Faculty of Education · Guidance and Psychological Counselling · Undergraduate
Course Objective
To gain knowledge about the characteristics of turkish language, punctuation marks and spelling rules, to gain book reading habit skill, to gain knowledge about creative, scientific, inquisitorial and critical thinking
Course Content
Definition and characteristics of language; petition; orthographic rules; oral expression; written expression; text generation strategies; textuality criteria; informative texts; narrative texts.
Required Resources
Aktaş , Ş., & Gündüz, O. (2011). Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım Kompozisyon Sanatı. Ankara: Akçağ Kitabevi.
Bekiroğlu, N. (2000). İsimle Ateş Arasında. İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları.
Dağcı, C. (1989). Yurdunu Kaybeden Adam. İstanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat
Öner, S. (2008). Örneklerle Kompozisyon Sanatı. İstanbul: Yuva Yayınları.
Özkan, M. (2001). Yüksek Öğretimde Türk Dili Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım. İstanbul: Filiz Kitabevi.
Paçacıoğlu, B. (2010). Türk Dili ve Kompozisyon. İstanbul: Hat Yayınevi.
Türk Dil Kurumu. (tarih yok). www.tdk.gov.tr. adresinden alındı
TDK. (2013). Güzel Yazılar: Hikayeler . Ankara: TDK.
Recommended Resources
Aksan, D. (1990). Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim. Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
Atasoy, F. O. (2010). Türkçede Noktalama. İstanbul: Özel Kitaplar.
Ergin, M. (2005). Türk Dil Bilgisi. İstanbul: Bayrak Yayınları.
Erkman Akerson, F. (2008). Türkçe Örneklerle Dile Genel Bir Bakış. İstanbul: Multilingual.
Course Learning Outcomes
- S/he writes a petition.
- S/he distinguishes the types of oral expression.
- S/he divides text into sections.
- S/he expresses her/himself in writing.
- S/he distinguishes different text types.
- S/he learns to express himself by types of written expression.
- S/he comprehends the characteristics of the language.
- S/he learns the differences between the language of speech and the writing language.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General information about Turkish language course | Explanations of course content, evaluation criteria, books to read by week |
| 2 | Writing language and its features. What is language? What are the differences between speech language and writing language? | Muharrem ERGİN, Türk Dil Bilgisi, Muharrem Ergin, "Definition of language". |
| 3 | Petition. Spelling and punctuation | TDK spelling book |
| 4 | Spelling and punctuation. | https://tdk.gov.tr/kategori/icerik/yazim-kurallari/ |
| 5 | Features of written and oral expression | Review of literary texts and the structure of scientific texts. |
| 6 | Methods for improving thinking | Reading different types of paragraphs such as description, discussion, storylines, and depicting. |
| 7 | Text structure | Analyze texts by sections and find the link between them. |
| 8 | Midterm exam | All subjects up to midterm exam. |
| 9 | Textual features | Features that text must have |
| 10 | Informative texts | Investigate the difference between informative texts and other text types |
| 11 | Writing storytelling and descriptive texts | Writing storytelling text. Reading descriptive texts, examining narrator types. |
| 12 | Writing storytelling text | The development and features of the story |
| 13 | Argumentative and persuasive texts | Reading text using arguments. |
| 14 | Conclusion | Checking all lectures. |
| 15 | Final exam | All lectures of semester |
| 16 | . | . |


