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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
YTÖ 5011	COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KUTHAN KAHRAMANTÜRK

Offered to

Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire the terms of comparative grammar and contrastive linguistics, to learn the fields of application, to compare Turkish language constructs in relation to the morphology, syntax and temporality with other languages; evaluating the similarities and differences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Ability to comprehend the terms of comparative Grammar and contrastive linguistics.
2	Ability to comprehend the aims, methods and fields of application of comparative Grammar
3	Ability to comprehend the characteristics of Turkish language constructs in relation to western languages.
4	Ability to compare morphology and syntax of Turkish with other languages.
5	Ability to compare the tense system of Turkish with other languages in terms of structure and semantics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The terms of comparative grammar and contrastive linguistics
2	The fields of application and the aims of comparative Grammar and contrastive linguistics
3	Theoretical postulates of contrastive linguistics and the problems of method.
4	The characteristics of Turkish language constructs in comparison with to western languages.
5	To be continued
6	To be continued
7	Comparison of System of word-building in Turkish and German
8	Course Overview, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9	Comparison of morphology in Turkish with other languages (English, German, French and others) (Research-Presentation- discussion)
10	Comparison of syntax in Turkish with other languages (English, German, French and others) (Research-Presentation- discussion)
11	Comparison of diminutives and word-building in Turkish with other languages (English, German, French and others) (Research-Presentation- discussion)
12	Comparison of tense in Turkish with other languages (English, German, French and others) (Research-Presentation- discussion)
13	Typological comparison of Turkish with other languages (English, German, French and others) (Presentation- discussion)
14	Comparison of Aorist in Turkish with other languages in terms of structure and semantics(English, German, French and others) (Research - Presentation- discussion) Comparison of case in Turkish with other languages (English, German, French and others) (Research - Presentation- discussion)
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

KAHRAMANTÜRK, Kuthan: Nominale Wortbildungen und Nominalisierungen im Deutschen und im Türkischen. Ein Beitrag zur deutsch-türkischen kontrastiven Linguistik. Julius Groos Verlag. Heidelberg. 1999.
KAHRAMANTÜRK, K.: Alman ve Türk Dil Biliminde Görünüş Kavramı Yansımaları . Ege Alman Dili ve Edebiyatı Araştırmaları Dergisi. Ege Forschungen zur deutschen Sprache- und Literaturwissenschaft. 2007.
KAHRAMANTÜRK, Kuthan: Probleme und Reflexionen von geschlechterspezifischen und geschlechtsneutralen Ausdrücken in der deutschen und türkischen Sprache. Eine kontrastive Analyse zur deutsch-türkischen Wortbildung . Tagungsbeiträge zum IX. Internationalen Germanistensymposium. Wissen- Kultur-Sprache und Europa Neue Konstruktionen und Neue Tendenzen. Eskişehir, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Multimedia Explanation, question and response, discussion, research presentation, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2	FINS	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kuthan.kturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 midterm exam	1	9	9
Preparing presentations	1	40	40
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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