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GKZ 105 - Turkish Language I

Sports Science Faculty · Physical Education and Sports Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Gör. Necmettin AKAY

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

  1. S/he writes a petition.
  2. S/he distinguishes the types of oral expression.
  3. S/he divides text into sections.
  4. S/he expresses her/himself in writing.
  5. S/he distinguishes different text types.
  6. S/he learns to express himself by types of written expression.
  7. S/he comprehends the characteristics of the language.
  8. S/he learns the differences between the language of speech and the writing language.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%50 (22) Humanities%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeGuided PracticeBrain Storming

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period14456
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment21020
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1General information about Turkish language courseExplanations of course content, evaluation criteria, books to read by week
2Writing 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".
3Petition. Spelling and punctuationTDK spelling book
4Spelling and punctuation.https://tdk.gov.tr/kategori/icerik/yazim-kurallari/
5Features of written and oral expressionReview of literary texts and the structure of scientific texts.
6Methods for improving thinkingReading different types of paragraphs such as description, discussion, storylines, and depicting.
7Text structureAnalyze texts by sections and find the link between them.
8Midterm examAll subjects up to midterm exam.
9Textual featuresFeatures that text must have
10Informative textsInvestigate the difference between informative texts and other text types
11Writing storytelling and descriptive textsWriting storytelling text. Reading descriptive texts, examining narrator types.
12Writing storytelling textThe development and features of the story
13Argumentative and persuasive textsReading text using arguments.
14ConclusionChecking all lectures.
15Final examAll lectures of semester
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