Admission requirements
This course is only available for students in the BA International Studies who have passed Turkish 1 Beginners and Turkish 2 Pre-Intermediate.
Description
“(Upper-) Intermediate Turkish” is designed as a continuation of “Pre-Intermediate Turkish” but puts relatively more emphasis on spoken production and interaction, and prepares students to situations likely to arise during their stay in Turkey. By the end of the course, students will have learned to participate in short conversations in daily and professional settings, and express facts, opinions, requests and wishes. In order to be able to do so, the necessary grammar, vocabulary and interaction strategies are introduced in this course. By the end of the semester, students will have a better understanding of Turkish language and culture needed to successfully interact with the native speakers in Turkey and elsewhere.
Course objectives
Grammar: To supplement the previous level’s grammar for a more complete understanding of the structure of Turkish, forms of voice (the incoative, the reciprocal, the causative and the passive), additional forms of modality (necessity, obligation, wishes, desires), conditionals as well as further complex tenses will be introduced.
Vocabulary and use: Vocabulary needed to talk about issues related to job search and applications, education, sports, creative arts and technology will be introduced through communicative tasks and authentic materials.
Reading: Students will develop an intermediate level of reading proficiency, and will understand main ideas, supporting ideas and reference in authentic texts.
Writing: By the end of the course, students will have become able to write about their reflections on everyday matters, narrate anecdotes and personal experiences, and compose a short formal letter.
Listening: Students will be able to understand the main ideas in a conversation, follow routine conversations, and recognize key words.
Speaking: Students will become able to produce sentences referring to facts, events, opinions and desires accurately in terms of sentence structure and prosody.
Spoken interaction: Students will not only expand their interaction skills regarding everyday, routine conversations, but also learn new ways to interact with native speakers when they need to express their opinions and wishes.
European Common Framework goals:
Listening: A2/B1
Reading: A2/B1
Spoken interaction: A2/B1
Spoken production: A2/B1
Writing: A2/B1
Timetable
The timetable is available on the BA International Studies website.
Mode of instruction
Tutorials
Two 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 two (2) times.
Course Load
Total course load for this course is 5 EC (1 EC = 28 hours), this equals 140 hours, broken down by:
Attending classes: (4 hours per week over 12 weeks) 48 hours
Preparing classes, exams and extra activities : 86 hours
Assessment hours (exams and other assessment): 6 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
Written exam and quiz
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 2 (TÖMER Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2005), ISBN 9789754827910
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.