Educational program
Translation in the field of professional communication
The study of given program’s discipline will allow students to study the problems of translation of narrowly special texts in verbal and written forms.
After finishing the study discipline of the educational program "Translation in the field of professional communication" students must:
To Know and understand:
- Basic principles of the theory and practice of translation, language theory, cross-cultural communication;
- Mentality, traditions and customs of native speaking people;
- The scope of cross-cultural communication in general and the culture of countries which are cooperate in the process of translation;
- The scope of interpersonal contacts between representatives of different languages and cultures, especially their behavior in different communicative situations.
To be able to:
- use the foreign language as a communication tool and possess all kinds of speech activity, implementing oral and written forms of communication (speaking, listening, reading, writing) in situations of formal and informal communication;
- Provide translation and interpretation services, to use in their activity all kinds of translation transformations (transposition, substitution, addition, omission, differentiation, specification, generalization of values, etc.);
- use modern factual knowledge of social, political, and culturological character of country;
- perform the different types of translation.
To possess:
- Two foreign languages;
- The official language of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Systematic knowledge of world outlook temper;
- Methods of cultural, geographic and social mobility
Educational program’s catalog of disciplines
Catalog of disciplines contains a description of each discipline separately indicating the prerequisites and post requisites, number of credits, kinds of activities, information about leaders of the programs.
Basic disciplines
Religion studies -1 credit
Prerequisites: The study of discipline "religion studies" presupposes a knowledge of the history of Kazakhstan, philosophy, natural history, anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and physics.
Course Outline: This course allows mastering the course of political science, sociology, psychology, Kazakh and Russian literature, the history of the ancient world. Religion as a subject and object of religion studies course, the emergence of religion, the structure and content of religion as a phenomenon, the specificity of the religious system of the ancient East and the Ancient World, Tengrianism, as an early form of religious consciousness. Buddhism, Christianity and its origin and nature. Bible, the main flows of Christianity and Islam. Quran, Sunnah, Shariah.
The course of discipline "religion studies" gives an idea of the content of the system and the role of religion in society, and world confessions.
Post requisites: Knowledge of "religious studies" allows mastering the course of political science, sociology, psychology, Kazakh and Russian literature, the history of the ancient world.
Types of classroom teaching: lectures, seminars
Program leader: Shaimerden G.I Bondarenko U.Y
Basic foreign language (A1, A2) - 5 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL
Course Outline: Discipline "Basic Foreign Language (Level A1, A2)," focuses on the development of students' phonetic, grammatical and lexical skills allowing them to freely converse on the different topics and build monologic utterance. This course introduces students to the basics of country, allowing to navigate in English communicative culture, join in cross cultural communication.
Post requisites: Base FL
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Spirina L.R
Introduction to linguistics and translation studies-3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL
Course Outline: Discipline forms stock of factual knowledge for further independent study of the linguistic literature and introduces the methodology and methods of analysis of linguistic facts.
Post requisites: Base FL, Theoretical Grammar, Theoretical Phonetics.
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Mongileva N.V
Practice on professional communication culture - 2 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL (A1, A2, B1)
Course Outline: discipline is obligatory and contributes to the further development of communicative and intercultural competences of students level B2 and the development of cultural and appropriate strategy and tactics of verbal communication in professional situations of future-oriented interpreter.
Post requisites: Special general professional FL (level C1), special professional foreign language (level C2), CountryStudy, theory of Translation, Business English, Theory of cross cultural Communication.
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Spirina L.R
Practical phonetics and listening - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language
Course Outline: The structure of the vocal apparatus, the specifics of the phonetic system of the target language, the concept of the phoneme, the principles of classification of vowels and consonants, exercises on articulation of each vowel and consonants of target language, the reading rules, accentual-syllabic structure of the sounding word, voice intonation and its components depending on the purpose statement, the model of oral-verbal communication, prosodic units
Post requisites: Basic foreign language (level B1, B2), the Special General professional foreign language
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Nadobko Y.V
Paperwork in the Kazakh Language - 1 credit
Prerequisites: Kazakh language
Course Outline: Paperwork management. General rules for training, execution, management structure of documents. Document classification: Organizational documents, administrative documents; information and reference documents. drafting of different types of documents (description; order; contract; labor contract; briefing paper, etc.), filling out forms and patterns on topics, the development of the correct translation’s skills in two languages, good filling of samples of business papers in the state language.
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Irgizbaeva K.B
Basic foreign language (B2) – 5 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL, Practical grammar and phonetics.
Course Outline: The course includes work on the further development of language skills and speech skills. Course material is presented in the form of monologue and dialogue and has a big vocabulary, grammar design than on the previous rate.
Post requisites: The theory of grammar, phonetics theory, Lexicology, Stylistics of the English language, the theory of cross cultural communication
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Guchigova S.A
Foreign language (second, level B1) - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language
Course outline: The course "Foreign Language (second level B2)" provides extensive language training and is built by types of activities that implement oral and written forms of communication: speaking, reading and writing, listening.
