Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Turkish Language I TDB101 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructors Çiğdem SÜTCÜ
Assistants
Goals To teach the properties of the language, to teach the historical periods of Turkish, to enable the learners to understand the vocal and and structural properties of Turkish and use the punctuation well, to teach the words in terms of their meanings and roles, to enable the learners to make presentations infront of people. At the end of the course the learner
Course Content Turkish problems today with current texts, compound words, vowel and consonant harmony, spelling and punctuation rules, Text Mining, Speech disorders
Learning Outcomes - The learner grasps the morphology of Turkish, uses punctuation Marks in a correct way.
- The learner gets the habit of reading, follows daily newspapers and periodical publications.
- The learner can figure out the effects of words which cause language impurity in nearby.
- The learner speaks Turkish in an accurate, consistent and successful way; gains the ability of self-expression.
- The learner gets the ability of presenting himself before public, expresses his knowledge and opinions in a level which others can understand, uses effective communication. The learner acquires the skill of examining literary and scientific texts and tak
- The learner gets the habit of using dictionary and spelling guide.
- The learner knows internet and computer terms.
- The learner knows Turkish equivalents of foreign words frequently used in his environment.
- The learner can convert his self-studies into team-works if necessary and get the ability of leadership.
- The learner has enaugh information and understanding on the point of using Turkish as a science language and superiority of Turkish among world languages.
- The learner can use Turkish language in academic theses(bachelor’s degree, master degree and p.h. degree) in the rules of writing theses.
- The learner knows the historical structure of Turkish language.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week The definition and properties of language, the place and importance of language in our social life. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions. The places of where full stop is used.
2. Week Language-thought connection, language-nation connection, language-culture connection; the definition of culture. . Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions.
3. Week The languages in all over the world, world languages in terms of source, world languages in terms of structure, language differentiation; written language, spoken language( dialect,accent,beak). Petition, Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, new
4. Week The languages in all over the world, world languages in terms of source, world languages in terms of structure, language differentiation; written language, spoken language( dialect,accent,beak). Petition, Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, new
5. Week The development of Turkish language, time of ALTAY, the oldest Turkish language, the first Turkish language, old Turkish language, Gokturk Inscriptions. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book intr
6. Week The development of Turkish language; middle Turkish, Karahanlı Turkish, Harezm Turkish, Kuman-Kıpçak Turkish,old-anatolian Turkish, Çagatay Turkish. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introduc
7. Week The development of Turkish language; new Turkish, modern Turkish,dialect,accent,beak. Current situation of Turkish language and spreading area, the alphabets Turks have used so far, linguistics. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper,
8. Week Phonetics. Sounds in Turkish and their classification, the morpheme structure of Turkish, word emphasis. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions. The writing of how to write compound
9. Week Midterm Exam
10. Week Phonetics. Sound events; sound derivation, the fall of sounds, vowel alteration,assimilation.Main sound similarities in Turkish words. . Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions.
11. Week The words in terms of meaning and function. Nouns, pronouns. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions. ‘Ki’ connector and ‘ki’ possesive’s writing style.
12. Week Words in terms of meaning and function. Adjectives, adverbs. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions. Colon
13. Week Words in terms of meaning and function. Prepositions, gerunds. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book introductions. The style of writing’ mı, mi, mu, mü’ question Marks.
14. Week Verbs; infection of verbs, verb forms, the personal additions inside the verbs. Adjunctive. Verbs in terms of structure, auxiliary verbs, compound verbs. Presentation,poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, magazine studies and applications, book int
Recommended Sources
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2. YAZIM KILAVUZU; TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
3. TÜRKÇE SÖZLÜK; TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
4. KORKMAZ, Prof. Dr. Zeynep; GÜLENSOY, Prof. Dr. Tuncer; ERCİLASUN, Prof. Dr. Ahmet B.; TÜRK DİLİ VE KOMPOZİSYON BİLGİLERİ, Yargı Yay., Ankara, 2001.
5. ERGİN, Prof. Dr. Muharrem; TÜRK DİL BİLGİSİ, Bayrak Yay., İstanbul, 1999.
6. GÜLENSOY, Prof. Dr. Tuncer; TÜRKÇE EL KİTABI, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
7. ÖZKAN, Prof. Dr. Mustafa; YÜKSEK ÖĞRETİMDE TÜRK DİLİ YAZILI VE SÖZLÜ ANLATIM, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2001
8. YAVUZ, Prof. Dr. Kemal; YETİŞ, Prof. Dr. Kâzım; BİRİNCİ, Prof. Dr. Nejat; ÜNİVERSİTE TÜRK DİLİ VE KOMPOZİSYON DERSLERİ, Bayrak Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7 DK8 DK9 DK10 DK11 DK12 Measurement Method
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Homework 1 2 5 10
Homework 2 1 5 5
Quiz 1 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Classroom Activities 14 2 28
Total Workload 50
ECTS Credit of the Course 2.0