Turkish: Grammar in Practice

Teacher(s)

Gökçe Seher;

Language

Turkish

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

On completing this course students should be able to demonstrate their: - Command of and ability to apply the basic rules of modern Turkish grammar (vowel and consonant harmony, the order of suffixes etc.); - Ability to apply and explain why they have used a particular rule of grammar; - Understanding of the uses of the different tenses; reflect on theoretical grammatical rules and their application; - Understanding of the principal standard spelling rules; - Ability to identify their own mistakes and self-correct.

Content

• Phonetics
• The suffix system
• Vowel and consonant harmony
• The verbless clause: the verbs to be and to have
• Possessives
• Possessive phrases
• The verb phrase: conjugation in the present pro-gressive, general present, past & future
• Case suffixes
• Spelling
• Obligation / Necessity
• Possibility / Eventuality
• Compound verb (tenses) (Bileşik Zamanlar)

Teaching methods

Exercises (practical language and laboratory work, guided study, simulation, etc.)
Presentations in lecture format
Personalised progress monitoring and support

Evaluation methods

• The final evaluation (summative evaluation) comprises two written exams (one for each quarter). Each exam comprises a variety of question types, exclusively focused on practical exercises designed to verify the student's understanding of the theory.

• Summative assessment counts for 100% of the course unit's final mark. The first academic term exam counts for 30 %, and the second academic term exam counts for 70 % of the final mark.

Bibliography

Syllabi de théorie & syllabi d'exercices mis à disposition par le professeur

Sources et références à destination de l'étudiant :

• Bazin (Louis), Introduction à l'étude pratique de la langue turque, 1978, Paris, A. Maisonneuve.
• Golstein (Bernard), Grammaire du turc: ouvrage pratique à l'usage des francophones, 1999, L'Harmattan.
• Ediskun (Haydar), Türk Dilbilgisi, 1999, Remzi Kitabevi.
• Uzun (Nadir Engin), Anaçizgileriyle Evrensel Dilbilgisi ve Türkçe, 2000, MULTILINGUAL YABANCI DIL YAYINLARI.

Faculty or entity

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