COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH LANGUAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDL 1003 TURKISH LANGUAGE COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Required Course Office

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR BURCU ÇAKIN ERDAĞ

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
City and Regional Planning
Drilling Technology
Required Course Office
Welding Technology
Natural Building Stones Technology
GEOTECHNICS
Architecture
Industrial Glass and Ceramics
Maritime Business Administration
Mining Technology

Course Objective

The objective of Turkish Language Course is to enable the comprehension of the structural and operational features of Turkish; and to enable the acquisition of the proper and fine use of the language which is a means of written and spoken expression.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the features of language and its importance in human and social life.
2   To be able to explain the connection between language and culture.
3   To be able to explain the place of Turkish among the languages around the world.
4   To be able to explain the information about the historical periods of Turkish.
5   To be able to have a more sensitive and conscious point of view towards language.
6   To be able to explain the phonetic structure and features of Turkish.
7   To be able to explain the characteristics of corporate writing and correspondence types and to create such articles.
8   To be able to explain the features of scientific and academic writing and to create such kinds of articles.
9   To be able to use Turkish correctly, fluently and effectively in writing anda talking.
10   To be able to distinguish the use of words and sentences with different semantic features.
11   To be able to recognize, distinguish and produce different types of written expression.
12   To be able to recognize and distinguishing different types of oral expression, making oral presentations.
13   To be able to explain the important examples of written and oral expression types in Turkish literary history.
14   To be able to prevent, distinguish and correct errors that may be made in written and oral expression.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Turkish Language / Definition and features of language Connection between language and culture
2 Classification of languages in the world, the place of Turkish among the languages around the world Historical periods of the Turkish I (From the Beginning to the Middle Turkish Period) Historical periods of the Turkish I (From the Beginning to the Middle Turkish Period)
3 Historical periods of the Turkish II (Middle Turkish Period) Historical periods of the Turkish III (New and Modern Turkish Periods)
4 The current state of Turkish and geographical distribution of different dialects Phonetics of Turkish
5 Spelling rules of Turkish Punctuation marks of Turkish
6 The basics of written expression Corporate writing and correspondence types
7 Scientific / academic writing I-II
8 Mid-term exam
9 Semantics Mistakes in written or oral expressions, common expression disorders and points to be considered for correction.
10 Think-pieces I (Diary, Memoir, Biography, Autobiography) Think-pieces II (Column, Causerie, Essey, Article)
11 Think-pieces III (Travel Writing, Criticism, News articles, Interviews) Literary writings I (Poetry)
12 Literary writings I (Poetry) Literary writings II (Short Stories)
13 Literary writings II (Short Stories) Literary writings III (Novels)
14 Literary writings III (Novels) Literary writings IV (Theatre)
15 Preparation for oral presentations Rules for oral presentations
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Yükseköğretim Öğrencileri Için Türk Dili ve Kompozisyon Bilgileri, Zeynep Korkmaz vd.
Üniversiteler Için Türk Dili, Muharrem Ergin.
Türk Dili Bilgisi, Sezai Güneş.
Her Yönüyle Dil-Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, Doğan Aksan.
Başlangıçtan Yirminci Yüzyıla Türk Dili Tarihi, Ahmet B. Ercilasun.
Yazınsal Türler, Emin Özdemir.
Anlatım Sanatı, Emin Özdemir.
Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım, Şerif Aktaş-Osman Gündüz.
Türk Dili 2-Akademik Yazma Eğitimi, Mehmet Nuri Kardaş vd.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The information provided through the theoretical lecture notes and implement will be evaluated with mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to courses are required.
Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Dr. Burcu Çakın Erdağ, burcu.cakinerdag@deu.edu.tr
Öğr. Gör. Gülece Bilen, gulece.bilen@deu.edu.tr
Öğr. Gör. Dr. Emine Damla Turan, eminedamla.turan@deu.edu.tr
Öğr. Gör. Aliye Ergül, aliye.aydin@deu.edu.tr
Öğr. Gör. Rabia Eryılmaz, rabia.eryilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Always.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 16 1 16
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2555
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LO.4555
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LO.6555
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LO.10
LO.11
LO.12
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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