Bachelor Degree in English Language & Translation
 

Department of English

Mission

The program aims at helping the students to master the intellectual and scientific aspects of translation as a new field of study. It intends to prepare the graduates to become bilingual translators and interpreters to meet the needs of Oman society and the work market for such professionals. This complies well with the great role that Oman plays in the international relations and cultural interactions.

Goals:

1. Preparing students to meet the requirements of the work market in the field of translation.

2. Providing students with linguistic skills that enable them to take over translation as a profession efficiently.

Helping students to develop their intellectual abilities to encounter job responsibilities effectively.

4. Familiarizing students with the principles, beliefs and values of Western culture.

5. Providing the local work market with competent and professional translators in different areas.

6. Providing students with the findings in the field of linguistics and translation studies.

7. Preparing students for postgraduate studies in the fields of linguistics and translation.

Learning Outcomes

Students are expected to be able to:

1. Develop the necessary professional skills in the field of translation.

2. Show high linguistic skills that enable them to work competently as translators.

3. Demonstrate great intellectual abilities that enable them to hold responsibilities competently.

4. Show deep understanding of the beliefs, values and principles of Western culture.

5. Demonstrate an informed consensus with different cultural differences that they may encounter.

6. Be aware of the duties that they must carry out in the process of development in Oman.

7. Be aware of the developments in the fields of linguistics and translation.

8. Show competence and ability to complete their higher education in well-reputed institutions.

9. Show great understanding of others who speak different languages to bridge the gaps and minimize the discrepancies with them.

10. Develop new cultural values and concepts to facilitate cross-cultural communication and mutual understanding globally.

11. Demonstrate informed awareness of the similarities and differences between the linguistic systems of Arabic and English.

Bachelor Degree (126 Credit Hours):

1. College Requirements (18 Credit Hours) Compulsory:

Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Pre-requisites
BCGE001	Arabic Language	3
BCGE004	Study Skills	3
BCGE002	Islamic Culture	3
COMP100	Computer Impacts and Uses	3
ENGL002	General English	3
BCGE003	Oman society	3
Total		18

2. Department Requirements (30 Credits Hours) Compulsory:                                    

Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Pre-requisites
BCGE006	Research Methodology	3
ENGL003	Communicative English	3
ENGL101	Listening Comprehension	3
ENGL102	Intermediate Reading	3
ENGL098	Intro to Essay Writing	3
COMS151	Oral Skills & Public Speaking	3
ENGL255	Introduction to English Literature	3
ENGL204	Advanced Reading	3	ENGL102
ENGL155	Essay Writing & Freshman Comp	3	ENGL098
ENGL103	Basic English  Grammar	3	-------------------------------
Total		30

3. Major Requirements (69 Credits Hours) Compulsory:

Course No	Course title	Credits	Pre-requisites
ENGL301	Introduction to Linguistics	3
ENGL205	Introduction to Translation	3
BCGE008	Arabic Syntax	3
LING402	English Phonetic & Phonology	3	ENGL301
ENGL211	Translation of Eng.-Arabic Texts	3	ENGL205
ENGL302	Translation of Financial Texts	3	ENGL211
ENGL309	Stylistics	3
LING441	Sociolinguistics	3	ENGL301
ENGL306	Contrastive Linguistics	3	ENGL301
ENGL307	Morphology & Lexical Studies	3	ENGL301
ENGL311	Translation Arabic-English Texts	3	ENGL205
ENGL300	Media Translation	3	ENGL205
ENGL310	Sight Translation	3	ENGL205
ENGL305	Translation of Literary Texts	3	ENGL205
ENGL416	Consecutive Interpretation	3	ENGL205
LING417	Language Development &Acquisition	3	ENGL301
ENGL208	Introduction to Creative  Writing	3	ENGL098
LING404	Syntax	3	ENGL301
LING408	Semantics & Pragmatics	3	ENGL301
ENGL412	Translation for Communication	3	ENGL205
ENGL308	Communicative grammar	3	ENGL103
ENGL210	Western Culture	3
ENGL400	Translation Project	3
Total		69

 

4. Elective Courses (Select 09 Credit Hours):

 

Course No	Course title	Credits	Pre-requisites
ENGL313	Applied Linguistics	3	ENGL301
ENGL419	Computer Assisted Translation	3	ENGL205
ENGL417	Vocabulary Development	3	--------------
ENGL418	Translation Theory	3	ENGL205
LING 505	Discourse Analysis	3	ENGL307
ENGL303	Translation of  legal  Texts	3	ENGL211

Course Descriptions:

ENGL002–  General English

The course is intended for students at beginner level to upper - intermediate level . It follows an integrated multi-skills approach in developing the student’s performance in English. It lays special emphasis on the productive skills and uses authentic material relevant situations and language functions which are presented throughout the course.

