Undergraduate Course: Turkish 1A (IMES08048)
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 1 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| 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 | 
    
    Turkish 1a aims to teach the structure of the Turkish language through Istanbul A1 course book. During the first semester the syllabus design will be as follows: the alphabet, vowel harmony, days of the week, plural nouns, months, seasons, numbers, colours, telling time, adjectives- comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, progressive tense, past tense, noun-case suffixes, basic vocabulary, pronouns and simple dialogue, greetings and translating from Turkish to English. 
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  N\A | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 1 | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
19/09/2022 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Lecture Hours 39,
 Summative Assessment Hours 4,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
153 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) | 
Revision
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
10 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Regular quizzes/ tests: 10% 
Written Exam: 70% 
Oral Exam: 20% | 
 
| 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. For the oral exams, detailed feedback will be provided upon request. | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Turkish 1a | 3:00 |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Turkish 1A | 3:00 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - read and write short paragraphs in Turkish
 - understand the basic features of Turkish grammar.
 - recognise and use some basic Turkish vocabulary.
 - exchange greetings, introduce themselves and engage confidently in basic conversations.
 - translate elementary texts from Turkish into English and vice versa.
 
     
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Reading List 
Core coursebook: Istanbul Yabancilar icin Turkce Ders Kitabi ve Calisma Kitabi (A1), 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) 
 
Berlitz Turkish-English/English-Turkish Dictionary |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
no | 
 
| Keywords | IMES Turkish 1a | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Hilal Kaya 
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Course secretary | Mrs Anne Budo 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4161 
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