Proofreading and Editing Fundamentals

Course: "Ukranian and English language. Translation and Editing"

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Proofreading and Editing Fundamentals
Code
ОК 23
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Process information effectively: collect relevant information from a variety of sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyse and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 6. Use information and communication technologies to solve complex specialized tasks and issues of professional activity. PLO 10. Know the rules of standard language and be able to apply them in practice. PLO 21 Know the approaches to evaluating and ensuring the quality of copywriting, rewriting and speechwriting.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Students must: successfully complete the courses: Lexicology and Phraseology of the CMC: Practice of Word Use, Introduction to Linguistics, Morphology of the CMC: Spelling Norms, Language Norms in the Aspect of Translation and Editing, Onomastics of the CMC: Spelling norms; know the theoretical foundations of general linguistics, lexicology, spelling and grammar of the modern Ukrainian language; master the methodology of linguistic analysis of the text; the principles of searching for language errors and their elimination; be able to work with texts belonging to different styles and genres, analyze them in terms of violation of language norms.
Course content
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic theoretical principles of proofreading and editing texts; to teach them to work with the semantic, compositional and factual basis of the text, its linguistic design; to form a methodology for editing texts belonging to different styles and genres. The course is aimed at understanding the peculiarities of editorial analysis of a text as a method of improving it, mastering the editing technique, the technique of analyzing the thematic, structural and logical organization of the text. Particular attention is paid to the study of various types of mistakes on the example of mass media, business and political texts. Students work with dictionaries, practical guides to word usage, and current spelling, edit modern texts, and improve their form and content. The study of this discipline also involves editing translated texts, taking into account the peculiarities of the originals.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Бацевич Ф. Основи комунікативної девіатології : монографія. Львів : Львівський нац. ун-т ім. Івана Франка, 2000. 236 с. Годунок З. В. Літературне редагування (практикум) : навч.-метод. посіб. Острог, 2017. 104 с. Губарець В. Редактор і переклад. Основи видавничо роботи з відтвореними текстами: навчальний посібник. Тернопіль: Навчальна книга «Богдан», 2012. 76 с. Гузенко С. В. Літературне редагування : навч. посіб. Миколаїв : ІЛІОН, 2013. 133 с. Завгородня Л. В. Основи літературного редагування та коректури : навч. посіб. Черкаси : Брама – Україна, 2010. 164 с. Літературне редагування : навч.-метод. посіб. / Київ. нац. ун-т ім. Тараса Шевченка, Ін-т журналістики ; [упоряд. Серажим К. С.]. К. : Паливода А. В., 2012. 342 с. Селігей П. О. Світло і тіні наукового стилю. Київ : Вид. дім «Києво-Могил. акад.», 2016. 627 c. Тимошик М. С. Коректура в редагуванні. Як редагувати книжкові та газетно-журнальні видання. К. : Наша культура і наука, 2012. С. 99–112.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The program of the discipline "Fundamentals of Proofreading and Editing" involves a problematic presentation of theoretical material (lectures with elements of discussion, independent research work, presentations); students' skills in professional analysis and editing of text and research work are developed in the course of individual assignments (independent work with theoretical sources and speech material, preparation of presentations, group projects, writing a test paper).
Assessment methods and criteria
The semester grade is formed by the points received by the student for the following types of work: 1. Answer at a practical lesson (21): 63/42 points. 2. Independent work (report, presentation, project group work - at the discretion of the teacher): 12/6 points. 3. Written work (editing texts): 10/5 points. 4. Final control work: 15/7 points. The grade is based on the results of the student's work during the semester and does not include additional assessment measures. Students who score the minimum positive number of points - 60 - receive "passed". Students who do not score the minimum positive score of 60 points receive a "fail" grade. Students who have scored less than 60 points in total during the semester must pass the test by completing material on the topics for which they have a debt in the form of writing independent works, editing texts, completing open-ended tasks, preparing presentations, or, if necessary, writing a test.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sviatoslav Mykolaiovych Shevel
Department of Ukrainian Language and Applied Linguistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ukrainian Language and Applied Linguistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology