Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Turkish language I TDB 121 1. Semester 26 + 0 1.0 1.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Description
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hayati ZENGİN
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To comprehend the importance of language in the life of the individual and the nation and the structural features of Turkish language, to teach the historical periods of Turkish, to comprehend the sound and shape structure of Turkish and to develop the student's ability to express what they listen, read, see and think in a planned, effective and fluent way both verbally and in writing.
Course Content The birth of language and features of language; qualities of language; language types; languages and types of languages on earth; the place of Turkish language among the world languages; basic features of Turkish language; historical features of Turkish written language; grammar.
Learning Outcomes - - Know the definition of language, have an idea about the place and importance of language as a social institution in the life of a nation, realize the link between language, culture and language thought.
- Learns the place of Turkish language among the world languages, realizes the richness and subtleties of Turkish, learns the difference of Turkish language from other languages.
- - Have knowledge about the development and historical periods of Turkish language.
- - Have knowledge about the current status of the Turkish language and its expansion areas.
- - Understands the phonetic features of Turkish and the rules related to phonetics and knows how to use these rules in written expression.
- - Have knowledge about the structural features of Turkish - They calculate the effects of the words that cause language pollution in their environment on language, and see the effect of culture on language.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Definition and characteristics of language, assumptions about the emergence of languages
2. Week The effect of language on society, culture and nation; its relation with thought, emotion and communication
3. Week Oral and Written Language, Philology-Grammar-Lenguistics, factors determining the development of a language
4. Week Classification of world languages in terms of structure and origin, the place and characteristics of “Turkish Language” among world languages
5. Week Historical development of Turkish; examination of Old Turkish (Köktürkçe-Uygurca)
6. Week Historical development of Turkish; examination of Middle Turkish (Karakhanid-Harezmian-Kipchak-Chagatai-Chagatai-Old Anatolian Turkish)
7. Week Historical development of Turkish; analysis of New Turkish (Chagatai-Ottoman Turkish-Turkish Turkish)
8. Week The branches of Turkish used as a written language in today's world and their spreading areas, the main alphabets used by Turkish until today
9. Week MIDTERM EXAM
10. Week Simplification in the language, Turkey after the Republic of Turkey Turkish simplification efforts, the current problems of Turkish
11. Week Phonetics, definition and nature of sound events, the main sound events seen in Turkish words: Sound derivation, sound drop, consonant softening, consonant hardening, vowel contraction, ulama etc.
12. Week The main sound features in Turkish words and the main ways of producing words in Turkish.
13. Week The historical relationship of Turkish with other languages, the channel of exchange between languages, the elements that languages borrow from each other, loanwords and their types
14. Week Types of roots, types of affixes, words according to their structures (simple-derived-compound)
Recommended Sources
YAZIM KILAVUZU; TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2006.
TÜRKÇE SÖZLÜK; TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
AĞCA, Hüseyin: Türk Dili, Ankara, 2001, Gündüz Eğitim ve Yayıncılık, 270.
GÜLENSOY, Tuncer: TÜRKÇE EL KİTABI, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
ÖZKAN, Mustafa: YÜKSEK ÖĞRETİMDE TÜRK DİLİ YAZILI VE SÖZLÜ ANLATIM, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2001.
YAVUZ, Kemal; YETİŞ, Kâzım; BİRİNCİ, Nejat: ÜNİVERSİTE TÜRK DİLİ VE KOMPOZİSYON DERSLERİ, Bayrak Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.
DOĞAN, İsmail: TÜRK DİLİ, Rize, Akademi Yayınevi, 233
UÇAR, İlhan: İLETİŞİM BEDEN DİLİ VE SUNUM TEKNİKLERİ, Cantekin Matbaacılık, Ankara, 2007.
ÖZKAN, Fahri: TÜRK DİLİ VE KOMPOZİSYON BİLGİLERİ, Murathan Yayıncılık, Trabzon, 2009.
SAĞOL, Gülden [ed.] vd.: TÜRK DİLİ KİTABI, İstanbul 2006, 317 s., Duyap.
KORKMAZ, Zeynep: “Yazılı Devirlerdeki Gelişmelere Göre Eski Türkçenin Yaşı”, TDAY-Belleten 1989: Ankara 1994, 353-370. s., TDK Yay.: 553.
Bu ve benzeri Türk dili kaynaklarının yardımıyla DÜ Türk Dili Okutmanlarınca hazırlanan TÜRK DİLİ I ders notu.
Material Sharing
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 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)
Course Hours 14 2 28
Preparation, After Class Study 14 1 14
Research 7 1 7
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 51
ECTS Credit of the Course 1.0