Turkish language courses in the first two semesters for all undergraduate and associate degree students at our university through distance education. In addition, basic Turkish courses for 2 credits, TR 1001 YAB and TR 2001 YAB, are offered to foreign students. The weekly course content for Turkish 1 and Turkish 2 is as follows:
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Turkish 1 Course Content |
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Week I |
What is Language? What are the definitions and features? |
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Week II |
Languages according to their structure and origins. |
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Week III |
Spelling rules, punctuation, spelling of certain words and suffixes, spelling of compound words. |
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Week IV |
Writing Types Official Writings *Petition |
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Week V |
* Report |
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Week VI |
Fictional Writing * Poem |
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Week VII |
MIDTERM |
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Week VIII |
* Novel |
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Week IX |
Thought and Informative Texts * Narrative |
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Week X |
* Critique |
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Week XI |
* Travel Writing |
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Week XII |
Historical Development Richness, Vocabulary of Turkish Language |
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Week XIII |
Sound Events in Turkish |
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Week XIV |
What is language contamination? |
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FINAL EXAM |
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Turkish 2 Course Content |
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Week I |
Word Structure (Morphology) |
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Week II |
Inflections |
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Week III |
Ambiguity and Language Errors I |
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Week IV |
Ambiguity and Language Errors II |
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Week V |
Ambiguity and Language Errors III |
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Week VI |
Word Types in Turkish a. Noun |
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Week VII |
e. Verb |
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Week VIII |
MIDTERM |
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Week IX |
Oral Composition I |
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Week X |
Oral Composition II |
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Week XI |
Semantics |
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Week XII |
f. Homonymic Words |
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Week XIII |
Sentence structure |
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Week XIV |
Types of sentences |
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FINAL EXAM |
In our department, compulsory Turkish courses are given in two semesters for foreign students. At the beginning of the semester, the level determination exam is held and the students are divided into classes according to their level. Turkish I (TR 1001 YAB) and Turkish II (TR 2001 YAB) courses take place in the classroom environment, not through distance education. There is one midterm and one final during the semester. The visa effect rate is 40% and the final exam is 60%.
Turkish (TR 1001 YAB) /Turkish II (TR 2001 YAB)
- This courses are based on these grammar structures: Turkish alphabet, “bu / şu / o / ne? / kim?” and “burası / şurası / orası” structures, multitude suffix, question suffix, numbers, adjectives, seasons, months, days, noun clause, case suffixes, present time, possessive suffixes, noun phrases, clocks, “mAdAn önce, DIktAn sonra, DAn önce/sonra” structures, imperative, request and specific past tense, future tense, comparison (like, up/gibi), indefinite past tense, broad tense, proficiency verb, adverb verbs.
- The basic features of Turkish in terms of sound and structure are explained. The basic rules of daily communication are taught along with their patterns. Shopping in everyday language, meeting new friends, inviting to dinner, telephone conversation etc. developing text (dialogues); brief and simple information about personal care and health. Congratulations, congratulations and simple speech exercises. Reading the simple texts in newspapers and magazines, gaining the skills of understanding, finding the main ideas of the texts are carried out.
Bu dersin sonunda yapacağımızları kavramış olmaları ve uygulayabilmeleri beklenir:
- Basic grammar structures and ways of Turkish,
- Turkish phonetics and simple rules about phonetics,
- Punctuation,
- General information about composition,
- To be able to explain daily needs,
- Reading and understanding simple texts,
- Conduct simple conversations with congratulations, congratulations and thanks,
- To read and understand simple texts in internet, newspapers and magazines,
- Finding the main ideas of texts.
