AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE ON TURKISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING IN ISTANBUL

Program Coordinator: Head of Department of Foreign Languages Dr. Çiğdem Tirkeş

Instructors: Ekin BALABANLILAR, Sedanur AKYALI

Starting Date: October 2010 / 4 hours a week / 12 weeks

Total: 48 hours

Class Times: Tuesday & Thursday 19.00-21.00

Location: Doğuş University, Main Campus

Price: 800 TL

Contact Information: 0(216) 544 55 55 / 1304 (To register, please click.)

Aim: To present Turkish culture and to teach Turkish language at the beginner level to foreign people who live, study or work in Istanbul
The course attendees must be foreigners who

-live, study or work in Istanbul
-know English

Program:

Week 1

-Session1
Topic: Alphabet, name, nationality, professions, age, address, gender.
Structure: Pronouns-ım-im-um-üm, Bu ne? – Bu kim?
Functional: Introduction-greeting-numbers
Starting the lesson with a map of Turkey.
Meeting each student and shaking their hand.
Listening to some dialogues about greeting.
Practising “Bu ne, bu kim” with flashcards

-Session2
How to address people e.g. “hanım, bey, abi, teyze”. Being a guest at a Turkish house, taking your shoes off.
Greeting each other.

Week 2

-Session1
Topic: Languages, weather-time-food-schedule.
Structure: vowel harmony-adverbs of places-mı, mi questions, değil, plurals, var-yok

Functional: Talking about daily Schedule, describing a place.
Practising “var, yok, questions and negatives” with realia.

Making students describe the places on pictures.

-Session2
Turkish cuisine, Breakfast Culture.

Week 3

-Session1
Topic: Transportation-hospitality-school/work-money-shopping
Structure:Personal possesives-consanant harmony- de/da- den/dan-adjectives,kimde-nerede?-ne kadar-kaça?
Functional: Describing- bargain-shopping
Listening-at a shopping mall
Role Play-shopping
Describing some Turkish celebrities.
Buying tickets and
traveling around Istanbul

-Session2
Transportation,
Bakkal-Pazar tradition

Week 4

-Session1
Topic: Daily life-family.
Structural: verbs(mek/mak)-önce, sonra, present continuous tense, negative-positive and question forms.
Functional: Talking about daily routine- making arrangements-invitations-accepting-declining etc
Reading Comprehension-“Karşılaşma”
Role Play-going to a party/making an excuse when declining.
Writing a paragraph describing a day

-Session2
Urban vs rural life,
family-relatives and
mother-in-law traditions,
kissing hands.

Week 5

-Session1
Topic: Health - at the doctor’s
Structural: Accusative case-polite requests-nominal ending (lik) -ile
Functional:
- making appointments
- apologizing
- orders
- giving/receiving advice

Listening “Cem’in dişi ağrıyor” and “Klinikte”
Writing a dialogue - at the doctor’s office.
Medicines

-Session2
Medical services, national IDs

Week 6

-Session1
Topic: Travel-geography-purchasing a ticket
Structural: time expressions-subjunctives
Functional: at the train/bus station/at the shopping centre
Buying a train or coach ticket
Traveling around Turkey
Reading –“Markette”

-Session2
Regional differences, Tourism in Turkey

Week 7

-Session 1
Topic: Last weekend
Structural: Past tense- adjectives - “ki”
Functional: at a theatre hall
Listening - “Hangi film”
Reading - “Atatürk”
Writing - a paragraph about your last holiday.

-Session 2
Male/Female relations in different parts of Turkey.

Week 8

-Session 1
Topic: People and places-
Structure: Objects in a sentence
Functional: Commercials
Listening - “Piknikte”
Reading - “Çırağan Sarayı”-“Eşimle Nasıl Tanıştık”
Who wants to be a millionaire?

-Session 2
Marriage Customs

Week 9

-Session 1
Topic: Zaman Tüneli
Structure: Past Tense - Comparing “di” and “miş”
Functional: Talking about old friends
Reading- “Ah Tamara”
Listening- “Yeni Komşu”

-Session 2
Hospitality, neighbour relations, housewife get-togethers (bring your gold coin).

Week 10

-Session 1
Topic: Haydi Tatile!
Structure: Future Tense- “ecek-acak”
Functional: Talking about future plans
Listening: “Kuşadası’na Gideceğiz”
Reading: İki Kardeş

-Session 2
Summer tourism (Bodrum, Antalya, Izmir, Çeşme, Fethiye)
Eastern Turkey (i.e. Mount Nemrut, Mount Agrı, Harran, Hasankeyf, Zeugma)
Pamukkale and Capadocia
Black-sea region (i.e. Sumela Monestry)

Week 11

-Session 1
Topic: “Eleman Alınacaktır”
Structure: “Tır”-“dır”
Functional: Formal Announcement- Notice
Listening: “Resim Sergisinde”
Reading: “Ankara Üniversitesi’nden Duyuru”- “Teknoloji ve İnsan”

-Session 2
University Life in Turkey

Week 12

-Session 1
Topic: Abilities and requests
Structure: “-ebilmek” – Present Simple Tense
Functional: Requests
Reading: “Doğan Kardeş”
Listening: “Hediyelik Eşyalar”

-Session 2
Turkish Party with Turkish food.