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leaders: Trichik M.V, Mustafina K.E (it)
Theory of translation - 3 credits
Prerequisites: basic elements of professional activity of translator, Introduction to translation major.
Course Outline: This course aims to prepare professionals, on a basis of interpretation and translation, understanding and networking between different cultures and languages in various fields of international, political, economic, scientific, cultural and social life.
Post requisites: The practice of interpretation, Special Foreign Language – General Professional, Theory and practice of cross cultural communication, Practice of Fiction Translation, practice of informative translation.
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Zhabayeva S.S
Foreign language (second, level B2) - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language
Course outline: The course "Foreign Language (second level B2)" provides extensive language training and is built on activities that implement oral and written forms of communication: speaking, reading and writing, listening.
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Trichik M.V, Mustafina K.E (German)
Foreign language (second, level C1) - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language
Course outline: The course "Foreign Language (second level C1)" provides extensive language training and is built on activities that implement oral and written forms of communication: speaking, reading and writing
Prerequisites: Basic foreign language B2
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Trichik M.V, Mustafina K.E (German)
Profile disciplines
Functional stylistics of Foreign language and Kazakh (Russian) - 2 credits
Prerequisites: Introduction to Linguistics, General Linguistics, the basic theory of language, literature, translation theory
Course outline: during the studying this discipline, students will learn with the general principles stylistics Bases of the style system, laws which govern the functioning of linguistic resources in different areas of communication, specific functional styles, the main methods of stylistic analysis.
Post requisites: theory of Translation, Practice of Fiction Translation, Special Foreign Language – General Professional.
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Alpyspaeva Z.T
Practice of fiction translation-3 credits
Prerequisites: the practice of translation, theory of translation
Course Outline: translation of literary texts, using theoretical knowledge in the discipline of translation theory in practice
Post requisites: the practice of interpretation
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Nazarenko O.S
Countrystudy - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL, Theoretic Basics of Foreign language, Introduction to translation Studies
Course Outline: the discipline has practical value, enriches thesaurus of country-relevant vocabulary, phraseology and terminology, students learn about the geography, history, system of state apparatus, system of education, culture, the UK and the U.S..
Post requisites: Literature of studied countrie’s language and translation problems, linguistic and cultural studies, specially-General professional FL, stylistics.
Program leader: Samambet M.K
Business Foreign Language and Business Writing - 2 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL, Conversational practice
Course Outline: a foreign language acquisition as a means of business communication in oral and written forms. Formation of special skills which are need to implement the communicative intentions in professional activities in the field of cross cultural communication, exercises to familiarity with the official-business style to study a foreign language, assimilation of the rules of business etiquette and intercultural communication. Learning the basics of business communication in oral and written forms in typical situations: acquaintance, talking on the phone, business trip, business meeting business negotiations and banking affairs, discuss and sign the contract, business correspondence.
Post requisites: specially-General professional FL, Practice of Informative Translation.
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Samambet M.K
Special professional foreign language 2 - 3 credits
Prerequisites: basic foreign language
Course Outline: The course is aimed at achieving students professionally-oriented level of language training in the field of general professional disciplines unit, and professional communication. Interaction between students achieved in the social, political, general cultural and general professional spheres of communication and speech topics.
Post requisites: General professional FL
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program Leader: ShandetskayaY.N
Practice of informative translation - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Theory of Translation, practice of written translation
Course Outline: The course is devoted to the translation of informative texts from the source language to the target language and vice versa.
Postrekvizity: General professional FL
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Nikiforova E.Sh
Translation of special texts - 2 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL, special FL, theory of translation
Course Outline: The course forms the professional knowledge and skills in the assimilation of the translation studies, focusing on the translation of legal and economic texts, the course seeks the skills of work with special reference materials which are required for translating specialized texts, and also the vocabulary for specific topics and areas.
Post requisites: the practice of interpretation
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Nikiforova E.Sh
Literature of the country of object language and problems of translation - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL, General professional FL, introduction to linguistics, countrystudy, practice of translation
Course Outline: The course gives a general idea about the literary heritage of Britain, the interaction, the literary influences, the typological similarity, the law of development and the evolution of literature in general.
Post requisites: Special professional FL, functional stylistics, the practice of interpretation, theory and practice of cross cultural communication, stylistics
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Samabet M.K
Theory and practice of cross cultural communication - 3 credits
Prerequisites: Basic FL, second foreign language, general professional FL, Conversational practice, introduction to the translation studies, Basic of Professional Activity of Translation, practice of written translation, practice of fiction translation, Literature of the Country of Object Language and problems of translation, theory of translation.
Course Outline: forms professional knowledge and skills in the development of the specialty "Translation Studies"
Post requisites: Manufacturing Practice
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Zhabayeva S.S
Practice of speech in the second language - 3 Credits
Prerequisites: foreign language (second, A2, B1).
Course Outline: forms professional knowledge and skills in the development of translation studies, such as skills of communication on the second FL by studying other subjects, using advanced grammar.
Post requisites: Foreign language second
Types of classroom teaching: practical
Program leader: Alpyspaeva Z.T, Trichik M.V.