science and technology-based curricular programs that develop intellectual competence, civic and moral responsibility, cultural integrity, economic acuity and scientific perspective; 3. Enhance and strengthen faculty staff capability building and development in a continuing basis; 4. Protect and promote the welfare and interest of faculty members and administrative staff in terms of continuing program for salary, increments, and others pecuniary benefits, social welfare and tenure; 5. Expand the conduct of the research that generate new perspective and insights and new technologies and processes appropriate to the needs and aspirations of developing society and those the community enjoys distinctive and comparative advantage; 6. Expand educational opportunities to the poor but exceptional talented students through various scholarship grants and financial tenure; 7. Provide a conducive learning atmosphere through provision of various development services; 8. Expand and establish network linkages with others institutions both public and private to generate and complement resources support, intensify impact and strengthen academe-industry; and 9. Develop, test, evaluate and rationalize institutional structures and management systems and processes to enhance the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and responsive of the college’s programs and projects.

E. Program Objectives

The Bachelor of Secondary Education Program aims to develop high school teachers who can teach in one of the learning areas in high school like Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, English, Filipino among others.

Specifically, it aims to develop teachers who;

1. have the basic and higher level literacy, communications, numeracy, critical thinking, learning skills needed for higher learning. 2. have a deep and principled understanding of the learning processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in their students. 3. have a deep and principled understanding of how educational processes relate to larger historical, social, cultural and political processes. 4. have a meaningful and comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter they will teach. 5. can apply a wide range of teaching process skills including curriculum development, lesson planning, materials development, educational assessment and teaching approaches. 6. have a direct experience in the field/classroom (e.g. classroom observation, teaching assistance, practice teaching). 7. can demonstrate and practice the professional and ethical requirements of the teaching profession. 8. can facilitate learning of diverse type of learners in diverse type of learning environment, using a wide range of teaching knowledge and skills. 9. can reflect on the relationship among the process skills, the learning processing in the students, the nature of the content/subject matter and the broader social forces encumbering the school and educational processes in order to constantly improved their teaching knowledge skills and practices. 10. can be creative and innovative in thinking of alternative teaching approaches, and evaluate the effectiveness of such approaches in improving student learning. 11. are willing and capable to continue learning in order to better fulfill their mission as teachers.

II. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course allows the students to apply the rules of discourse and rhetoric in editing various types of written material and principles and strategies in translating texts of various types forms English to another language or from another language to English.

III. COURSE OBJECTIVES

A. General

After being exposed to the course, the students will be able to:

IV. COURSE REQUIRMENTS

1. Regular Attendance 2. Active participation in class discussion 3. Passing Quizzes, Midterm and Final Examinations 4. Satisfactory delivery of assigned oral and written presentations

V. COURSE OUTLINE

No. of Hours

A. Orientation 1. University Vision, Mission, Campus Mission, Program Goals 1 and Objectives 2. Course Overview 3. Course Requirements 4. Bases for Evaluation

B. Meaning and Importance of Translation 1. Translation of riddles, quotations, conversations, poems and songs from ethnic languages to Filipino 5 2. Translation of sentences and paragraphs and composition from Filipino to English 5 3. Translation of conversation and sentences from English from other foreign language 5 4. Kinds of Translation 9 a. Administrative b. Commercial c. Computer Assisted d. Economics e. Financial f. General g. Literacy h. Medical i. Legal j. Technical k. Bible l. Machine 5. Other Types of Translation 5 a. Full Written b. Reference c. Annotated d. Cooperative e. Formal f. Dynamic g. Paraphrase h. Long Texts and Song Texts i. Back Translation

C. Meaning and Importance of Editing 24 1. Editing / proofreading symbols 2. Review of grammar, usage, and mechanics a. subjects, predicates and sentences b. nouns c. verbs d. subject-verb agreement e. pronouns f. adjectives g. prepositions, conjunctives, and interjections h. phrases and clauses i. dangling modifiers / parallelism 3. Ways to edit and proofread 4. Editing of sentences 5. Editing of paragraphs 6. Editing of composition Total 54hours VI. TEACHING STRATEGIES Classroom Lecture / Class Discussion Group Report Group Presentation Dyadic Communication VII. BASES FOR EVALUATION Mid-term and Final Examination 40% Quizzes, long exams 30% Requirements 30% 100% VIII. UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Hand-outs Picture / LDP Overhead Projector CD Tapes Karaoke IX. REFERENCES: Belen, Venus. 2003. Effective Study and Thinking Skills. Bulacan: Trinitas Publishing Inc. Enriquez, Delia C. 2003. Philippine Literature. Metro Manila: Navotas Press. Reid Stephen. 1989. College Writers. New Jersy: Preintice – Hall, Inc. Royster, Jacqueline Jones and Mark Lester. 1994. Writer’s Choice “Composition and Grammar”. United State: Maemillian/Mc Graw – Hill School Publishing Corporation.

References: Belen, Venus. 2003. Effective Study and Thinking Skills. Bulacan: Trinitas Publishing Inc. Enriquez, Delia C. 2003. Philippine Literature. Metro Manila: Navotas Press. Reid Stephen. 1989. College Writers. New Jersy: Preintice – Hall, Inc. Royster, Jacqueline Jones and Mark Lester. 1994. Writer’s Choice “Composition and Grammar”. United State: Maemillian/Mc Graw – Hill School Publishing Corporation.