  ENGL003– Communicative English

This is a transitional course for students to move on from general language to English for special purposes. It covers the four language skills with a particular emphasis on longer authentic reading texts which are relevant to students’ studies and interests. Moreover, students practice writing many short paragraphs.  The language skills are intended to be developed strongly to enable students to complete their study in English on a solid basis.

COMS151– Oral Skills and Public Speaking

The course aims at developing the student’s ability to interact orally in English with emphasis on accuracy and fluency. Authentic materials in terms of language forms, functions, situations , and topics are used . Students are guided to practice various modes of interaction and build up their own strategies to achieve effective communication.

 ENGL101– Listening Comprehension

The course aims at helping students to become effective listeners focusing on listening for the main ideas, variations in intonations, pausing and note-taking skills. The course highlights confidence building, gap repair and important speech.

ENGL102–Intermediate Reading

The course deals with reading comprehension in terms of developing students’ abilities to extract information from a text. They are supposed to develop certain reading techniques such as speed reading, prediction and making use of their grammatical knowledge in working out meaning. Developing vocabulary is a goal for this course.                                                        

ENGL098-Introduction to Essay Writing

The course aims at developing students’ writing skill which is still inadequate and they need improvement at paragraph writing level .The course focuses on helping students to show their integrative utilization of their linguistic knowledge as well as their proficiency in the other language skills .It also helps to develop knowledge and skill of certain organizational and mechanical patterns such as capitalization and punctuation. 

ENGL103– Basic English Grammar

The course focuses on the fundamental rules of English grammar as they relate to sentence structure. It deals with topics such as noun phrase , verb phrase , adjectives ,adverbs and prepositions .The course also covers tense and aspect combinations , count / non- count distinction , articles and parallel constructions . 

ENGL205- Introduction to Translation

The course is aiming at dealing with the principles of translation, so contrastive analysis, stylistics and lexical problems are discussed within the context of translating from English to Arabic and vice versa . Types of translation are discussed .Basic techniques in translation are used to produce supervised translations of various types texts. 

ENGL255- Introduction to English  Literature

This course introduces the students to the concept of literary genre as well as the principal genres of literature in English. The genres that are covered include lyric, drama and fiction. Students are also introduced to other terms and concepts that are basic to the study of literature, such as metaphor, narrative and irony. 

LING402- Phonetics and Phonology.(Prereq.ENGL301 )

The course deals with the sounds of English and examines the nature of the rules governing the sound system of English. It introduces the study of the physiology of speech production and phonetic transcription through practical exercises. It also helps students to use technical terms in describing speech and talking about phonological literature.

ENGL308- Communicative Grammar (Prereq.ENGL103 )

The course focuses on the uses of grammar in communicating in English. It helps students to relate the grammatical structure systematically to meanings, uses and situations .It also helps them to explore the communicative choices offered by grammar based on their knowledge of the grammatical choices through which communication must be channelled.

ENGL204-Advanced Reading (Prereq.ENGL102)

The aim of the course is to further develop students’ reading speed and comprehension proficiency. It focuses on textual analysis of longer written passages and teaches students to approach the text as critical readers.

ENGL 155 – Essay Writing and F.C. (Prereq.ENGL098 )                            

The course aims to consolidate and deepen students’ experience in writing .The writing activities vary in type, subject and length with the progression of the course .The course lays heavy emphasis on effective  expository and argumentative writing .It approaches writing as a process , emphasizes redrafting , and enhances students’ awareness of purpose and audience. 

ENGL307- Morphology and Lexical Studies (Prereq.ENGL301)

The course introduces major types of morphological phenomena, their analysis, and current theoretical approaches to handling them. It focuses on inflection, and derivation, the mechanisms for English word-formation and their implications for the lexicon. Meaning changes across time and across dialects is also studied. 

ENGL301- Introduction to Linguistics

This course introduces students to the basic concepts and issues in linguistics. It further makes them aware of the nature of human language and its main features. It also familiarizes them with the procedures of analyzing a language at various phonetic and phonological levels taking English as an example. 

