Faculty of Education · Special Education Teaching · Undergraduate
Course Objective
This lesson, enables the student to use Turkish Sign Language (TID) in accordance with its rules and to express the culture, social and natural environment in which they live effectively and accurately.
Course Content
In this lesson, the student gets general information about Turkish Sign Language. Learns the TID alphabet, basic sentence structures, yes-no questions, negative sentences, questions related to time and time, numbers, question words and verbs and does exercises with many examples in the classroom. The student learns to communicate with the hearing impaired by translating and translating sign language at a basic level.
Required Resources
MEB İşaret Dili Sözlüğü, (2015).
Recommended Resources
Türk İşaret Dili-Öğrenci Kitabı 1, Ankara Üniversitesi, 2015.
Türk İşaret Dili Eğitimi Ders Kitabı, A.Özturan, E. Öztürk, Cinius Yay., 2015.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Know the hand and finger shapes, the position of the hands relative to the body, the function of gestures, the use of one and two hands, can use sign language and spoken language together by mastering the relationship of signs with Turkish,
- Recognizing the characteristics of the deaf culture and using TID correctly,
- Student can show the necessary performance in greeting, asking for remembrance, understanding the other side, conveying feelings and thoughts,
- Student can communicate using TID,
- Student can explain the features of Turkish Sign Language by making the definition.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What are the general characteristics of the Turkish sign language? Turkish Sign Language Alphabet | Access to related resources |
| 2 | TİD's Grammar and Alphabet | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 3 | Pronouns and Deaf Culture | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 4 | Using TID to Create Introduction Templates | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 5 | Family and Environment | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 6 | Nouns and Sentence Templates | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 7 | General Review Session | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 8 | Midterm | Midterm |
| 9 | Verbs-1 | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 10 | Verbs-2 | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 11 | Colours and Starting Dialouge Practise | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 12 | Animals | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 13 | National Anthem | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 14 | Self-Introduction Exercise | Weekly reading from related sources |
| 15 | An overview | General repetition of weekly topics |
| 16 | Final exam | Final exam |