• Offered by Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Turkish
  • Areas of interest Arab and Islamic Studies

The course will cover Turkish alphabet, spelling and pronunciation as well as vowel harmony. No direct emphasis will be put on grammar, but the use of simple verb tense and other grammatical features will be introduced within sentences. The course will include simple and comprehensive reading passages

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students at the end of this course will be able to write fairly simple short sentences in present, past and future tenses and read passages of moderate length.

GENERIC SKILLS

This course aims to cover the Turkish alphabet, spelling and pronunciation as well as vowel harmony. No direct emphasis will be put on teaching grammar, but the use of simple verb tenses in present, past and future as well as other grammatical features will be introduced with sentences. The course will include simple and comprehensive reading passages.

And also aims:

  • To further develop students' understanding of Turkish language and culture through reading passages in the prescribed text book.
  • To develop students Turkish language skills (spelling, pronunciation vowel harmony as well as the use of verbs with gerunds in present, past and future tenses.)
  • To enable students to read very simple comprehensive passages in Turkish and construct simple sentences.

 

Indicative Assessment

Attendance (10%)

Class participation (10%)

Fortnightly assignments (30%)

Final examination (including oral component) (50%).

Students are required to attend language laboratory sessions and listen to the recordings on the WebCT (one hour a week) and hand in their Work Book for correction.

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Workload

Four hours of lectures per week (may include language laboratory sessions)

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed TURK6001; or permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have completed TURK1002.

Prescribed Texts

Tomer HITIT: Yabancilar icin Turkce 1, Ankara: Ankara University Press, 2002. Text book with cassettes will be available from the Uni bookshop.

Preliminary Reading

G.L. Lewis, Turkish Grammar, OUP, 2001.

Lewis V. Thomas, Elementary Turkish, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967.

Bengisu Rona, Turkish in Three Months, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Hugo, 1989.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1548
2014 $2478
2013 $2472
2012 $2472
2011 $2424
2010 $2358
2009 $2286
2008 $2286
2007 $2286
2006 $2286
2005 $2286
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $2574
2014 $3762
2013 $3756
2012 $3756
2011 $3756
2010 $3750
2009 $3618
2008 $3618
2007 $3618
2006 $3618
2005 $3618
2004 $2916
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3219 20 Jul 2015 07 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2015 30 Oct 2015 In Person N/A

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