BCGE006- Research Methodology

The course introduces students to the tools and techniques of collecting and interpreting information. Students learn how to narrow down a topic, assemble bibliography and create a working plan for a research paper. They also learn how to organize material and integrate information from primary and secondary sources into a coherent academic paper.

LING408- Semantics and Pragmatics (Prereq.ENGL301)

The course introduces various approaches to the study of meaning in language both at the word and sentence levels. It examines linguistic reference and truth conditions of linguistic expressions and signs. It also explores the role of shared inferential strategies, presuppositions, and speech acts in human communication. The students realize how situational contexts determine language use.

LING404 –Syntax (Prereq.ENGL301)

The course introduces the descriptive analysis of the sentence constituents that cover word classes, phrases and sentence patterns. It also examines the syntactic processes like coordination and subordination, complexity, related logical connectors and ambiguity. 

LING441-Sociolinguistics (Prereq.ENGL301)

The course introduces students to the sociolinguistic approach to language. It focuses on issues about how language structure and language use are interrelated. It also examines variables responsible for language variation within a speech community. Therefore, topics such as sociolinguistic goals, techniques and levels of analysis, implications of the recognition of language as a social phenomena and its importance in social interaction, functions of different speech varieties in human communities, namely correctness, register, ethnicity, bilingualism, diglossia are explored in the course. 

ENGL313- Applied Linguistics (Prereq.ENGL301)

The course investigates the relationship between the field of applied linguistics and the language communication process in and outside the classroom. It views linguistics in terms of real world applications and from the perspective of teaching practitioners in different professional settings. It enhances students’ knowledge and awareness of the analysis and explanation of their developmental errors, learning strategies and communication strategies.      

LING505- Discourse Analysis (Prereq.ENGL307)

The course looks at the interpretation of meaning beyond the level of the sentence. It examines the roles of notions such as background knowledge, cohesion and coherence to achieve a better understanding of how language works as a communication medium in texts and conversational interaction. 

ENGL306-Contrastive Linguistics (Prereq. ENGL301)

The course introduces the hypotheses and methods of contrastive analysis and investigates differences between English and Arabic. The focus is on selected areas of the sound system, word formation, and grammatical and syntactic structures found in both languages. Students are required to solve practical problems in error analysis and undertake research projects.

ENGL208- Introduction to Creative Writing (Prereq.ENGL098)

The course is designed to instill the love of writing and the appreciation of reading literary works in students to help them get over the writer’s block. It also guides them to write imaginatively and creatively in different literary genres away from the constraints of academic writing format. Hence reading for pleasure and experimenting with and content are two strong elements in the course. 

LING417-Language Development & Acquisition (Prereq.ENGL301)

The course introduces the study of the psychology of language by exploring the relationship between language and the mind. It examines processes involved in comprehension, production and acquisition of language and initiates students to research techniques and linguistic data collection.

BCGE004- Study Skills

The course helps students to improve their English and gives them skill and practice in using English as a language of instruction, in this case they can improve their study habits in English .The course stresses the fact that once the skill has been introduced, it is the student’s responsibility to continue practicing it on his/her own until it is mastered efficiently.  Therefore, the course deals with topics such as using an English dictionary, learning vocabulary in English, outlining, improving your reading, using a library and preparing for examinations. 

ENGL300- Media Translation (Prereq.ENGL205)  

This course helps students to apply the principles of translation learned before to a variety of newspaper, radio, television and public relations texts The course also highlights the formats of new stories, feature articles, editorials, spoken and written language. 

BCGE008 Arabic Syntax                                                                         

The course emphasizes the linguistic description of Arabic syntax, an analysis of Arabic syntax by using modern approaches. This course presupposes earlier instruction in grammar within the scope of introductory language courses. The course provides a comprehensive treatment of the sentence in Arabic.  

ENGL310 Sight Translation (Prerq.ENGL205)

The course aims at teaching the students how to translate a written text orally without much thinking and preparation. Students also get practice to master this important skill as an important step towards mastering consecutive translation. 

ENGL211 Translation of English-Arabic Texts (Prereq.ENGL205)

This course is designed to equip students with the basic skills of translation from English into Arabic. The students are supposed to use their knowledge of translation strategies they have acquired in the course introduction to translation. The course gives more concentration to Arabic. It covers various registers including scientific, social, financial and others. 

