COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH SIGN LANGUAGE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4059 TURKISH SIGN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZCAN VURAL

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

To learn and teach Turkish Sign Language and to gain the ability to use this language in social life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning Turkish sign language
2   Developing information and communication skills by using Turkish Sign Language
3   Using Turkish Sign Language to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the field in interdisciplinary studies
4   Communicating with hearing impaired individuals using Turkish Sign Language
5   Using Turkish Sign Language actively

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Turkish sign language history, Turkish sign language alphabet
2 Greeting
3 Family relationships, feelings
4 Jobs, School and Education
5 Body Parts, Health
6 Vehicles, Traffic and Colors
7 Mid-term
8 Positive, negative, interrogative sentence structures
9 Antonyms, Actions
10 Clothing, Food
11 Houseware, Numbers
12 Plants, Animals
13 Sports, Geographical terms
14 Activities
15 Activities
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Dikyuva, H., Makaroğlu, B. & Arık, E. (2015). Türk Işaret Dili Dilbilgisi Kitabı. Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanlığı Yayınları: Ankara.
Johnston, T., & Schembri, A. (2007). Australian sign language: An introduction to sign language linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Makaroğlu, B. & Dikyuva, H. (2015)Yabancı Dil Olarak Türk Işaret Dili (A1-A2 düzeyi). Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları: Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentation

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2 will be evaluated with a midterm exam and 3-4-5 with a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance at 80% of the classes is mandatory.
2. Participation in the midterm and final activities will be taken into account in the evaluation.
3. Attempts to cheat and plagiarize in the midterm and final exams will be evaluated as "0" (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

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.255555
LO.355555
LO.455555
LO.555555