Postgraduate Course: Turkish 1A for Postgraduates (IMES08040)

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 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	0	ECTS Credits	0
Summary	The course will cover basics of Turkish language, alphabet, vowel harmony, simple, past and future tenses. Topic-based vocabulary will be provided. Simple dialogue will be introduced.
Course description	During the first semester the syllabus design will be as follows: the alphabet, vowel harmony, days of the week, months, seasons, numbers, colours, telling time, adjectives - comparative and superlative forms, progressive tense, past tense, future tense, basic vocabulary, pronouns and simple dialogue, greetings.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Course Start Date	13/09/2021
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework (weekly assignments) 40% On-line exam 60% (with written and oral components)
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Turkish 1a		3:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students will learn to read and write short paragraphs in Turkish. Students will acquire knowledge of some of the basic features of Turkish grammar. Students will acquire some basic Turkish vocabulary. Students will learn to exchange greetings, introduce themselves and engage confidently in basic conversations. Students will learn to translate elementary texts from Turkish into English and vice versa.