This course is designed for students with a prior foundational knowledge of Turkish. The course continues on from Elementary Turkish A and will further develop students' reading, writing and conversation skills. Students will learn both Simple Present and Future tenses and several grammatical frameworks such as gerunds and conjunctions. Lessons will include listening and reading exercises, enabling students to communicate more efficiently in daily contexts and converse on a variety of topics.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate the use of elementary vocabulary and pronunciation in spoken Turkish.
- Communicate in Turkish in comparatively complex daily life dialogue.
- Read and understand short authentic Turkish language texts such as newspaper articles and extracts from books and novels.
- Understand basic grammatical concepts including gerunds (such as ability), intensification, comparison, several conjunctions and also use of Future and Simple Present tenses.
- Demonstrate an understanding of Turkish life and culture through reading passages in prescribed texts and additional materials.
Indicative Assessment
6 Course Workbook Exercises (3% each for a total 18%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4, 5]
2 In-class Quizzes, 30 minutes each (6% each, total 12%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4]
Mid-semester Written Exam (1 hour - 20%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4]
Final Exam (oral component: 10 min -20%; and written component: 2 hours - 30% - 50% in total ) [Learning Outcomes 1-5]
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Workload
4 hours of lectures per week for 13 weeks. Students are expected to undertake a further 6 hours of independent study each teaching week of the semester (total 130 hours).Requisite and Incompatibility
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.
Specialisations
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. Tuition fees are indexed annually. 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 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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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 |
