COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT PROBLEMS IN TURKISH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 2039 CURRENT PROBLEMS IN TURKISH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FUNDA UZDU YILDIZ

Offered to

Course Objective

This course aims at enabling the students to become aware of the current problems in Turkish language and to scrutinize these issues from a critical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define the current issues in Turkish Language
2   explain clearly the motivations and the results of Turkish Language Revolution
3   distinguish education in mother tongue and mother tongue training
4   discuss the outcomes of the interaction between Turkish and other languages
5   evaluate the current issues in Turkish Language from a critical perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Writing and Ortography
3 Sound System of Turkish
4 Vocabulary of Turkish
5 Borrowing and Purification in Language
6 Dictionary Problematic in Turkish
7 Borrowed Structures
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Interaction between Turkish and Other Languages
10 Education in Foreign Languages
11 Teaching Turkish as Mother Tongue
12 Turkish as Language of Science
13 Language Revolution and Language Planning
14 Education in Mother Tongue vs. Mother Tongue Training

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Geoffrey Lewis, Trajik Başarı/Türk Dil Reformu, çev. Mehmet Fatih Uslu, Paradigma Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2007, 257 sayfa.
2. Gökhan Yavuz Demir, "Türkçenin Pirus Zaferi!", Trajik Başarı içinde, XIII-XLVIII.
3. http://turkoloji.cu.edu.tr/DIL%20SORUNLARI/dil_sorunlari_ana.php

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Özgün KOŞANER
Faculty of Letters Department of Linguistics
Room No: B 461/1

Office Hours

Monday 13:15 - 15:00
Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3455
LO.4555
LO.5545

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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