TURK6002 Elementary Turkish B

Offered By	Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Turkish
Offered in	Second Semester, 2012
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	The course will cover Turkish alphabet, spelling and pronunciation as well as vowel harmony. No direct emphasis will be put on grammar, but the use of simple verb tense and other grammatical features will be introduced within sentences. The course will include simple and comprehensive reading passages
Learning Outcomes	LEARNING OUTCOMES Students at the end of this course will be able to write fairly simple short sentences in present, past and future tenses and read passages of moderate length. GENERIC SKILLS This course aims to cover the 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 in present, past and future as well as other grammatical features will be introduced with sentences. The course will include simple and comprehensive reading passages. And also aims: To further develop students' understanding of Turkish language and culture through reading passages in the prescribed text book. To develop students Turkish language skills (spelling, pronunciation vowel harmony as well as the use of verbs with gerunds in present, past and future tenses.) To enable students to read very simple comprehensive passages in Turkish and construct simple sentences.
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	Four hours of lectures per week (may include language laboratory sessions)
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	Arab and Islamic Studies
Requisite Statement	Elementary Turkish A
Prescribed Texts	Tomer HITIT: Yabancilar icin Turkce 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	Master of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Master of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, and Graduate Certificate in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies
Academic Contact	Dr Mehdi Ilhan

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