ENGL 311 Translation of Arabic-English Texts (Prereq.ENGL205)

This course provides students with the basic skills of translation from Arabic into English and use their knowledge of translation strategies. The course focuses mire on Arabic. It covers various registers including scientific, social, financial and others.   

ENGL210 Western Culture

This course offers a good opportunity for students to learn about the culture and daily life-styles of English – speaking peoples around the world. It explores relevant topics such as geography, history, traditions, fashion, food and drink, law and order, music and sport. The students compare their own cultural aspects with those in English – speaking countries such as Britain, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. 

ENGL416Consecutive Interpretation (Prereq.ENGL205)

This course represents an introduction to Consecutive Interpretation. It is designed to provide students with the skills of content analysis, note-taking techniques, public speaking, presentation skills, sight translation and other skills pertinent to consecutive interpretation. It is also designed to help students use standard methods of recording information when listening to source language texts. The course also aims at making students aware of research findings in disciplines that have a bearing on interpretation, for example, psycholinguistics, communication and discourse studies. The course also aims at developing the students’ short and long term memory through specific exercises.

ENGL418 Translation Theory (Prereq.ENGL205)

This course is devoted to the study of the theory of translation. It examines in detail the different translation approaches, translation methods, principles and techniques and whether translation is a science or an art with practical illustrations and exercises. 

ENGL302 Translation of Financial Texts (Prereq.ENGL205)

This course develops the student's knowledge of financial topics on an international level. It explores topics such as banking system, statements of accounts, and the translation of key documents. It also gives student practice in the translation of statements from Arabic into English and vice versa. The emphasis is laid on the business genres and their lexical features. 

 ENGL303 Translation of Legal Texts (Prereq.205)

This course develops the students' knowledge of legal matters on an international level .It explores topics  such as pollution, law of the sea, civil rights and the  translation of key documents. It also gives students practice in the translation of contracts from Arabic into English and vice versa. The emphasis is laid on the overall structure of contract genres and their lexical features.

ENGL305Translation of Literary Texts (prereq.ENGL205)

This course introduces students to the various approaches of translating religious and literary texts. The course focuses on the translation of the Prophet's tradition and simple and complex literary texts, taking into account the historical, the cultural, the aesthetic and the linguistic dimensions of these texts. The course aims to make students aware of the nature of religious and literary texts. The students become aware to the problems of translating Islamic texts into English, especially because in such texts many words of Arabic origin have to be used as loan words.

ENGL417 Vocabulary Development

This course introduces students to the various approaches of enriching their vocabulary , both active and recognition types .Students learn the techniques of discovery of the meanings of the different items , namely , recognition by context , discovery by dictionary  and recognition by word analysis . It also highlights that one’s understanding of the text is essential for learning to work out the meaning of a word.

ENGL309Stylistics

The course introduces students to stylistics as the linguistic study of literature. The course emphasizes the practical ways and techniques to see how linguistics can contribute to the interpretation and appreciation of literature and can go beyond what traditional literary criticism has been able to achieve.

ENGL412 Translation for Communication (Prereq.ENGL205)

The course aims at developing the students’ skills and abilities to communicate successfully and appropriately in both Arabic and English .Therefore it investigates the fundamental differences between the ways of communication in both languages. This is handled through dealing with texts that help students to explore such differences and enhance their communication skills through using either language.   

ENGL419Computer-Assisted Translation (prereq.ENGL205)

The course investigates the scope of computer-assisted translation including the latest techniques in this technological field. It examines the main approaches in this field and emphasizes the way in which computer-assisted research relies on the ideas drawn from, and the progress made in other areas such as translation theory and theoretical linguistics.  

توصيف مساق اللغة العربيةBCGE001

يتضمن المساق دراسة اللغة العربية وتنمية مهارات الاتصال التي يحتاج إليها الطالب في مهارات الاستماع والقراءة والكتابة والتحدث وهي مهارات وظيفية تطبيقية يحتاج إليها الطالب بعد تخرجه وانخراطه في سوق العمل ومن أهم وظائف تعلم اللغة العربية الربط بين المعرفية والتطبيقية في الميدان العملي بعد التخرج ولما كانت أي عملية تعليمية تقوم على الإرادة الذاتية فانه من  الضروري التأكيد على أن تعلم اللغة العربية في هذا المستوى يقوم على المبدأ ذاته وتعمل دراسة اللغة العربية على إكساب الطلبة الاستراتيجيات الدراسية التعليمية وتسهم في بناء شخصية الطالب من خلال العمل الجماعي والمشاركة من خلال البحوث والمناقشات الجماعية .

