TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Süer Eker
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Classify the word classes in Persian. 2) Read basic classical and modern Persian texts. 3) Translate basic classical and modern Persian texts. 4) Analyze Persian elements in Ottoman Turkish texts.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Persian is the official language of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. In the historical context Persian was lingua franca especially among the Muslim elites from the Balkans to East Turkestan and India. Persian is one of the key languages of Turkology studies, along with Arabic. This course, in terms of content, focuses on Basic User A-1 Beginner level objectives within the scope of Common Framework Program for Teaching European Languages.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Persian noun types 2nd Week Persian noun types 3rd Week Types of adjectives and pronouns in Persian 4th Week Types of adjectives and pronouns in Persian 5th Week Persian tense/conjugations 6th Week Persian tense/conjugat 7th Week Practice 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Types of Persian Prepositions, Conjunctions and Exclamations 10th Week Types of Persian Prepositions, Conjunctions and Exclamations 11th Week Types of Persian Prepositions, Conjunctions and Exclamations 12th Week Persian making sentence techniques 13th Week Persian making sentence techniques 14th Week General review
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Kanar, Mehmet (2013) Farsça Türkçe Sözlük. İstanbul: Say Yay. Öztürk, Mürsel (2010) Farsça Dilbilgisi. Ankara: Murat Kitabevi. Piri, Mohammad (2012)Farsça Öğrenelim: Türkler İçin Farsça. Tahran: İntişarat-i Beynelmileli. Steingass, Francis Joseph (2005). A Comprehensive Persian - English Dictionary. İstanbul: Çağrı Yay. Yıldırım, Nimet (2015) Farsça Dilbilgisi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yay.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 15 Practice 1 15 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,5 1,5 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,5 1,5 Homework 1 15 15 Performance Practice 1 1 1 Total Workload 129 Total Workload / 30 4,3 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No