70085 Turkish Language: Oral production
Maria Rombopoulou
University Teacher (PD 407/80)
3 hours per week
Course Objectives
The course aims to help students develop the necessary knowledge and communicative abilities in order to use Turkish fluently for general and academic purposes, as well as to train them to apply linguistic theories in socially purposeful ways and to be able to undertake projects, translations, use multimedia resources in research and education, lexicography, etc.
Course Structure
The course is built around three areas of language study: spoken production, listening comprehension and vocabulary.
In spoken production, students are encouraged to give clear and detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects. They are trained to understand the explanations and different points of view of news items and interviews, and to summarize them orally. They are taught to develop a clear coherent cause and effect based argument, linking their ideas logically.
In listening comprehension, the students are encouraged to follow a lecture, presentation or seminar and also to follow specialized lectures that contain unknown words and phrases.
In terms of vocabulary, the students are encouraged to learn words and phrases related to:
1. Success
2. Health
3. Literature
4. Theater and cinema
5. Our world
6. Aims in life
7. History
8. Dance and music
Assessment
During the semester, the students' progress is tested by an optional test corresponding to 20% of the final exam note, if it is over the base grade (5). In the compulsory final exam, 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, e.g. the Internet, radio, television programmes, newspapers and magazines.
AKIŞ, İ., ASLAN, F., 2008, İleri Türkçe Alıştırma ve Seçme Metinler Kitabı, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, İstanbul
KURT, C., AYGÜN. E., LEBLEBİCİ. E., COŞKUN. Ö., 2008, Yeni Hitit Yabancılar İçin Ders Kitabı III, Unıversity of Ankara Press, Ankara.