Undergraduate Course: Turkish 2a (IMES08052)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Turkish 2a builds on the foundations laid in Turkish 1a and Turkish 1b. It provides further development of linguistic skills in the modern language, including expanding the students' knowledge of grammatical structures and regular practice of spoken Turkish. |
| Course description |
Turkish 2a aims to teach the structure of the Turkish language through Istanbul B1 course book (first 3 units). These units (1-3) cover adverbial clauses, the past continuous tense, and adverbial phrases, gerunds and infinitives, indirect speech, modal verbs (obligation and necessity) in the present and past forms.
The course will consist of 4 Seminar/Tutorial hours of instruction per week. Every week, 3 hours will be devoted to grammar and reading skills while 1 will be devoted to oral practice.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Turkish 1B (IMES08049)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | If you are a visiting student you must pass a placement test. This test will take place during Welcome week. Please contact the IMES office (1/24 - 19 George Square) by email at imes@ed.ac.uk |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 39,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
153 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Exam 100% [Mid-Semester test 10% - Written exam 70% - Oral exam 20%]
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| Feedback |
For the mid term tests, students will be given the chance to review their answer sheets/marks and the course organiser will go through all the questions with students in class. For the oral exams, detailed feedback will be provided upon request.
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Turkish 2a | 3:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Turkisn 2a | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate lower intermediate knowledge of Turkish grammar;
- talk and write about a range of everyday topics;
- read and understand simple literary texts in modern Turkish;
- recognize and use the core vocabulary of Turkish news bulletins;
- translate lower intermediate level texts from Turkish into English and vice versa.
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Reading List
Essential:
Core coursebook: Istanbul Yabancilar icin Turkce Ders Kitabi (B1), by Istanbul Universitesi Dil Merkezi (Istanbul Kultur Sanat Basimevi, 2013)
Recommended:
Turkish Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook, by Emine Cakir and and Berna Akca (Teach Yourself, 2018)
Turkce Okuyorum 1& 2, by Hakan Yilmaz (Dilmer Yayinlari, 2007, 2010)
Yeni Hitit Yabancilar Icin Turkce (B1) by Ankara Universitesi Turkce Ogretim Merkezi (Ankara, 2013)
Berlitz Turkish-English/English-Turkish Dictionary |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- Communication skills
- Oral presentation competency
- Time management
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| Keywords | Turkish,Language,Translation,Literature,Culture |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hilal Kaya
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Budo
Tel: (0131 6)50 4161
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