70017 C Turkish Language V: Oral production
Maria Rombopoulou
University Teacher (PD 407/80)
3 hours per week
Course Objectives
The goal of the course is to help students develop the necessary knowledge and communicative skills in order to use the Turkish language fluently for general and academic purposes. In this course, the students are encouraged to use and express themselves in everyday conversations.
The course is built around three areas of language study: spoken interaction, listening comprehension, and vocabulary.
In spoken interaction, students are encouraged to participate actively in long discussions and debates on general topics. They are also trained to express their opinions in discussions by providing relevant explanations, arguments and comments.
In listening comprehension, students are encouraged to follow a clear lecture, a talk or a presentation on their field. They are taught to understand TV documentaries, interviews, plays and most films and also understand the speaker's inner feelings by the intonation in radio news bulletins in standard language. They are trained to use a variety of listening strategies such as checking comprehension and finding out the main ideas by using contextual clues to profoundly understand the text.
In terms of vocabulary, students are encouraged to learn words and phrases related to:
1. Business
2. Sports
3. Future plans, dreams, wishes
4. Fashion
5. Animals
Assessment
During the semester, the students' progress is tested by taking an optional quiz which influences 20% of the final grade, if it is over the base grade, that is, 5. In the final exam, which is compulsory, the students are tested in three areas of language study: vocabulary, listening comprehension and spoken production.
Bibliography
Teacher's notes and dialogues selected from Turkish sources, like as internet, radio, television programmes, newspapers and magazines.
Kurt, C., Aygün, E., Leblebici, E., Coşkun, Ö., 2008, Yeni Hitit Yabancılar İçin Ders Kitabı II, Unıversity of Ankara Press, Ankara.