Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHTU1341 - Turkish : culture and communication



Credits : 5

Lecturers :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 60 hours of theory.

Language of instruction :
Turkish

Learning outcomes :
On completing this course students should be able to demonstrate, in the final written exam, that they are able to:

- Possess a broad disciplinary range.
- Understand the cultures (national and foreign) specific to each language including in their historic, geopolitical, economic, legal, social and artistic dimensions.
- Detect the underlying socio-cultural components and analyse them.
- Know the subject, vocabulary and techniques of documentary and terminological research. Be able to judge the reliability of sources.


Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
Study of the geography, history and culture of Turkey (acquisition of general knowledge).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Exercises (practical language and laboratory work, guided study, simulation, etc.)
Presentations in lecture format
Personalised progress monitoring and support
In view of the health context linked to the spread of the coronavirus, these teaching methods may be adapted in different situations; these possible new methods will be communicated by the teachers to the students via Moodle.

Assessment methods and criteria :
• Continuous assessment based on two practical work reports with presentation (50 % of final result).
• Written and oral exam in Turkish (50 % of final result).
— written exam: summarise/translate in written form, in a text of ± 2 pages, a topic studied in the theoretical part of the course;
— oral exam: produce a continuous presentation on one of the principal periods in Turkish history or culture; present an oral presentation on a particular current affairs topic; be able to defend a point of view on a situation proposed by the course tutor.
The certificative asessment of this module consists of a single exam. It is therefore not possible to transfer any part of the grade. In view of the health context linked to the spread of the coronavirus, the methods of evaluation may be adapted in different situations; these possible new methods will be communicated by the teachers to the students via Moodle.

Recommended or required reading :
Course Programme Handout including written and audiovisual documents on the topics studied in class.

Recommended readings :
Sina Ak?in (2011), Kısa Türkiye Tarihi. ?? Bankası Kültür Yayınları. ?stanbul
Sinan Meydan (2018), Yüzyılın Kitabı, "Yüzyılın Lideri", ?nkılâp Kitabevi.
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi Ders Notları (2015), Komisyon, Umuttepe Yayınları