Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Political Science and International Relations (English) · Undergraduate
Course Objective
To make people understand the features of the Turkish language and its rules of operation and to show them with examples; To show the alphabets used by the Turkish language throughout its history and the works it produced through examples; to improve students' vocabulary through written and oral texts; to develop the habit of reading books; To gain scientific, critical, questioning, interpretive, creative and constructive thinking habits.
Course Content
Definition and characteristics of language. Relationship between language and thought. Relationship between language and culture. Concepts of mother language, cultural language, international language. Writing a letter of application. Languages of the world. The place of the Turkish language among world languages. Historical development of Turkish language. Phonological, morphological, semantic and syntactic structure of Turkish languge.. Types of clauses. Spelling rules. Punctuation marks.
Required Resources
Akerson, F. (2008). Türkçe Örneklerle Dile Genel Bir Bakış, Multilingual, 2. Bsk. İstanbul, 282 s.
Özkan, Mustafa. Yüksek Öğretimde Türk Dili Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul 2001.
Paçacıoğlu, B. (2010). Türk Dili ve Kompozisyon, Hat Yayınevi, 368 s.
Yılmaz, Y. (2010). Türkçede Dil Yanlışları, Özel Kitaplar, İstanbul, 320 s.
Mustafa Kutlu, Uzun Hikâye
Recommended Resources
Aksan,D. (1990). Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, TDK, Ankara, Aktaş, Ş.; Gündüz, O. (2011) Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım Kompozisyon Sanatı, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara, 330 s. Atasoy, F.O. (2010). Türkçede Noktalama, Özel Kitaplar, İstanbul, 530 s. Ateş, K. (2011). Türk Dili, İmge Kitabevi, 10. Bsk, İstanbul, 419 s. Caferoğlu, A. (1984). Türk Dili Tarihi, Enderun Kitabevi, İstanbul, 246 s. Demir, N.; Yılmaz, E. (2009). Türk Dili El Kitabı, Grafiker Yayınları, 4. Bsk. Ankara, 269 s. Eker, S. (2009). Çağdaş Türk Dili, 5. Bsk, İstanbul, 584 s. Ergin, M. (1972). Türk Dil Bilgisi, Ergüzel, M.; Gülsevin, G.; Boz, E.; Yaman, E. (2011). Üniversiteler İçin Türk Dili (Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım), Savaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 408 s. Özkan, M.; Sevinçli, V. (2008). Türkiye Türkçesi Söz Dizimi, 3F Yayınevi, İstanbul, 279 s.
Course Learning Outcomes
- He/She understands the definition and the outlines of culture, in addition to learns the relationship between culture and language.
- He/She comprehendes the characteristics of the language.
- He/She learns the languages of the world and their classification. He/She learns the place of Turkish among the world languages and the language family to which Turkish belongs.
- He/She learns the stages of Turkish.
- They learns the differences between the language of speech and the writing language.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General information about Turkish Language course. Definition, Importance, Features and Functions of Language. Theories Concerning the Descent of Languages. Language Types. | What is Language? How Did Languages Originate? Let's investigate. |
| 2 | Language-Culture Relationship The place and importance of language in nation life The Relationship Between Language, Culture, Literature, Society and Communication | * Read the text "Language-Culture Relationship and Interaction" by written Ali GÖÇER. * Read the text "baş dil ile tartılır!" from Dil Doktoru book, by written Hayati DEVELİ. |
| 3 | Classification of Languages, Development of Turkish Language and Historical Periods | Read about Classification of Languages, Development of Turkish Language and Historical Periods text. |
| 4 | Alphabets Used by Turks, | What are the alphabets that Turks have used throughout history? Research the written products they produced with these alphabets and bring examples. |
| 5 | Phonics | What are the sound events in Turkish? Let's think and research. |
| 6 | Morphology of Turkish-I | What suffixes are there in Turkish? Let's think and research. |
| 7 | Morphology of Turkish-II | What suffixes are there in Turkish? Show the derivational and inflectional suffixes on the given text. |
| 8 | Midterm | Midterm |
| 9 | Classification of Words in Turkish. | How many meanings are there in a word and what are the semantic relationships between words? Let's think and research. |
| 10 | Classification of Words in Turkish-II | How many types of words are there in terms of type and function? Find and bring sample sentences that are suitable for the subject. |
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| 15 | FINAL EXAM | FINAL EXAM |
| 16 | FINAL EXAM | FINAL EXAM |