Admission requirements
This course is only available for students in the BA International Studies who have passed Turkish 1 Beginners.
Description
Through a communicative approach, this course emphasizes lower-intermediate conversational skills without underestimating grammar. All four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) are integrated into the course. New grammar topics include but are not limited to the future, the reported past, the aorist, the abilitative, the epistemic copula, the aorist, nominalizations, and converbs to express adverbial subordination. Reading activities are solely based on authentic texts to provide access to naturally-occurring language tailored for students’ needs and interests. Speaking and listening activities underlie real communicative events with information gaps. By the end of the course, students will have developed a pre-intermediate to intermediate proficiency level of Turkish grammar and vocabulary as well as pre-intermediate to intermediate communication skills (A2), and will have become ready to take the next level (B1).
Course objectives
Grammar: In this course, further Turkish morpho-syntax will be introduced. By the end of the course, students will have learned to accurately use the future, the reported past, the aorist as well as some combinations of these from the perspective of the past, present and future. In addition to these tense and aspect markers, some basic modals, nominalizations and converbs will also be introduced.
Vocabulary and use: Students will continue building on their existing vocabulary through communicative activities as well as texts. New vocabulary will include words related with family, careers, hobbies, history, story-telling, world cultures, geography, the media, health and travel.
Reading: Students will become able to find specific information in everyday texts, understand short and simple letters, follow directions and understand the course of events in narrative style.
Writing: By the end of the course, students will be able to write short descriptions of events and states, and personal letters.
Spoken interaction: We will emphasize spoken interaction since language is primarily for interacting with people. By the end of the course, students will be able to interact with other speakers of Turkish for simple and routine tasks.
Listening: By the end of the course, students will be able to recognize high-frequency words and phrases, understand the main point in spoken form that is short and clear and of immediate relevance.
Speaking: By the end of the course, students will have a pre-intermediate level of spoken production, and will become able to talk about events with reference to past, present and future, narrate events and stories in meaningful ways.
European Common Framework goals:
Listening: A1b
Reading: A2
Spoken interaction: A2
Spoken production: A2
Writing: A2
Timetable
The timetable is available on the BA International Studies website.
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Three two-hour tutorials every week, with the exception of the midterm exam week. Attending all tutorial sessions is compulsory. If you are unable to attend a session, please inform your tutor in advance, providing a valid reason for your absence. Being absent will result in a lower of the participation grade with 0.5 for every absence after the first three (3) times.
Course Load
Total course load for this course is 10 EC (1 EC = 28 hours), this equals 280 hours, broken down by:
Attending classes: (6 hours per week over 12 weeks) 72 hours
Preparing classes, exams and extra activities : 202 hours
Assessment hours (exams and other assessment): 6 hours
Assessment method
Assessment: Written exam and quiz.
Assessment: In-class oral/listening performance.
Weighing
| Partial Grade | Weighing |
|---|---|
| Reading | 20% |
| Writing | 20% |
| Speaking | 20% |
| Listening | 20% |
| Participation | 20% |
End grade
To successfully complete the course, please take note that the end grade of the course is established by determining the weighted average of the in-class oral and listening performance and exams.
Resit
If the end grade is insufficient (lower than a 6), there is a possibility of retaking the full 80% of the exam material (reading, writing, speaking and listening). No resit for the tutorial (participation) is possible.
Retaking a passing grade
Please consult the Course and Examination Regulations 2017 – 2018.
Exam review
How and when an exam review takes place will be determined by the examiner. This review will be within 30 days after official publication of exam results.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for tutorial groups. Students are requested to enroll on Blackboard for this course, but only after correct enrolment in uSis.
Reading list
Requirted textbooks:
Yeni Hitit Yabancılar için Türkçe Ders Kitabı 1 (TÖMER Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2005), ISBN 9789754825374
A Student Grammar of Turkish (Cambridge University Press, 2012), ISBN 9789754825374
Extra material:
- A compilation of reading materials to be provided by the instructor.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable.
Contact
When contacting lecturers or tutors, please include your full name, student number and tutorial group number.
Remarks
This course uses Integrated communicative language learning method. Therefore active participation in the classroom activities is essential for successful learning outcomes.