TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Bilge Gökter Gençer
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Classify the historical and contemporary periods of the Turkic languages. 2) Specify the geography where Turkic languages are spoken. 3) List the classification criteria of Turkic languages. 4) Distinguish contemporary Turkic languages and dialects. 5) Learn the Cyrillic alphabet. 6) Compare the general linguistic features of contemporary Turkic languages and dialects.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	Other courses related to contemporary Turkic languages
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to describe as parts of a whole the Turkish dialects which came into being as a consequence of dialectical differences in Pre Turkic, Proto Turkic and Old Turkic periods, drawing the main outlines of Turkish dialects in terms of history, geography and linguistics. The course also aims to highlight the criteria for the ways in which these dialects can be classified, gain general background knowledge about the other modern Turkish written languages and dialects. Moreover, the course has been designed to have students gain the background necessary to deal with the other modern Turkish written languages and dialects that fall under the Proto (main) groups of Oghuz, Chagatay and Kipchak languages.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction, sources 2nd Week The terms of language, dialect, subdialect, accent 3rd Week Turkic world and regions where Turkish dialects are spoken 4th Week Classification of the Turkic languages 5th Week Classification of the Turkic languages 6th Week Group of Oghuz languages and practice on texts 7th Week Group of Oghuz languages and practice on texts 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Group of Chagatay languages and practice on texts 10th Week Group of Chagatay languages and practice on texts 11th Week Group of Kipchak languages and practice on texts 12th Week Group of Kipchak languages and practice on texts 13th Week Siberian Turkic languages and practice on texts 14th Week Siberian Turkic languages and practice on texts
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Ceylan, Emine. Çuvaşça Çok Zamanlı Sesbilgisi. Ankara: TDK Yayınları, 1997. Clauson, Sir Gerard. An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972. Çağatay, Saadet. Türk Lehçeleri Örnekleri II. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1977. Dankoff, R. and James Kelly. Compendium of the Turkic Dialects, I-III. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1982-85. Demir, Nurettin ve Emine Yılmaz. Türk Dili El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 1. Basım, 2003. Ercilasun, Ahmet Bican vd. Türk Lehçeleri Sözlüğü I. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 1991. Johanson, L. ve Eva Agnes Csato. The Turkic Languages. London and Newyork: Routledge, 1998. Menges, Karl. The Turkic Languages and Peoples. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, 1968.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Project,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Assignment 1 15 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 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 15 15 Presentation (including preperation) 1 10 10 Total Workload 142 Total Workload / 30 4,73 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No