At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the language, the link between feelings, thoughts and language itself, and social value of the language and becomes aware of the status of Turkish among the other languages in the World. 2) Learn the features of written and verbal language and how to use language effectively. 3) Learn the term of ?communication? and create a text which is a tool of this term. 4) Learn the criteria which make a text and acquire the ability to make use of these criteria while forming a text. 5) Learn the rules of essay writing, the elements of essay planning , paragraph and the main idea. 6) Learn about the range of sentence and paragraph structure and its translations. They use application of paragraph. 7) Learn writting rules and punctuation . They gain the ability to use them. They graspe the phases of the formation of the text and they implemente them in paragraphs 8) Learn about the types and forms of expression. They won summarizing skills. They learned about the properties of informative texts. 9) Learn about ways to promote thinking. They apply active reading and text analysis methods. They overcome the deficiencies.
MODE OF DELIVERY
E-Learning
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
Learning to link language and perception, understanding the structural characteristics of Turkish, learning to analyze texts, to summarize, take notes and write reports.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Distribution and introduction of the Turkish 101 course program (Aims, principles, content teaching, attendance and test scores distribution). Definition of language, languages,
2nd Week
language, emotion, thought, culturel connection. Awareness of the native language, and
3rd Week
language's place in social life
4th Week
Turkish among the world languages. Historical periods, development and current situation of Turkish language. Sound properties of Turkish Language.
5th Week
The importance of effective use of language (word choice and care and accuracy of usage),
6th Week
written and oral expression (commonalities, differences)
7th Week
What is communication? What is the text as a communication tool? The structure of the text,What are the criteria to be a text? Cohesion elements (linguistic, grammatical bonds): conjunctions, pronouns, reductions, lexical ties. Consistency (semantic-logical links): the description establishing rhetorical structures, cause and effect, condition, purpose, contrast, and etc.
8th Week
Essay writing rules. Basic concepts about essay (plan, paragraph, main and side posts) Text
9th Week
production phases (goal setting, discourse design, creation of ideas, building concepts network)
10th Week
Sentence and paragraph information, paragraph types. Paragraph workshop.
11th Week
MIDTERM
12th Week
Text production phases and implementation. Paragraph workshop.
13th Week
Text types. Expression Forms. Summary extraction
14th Week
Paragraph writing applications (basic idea) Text types and forms of expression (informative texts examples) Essay study
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Üniversiteler İçin Türk Dili ve Kompozisyon, Başkent Üniversitesi Yayınları (2008), Ankara Türk Dil Kurumu İmla Kılavuzu, TDK Yayınları: 525. (2008), Ankara Türkçe Sözlük, TDK Yayınları (2006), Ankara
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
40
Attendance
1
10
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
50
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
2
2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
1
5
5
Preparation for Final exam
1
10
10
Course hours
14
2
28
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
12
12
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
3
3
Homework
Total Workload
60
Total Workload / 30
2
ECTS Credits of the Course
2
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
