Course Objectives: |
To create language awareness, to encourage students to read, to introduce the richness, rules and characteristics of Turkish; to develop students' interests and comprehension (listening comprehension, reading comprehension), explaining (speaking, writing) skills, critical thinking and to research. |
Course Content: |
The relationship between language and thought, the relationship between language and culture, the importance of language in social life, the languages of the world and the place of Turkish among these languages; Turkish situation and problems; Turkish spelling rules; effective reading and listening; general rules of written and oral expression; intellectual order, paragraph and forms of expression; official correspondence. |
Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introducing the content of Turkish language course and related resources |
Review of resources |
2) |
Definition of language, language-thought relationship, language-culture relationship, the importance of language in social life World languages and
The place of Turkish among these languages, features |
Her Yönüyle Dil p. 50-68 |
3) |
The situation and problems of contemporary Turkish |
Relevant place of Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu and lecture notes I |
4) |
The situation and problems of contemporary Turkish |
Relevant places of the Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu and lecture notes I |
5) |
Turkish spelling rules |
Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu |
6) |
Turkish spelling rules |
Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu |
7) |
Turkish spelling rules |
Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu |
8) |
Midterm exam |
Preparation for the exam |
9) |
Active reading and listening |
Modern Araştırmacı p. 45-87, lecture notes II |
10) |
General rules of written and oral expression |
Modern Araştırmacı Sections 2, 5 and 6 |
11) |
General rules of written and oral expression |
Modern Araştırmacı Sections 7 and 8 |
12) |
Intellectual order, paragraph and expression styles |
Modern Araştırmacı Section 9 |
13) |
Official correspondence: petition, abstract, business letter, report, record |
Lecture notes III |
14) |
Application studies on subjects |
Exercises on the given examples |
15) |
Application studies on subjects |
Exercises on the given examples |
16) |
Final exam |
Preparation for the exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Alpay, Necmiye, Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2004. Alpay, Necmiye. Dilimiz, Dillerimiz, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2007. |
References: |
Barzun, Jacques ve Henry F. Graff. Modern Araştırmacı. Çev. Fatoş Dilber. Ankara: TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, 2001. Hepçilingirler, Feyza. Öğretenlere ve Öğrenenlere Türkçe Dilbilgisi. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 2005. Her Yönüyle Dil: Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, Ankara: TDK Yayınları, 2003. Yazım Kılavuzu, Türk Dil Kurumu. Ankara, 2005. Türkçe Sözlük, Türk Dil Kurumu. Ankara, 2009. |