TURK6001 Elementary Turkish A
| Offered By | Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies |
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Turkish |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2010 and First Semester, 2011 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Elementary Turkish A is designed for students who have no or very little prior knowledge of the language. The emphasis in this course, particularly those for Elementary Turkish, will be on drills, exercises and situational practice. All the lessons include exercises, reading passages and listening to tape. The students are encouraged to read some articles and books on Turkish Language and Culture written in English. Students are required to attend language laboratory sessions and listen to the recordings on the WebCT (one hour a week) and hand in their Work Book for correction.
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| Learning Outcomes |
LEARNING OUTCOMES The students at the end of this course (Elementary Turkish A) will be able to write simple short sentences in present, past and future tenses and read passages of moderate length. GENERIC SKILLS This course aims to cover Turkish alphabet, spelling and pronunciation as well as vowel harmony. No direct emphasis will be put on teaching grammar, but the use of simple verb tenses and other grammatical features will be introduced with sentences. The course will include simple and comprehensive reading passages. And also aims:
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| Indicative Assessment |
Attendance (10%) Class participation (10%) Fortnightly assignments (30%) Final examination (including oral component) (50%). Students are required to attend language laboratory sessions and listen to the recordings on the WebCT (one hour a week) and hand in their Work Book for correction. |
| Workload |
2 x 2 hours of lectures per week (may include language laboratory sessions)
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| Course Classification(s) | TransitionalTransitional courses are designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning achievements, which provide for the acquisition of generic skills; or an informed understanding of contemporary issues; or fundamental knowledge for transition to Advanced or Specialist courses. |
| Areas of Interest | Asian Languages |
| Prescribed Texts |
Tömer HITIT: Yabancilar icin Türçe 1, Ankara: Ankara University Press, 2002. Text book with cassettes will be available from the Uni Bookshop. |
| Preliminary Reading |
* G. L. Lewis, Turkish Grammar, OUP, 2001 * Lewis V. Thomas, Elementary Turkish, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1967. * Bengisu Rona, Turkish in Three Months, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Hugo 1989 |
| Programs | Graduate Diploma in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies and Master of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies |
| Academic Contact | Dr Mehdi Ilhan |
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