At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the language link in the feeling of thinking the social value of linguistic description of the language. They learn Türkish's place among the world's languages and the historical development of Turkish about the properties of sound. 2) Learn to use language effectively in written and oral expressions properties 3) Learn term of communication and create a the text of this concept as communication tool. 4) Learn text, how to create a text and won the ability of criteria text. 5) Learn the rules of essay writing, the elements of the composition plan paragraphs and learn the basic message. 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
TOPICS
1.
Distribution and introduction of the Turkish 101 course program (Aims, principles, content teaching, attendance and test scores distribution). Definition of language, languages,
2.
language, emotion, thought, culturel connection. Awareness of the native language, and
3.
language's place in social life
4.
Turkish among the world languages. Historical periods, development and current situation of Turkish language. Sound properties of Turkish Language.
5.
The importance of effective use of language (word choice and care and accuracy of usage),
6.
written and oral expression (commonalities, differences)
7.
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.
8.
Essay writing rules. Basic concepts about essay (plan, paragraph, main and side posts) Text
9.
production phases (goal setting, discourse design, creation of ideas, building concepts network)
10.
Sentence and paragraph information, paragraph types. Paragraph workshop.
11.
MIDTERM
12.
Text production phases and implementation. Paragraph workshop.
13.
Text types. Expression Forms. Summary extraction
14.
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
30
30
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
45
45
Homework
Total Workload
75
Total Workload / 30
2,5
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
