Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Turkish Language and Literature · Undergraduate
ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve ERGÜT
Course Objective
To raise awareness about current issues facing the Turkish language; to evaluate the causes of these issues and potential solutions; to emphasize the importance of preserving our language; to raise awareness regarding the use of foreign words in the media and in everyday language; to highlight problems encountered in the spelling and usage of Turkish; and to examine and comment on topics under discussion from a grammatical perspective.
Course Content
The course will focus on current and debated topics in the Turkish language, drawing on relevant sources to propose solutions; it will address contemporary issues in the Turkish language such as spelling, word formation, and loanwords; Attention will be drawn to issues of form, words, and word groups in Turkish as spoken in Turkey, and differences of opinion regarding topics such as sentence types, the elements that make up a sentence, structure, meaning, and word order will be addressed.
Course Learning Outcomes
- They will acquire the ability to use Turkish correctly.
- Can identify the problems of the Turkish language.
- We can discuss spelling issues encountered in Turkish.
- He/she can assess the impact of mass media on the Turkish language.
- It offers solutions to current issues in the Turkish language.
Core Area Distribution
(22) Humanities%100
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationGuided PracticeGroup StudySelf study
Assessment & Evaluation
Performance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Issues in the Use of Turkish, Awareness of One’s Native Language, and the Problem of Desensitization | Lecture Notes |
| 2 | The issue of scientific language, the issue of foreign terms, the issue of translating scientific terms into Turkish | Lecture Notes |
| 3 | The Problem of Terminological Confusion in Turkish | Lecture Notes |
| 4 | The issue of Turkish orthography, the issue of spelling errors | Lecture Notes |
| 5 | The problem of language pollution; The problem of influence from foreign languages; The problem of the impact of mass media on the Turkish language; The problem of media language; The problem of the use of Turkish on the Internet; The problem of the lack of due care given to the Turkish language in mass media such as radio, television, the press, and the Internet | Lecture Notes |
| 6 | The problem of word formation; The problem of word borrowing; The problem of finding Turkish equivalents for foreign words; The problem of dictionaries and lexicography | Lecture Notes |
| 7 | The issue of language policy, the issue of the Turkic world and common communication, the issue of localization in the standard language; the issue of education in a foreign language | Lecture Notes |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Grammar Instruction and Challenges in Teaching Turkish | Lecture Notes |
| 10 | Issues related to morphology: The problem of classifying suffixes; the distinction between derivational, inflectional, and operational suffixes; the question of whether “case suffixes, verbal suffixes, and the negative suffix” are derivational or inflectional suffixes; the issue of the negative suffix versus the absence suffix; issues related to person, tense, mood, aspect, and voice in Turkish; the issue of tense in the subjunctive mood; tense shift; words incorrectly derived based on the semantic functions of suffixes | Lecture Notes |
| 11 | Issues related to word knowledge: The issue of classifying word types; The issue of distinguishing between word types and function names; The issue of changing word types | Lecture Notes |
| 12 | Syntax-related issues: the debate over noun phrases with or without articles and modifiers versus modified noun phrases; the distinction between possessive phrases and noun phrases; the debate over compound verbs versus idioms | Lecture Notes |
| 13 | Issues related to sentence structure: Issues regarding the elements of a sentence (Is the subject an indispensable part of a sentence? Does the predicate contain only the subject? Are the main elements placed at the end? Is there such a thing as an independent linguistic unit? / Nominative case, subject and object cases; Errors in teaching sentence elements: What are primary and secondary subjects? Are there no subjects in sentences formed with passive verbs? Are there objects with the +A and +DAn suffixes? Do passive verbs not take objects? (Is it a locative complement or an adverbial complement?) | Lecture Notes |
| 14 | Issues related to sentence structure: Sentence elements (main elements, auxiliary elements); Types of sentences [Sentences classified by predicate type (the noun clause vs. verb clause debate / “-mIş gibisin,” “-yor gibidir,” “-AcAkmIş gibiyim,” etc.; Are all sentences noun clauses?), Sentences classified by word order, Sentences classified by meaning (How is the distinction between positive and negative made in terms of structure and meaning?, The issue of imperative sentences), Sentences classified by structure (the issue of compound sentences, the issue of the existence of independent serial sentences)] | Lecture Notes |
| 15 | General Review | Lecture Notes |
| 16 | Final Exam | . |