 توصيف مساق الثقافة الإسلاميةBCGE002

يتضمن المساق بعض الموضوعات التي تهدف إلى تطوير القيم الإسلامية والالتزام بالعقيدة الإسلامية والارتباط بالعروبة والإسلام والتواصل والانفتاح نحو العالم الخارجي والاستفادة من التطور العلمي والمعرفي وذلك مع احتفاظهم بهويتهم الدينية والثقافية والفكرية.

ويهتم هذا المساق ببيان جهد العقل في فهم الدين الإسلامي من مصادره الأصلية والتبعية , ودراسة محاوره الأساسية , وبيان ما في الدين الإسلامي من رسوخ وقدرة على مخاطبة العقل , وتوجيه الوجدان إلى فهم القضايا ذات الصلة ومعالجة ما يستجد من مشكلات ومتغيرات .

 توصيف مساق المجتمع العماني BCGE007

يتضمن المساق بعض الموضوعات التي تهدف إلى تنمية قيم الولاء والانتماء ويهتم هذا المساق ببيان جهود السلطنة في مختلف مجالات التنمية الاجتماعية والاقتصادية. وأن يتعرف الطالب على طبيعة المجتمع العماني القائم على التسامح والرقي في نظمه وقوانينه والتعرف أيضا على جهود السلطنة في تنمية الموارد البشرية وأن يوظف الطالب معارفه ومهاراته في تنمية التفكير الإبداعي , وبيان ما في المجتمع العماني من أصالة وقدرة على التواصل مع الشعوب الأخرى وأن يعي الطالب الدور الثقافي والحضاري لمجتمعه العماني , وكيفية التعايش مع الحضارات والثقافات الأخرى , والتفاعل معها في ظل العولمة .

Department of English

Study Plan for Translation

 

Yr	Course No	Course Title			P-Req	Cr.		Course No	Course Title	P-Req	Cr.
	Semester One							Semester Two
I	COMS 151	Oral skills&Pub Sp.			-------	3		BCGE 002	Islamic Culture	--------	3
	ENGL0101	Listening Compr			------	3		NG102	Intermediate Reading	-------	3
	Comp100	Computer Impact.			-------	3		ENGL098	Intro to essay writing	------	3
	ENGL002	General English			-------	3		ENGL103	Basic Eng. Grammar	--------	3
	BCGE004	Study skills			-------	3		BCGE 003	Oman Society	--------	3
	BCGE001	Arabic Language				3		Total			15
	Total	18
	Semester One							Semester Two
II	ENGL155	Essay writing & Freshman.comp.		ENG  098		3		LING402	Phonetics & Phonology	ENG  301	3
	LING204	Advanced Read.		ENG  102		3		ENGL211	Translation of English -Ar. Texts	ENG  205	3
	LING301	Intr. to linguistics		--------		3		ENGL210	Western Culture	------	3
	ENGL255	Intr. to Literature		--------		3		ENGL207	Stylistics	LIN 301	3
	ENGL205	Intr to Translation		--------		3		ENGL302	Translation of Financial Texts.	ENG  205	3
	Total			15				Total		15
	Semester One							Semester Two
III	LING441	Sociolinguistics		LIN301		3		LING307	Morph.& Lexical Studies	LIN301	3
	LING306	Contrastive Ling.		LIN301		3		ENGL308	Comm. Grammar	ENG  103	3
	BCGE008	Arabic Syntax		--------		3		ENGL310	Sight Translation.	ENG  205	3
	ENGL300	Media Translation		ENG  205		3		ENGL006	Research Methodology	--------	3
	ENGL311	Translation of Arabic -Eng. Texts		ENG  205		3			Elective		3
	Total			15				Total		15
	Semester One							Semester two
IV	ENGL305	Translation of Literary Texts	ENG205			3		ENGL412	Translation for Communication	ENG205	3
	ENGL208	Intr. to Creative  Writing	ENG155			3		LING417	Lang.Dev.& Acquisition.	LIN301	3
	LING404	Syntax	LIN301			3		LING408	Semantics & Pragmatics.	Lin301	3
	ENGL416	Consecutive Interpretation	ENG205			3			Elective	--------	3
		Elective				3		ENGL413	Translation Project.	All translation Courses	3
	ENGL003	Comm. English	------			3		Total		15
	Total		18

 

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