Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHTU1111 - Turkish: Grammar in Practice


USL-B


Credits : 5
Lecturer :
Gökçe Seher

Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of exercises.

Language of instruction :
French

Learning activities :
MHTU1111A - Turkish : Grammar in Practice I [1 Q. • 30 Ex. • Pond. : 30] Seher Gökçe
MHTU1111B - Turkish : Grammar in Practice II [2 Q. • 30 Ex. • Pond. : 70] Seher Gökçe

Learning outcomes :
On completing this course students should be able to demonstrate their:
- Command of and ability to apply the basic rules of modern Turkish grammar (vowel and consonant harmony, the order of suffixes etc.);
- Ability to apply and explain why they have used a particular rule of grammar;
- Understanding of the uses of the different tenses; reflect on theoretical grammatical rules and their application;
- Understanding of the principal standard spelling rules;
- Ability to identify their own mistakes and self-correct.


Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
• Phonetics
• The suffix system
• Vowel and consonant harmony
• The verbless clause: the verbs to be and to have
• Possessives
• Possessive phrases
• The verb phrase: conjugation in the present pro-gressive, general present, past & future
• Case suffixes
• Spelling


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


Assessment methods and criteria :
• The final evaluation (summative evaluation) comprises two written exams (one for each quarter). Each exam comprises a variety of question types, exclusively focused on practical exercises designed to verify the student's understanding of the theory.

• Summative assessment counts for 100% of the course unit's final mark. The first academic term exam counts for 30 %, and the second academic term exam counts for 70 % of the final mark.


Recommended or required reading :
See the bibliography provided by the course tutor in the Course Handouts (syllabi).

Sources & References for students:
• Bazin (Louis), Introduction à l'étude pratique de la langue turque, 1978, Paris, A. Maisonneuve.
• Golstein (Bernard), Grammaire du turc: ouvrage pratique à l'usage des francophones, 1999, L'Har-mattan.
• Ediskun (Haydar), Türk Dilbilgisi, 1999, Remzi Kitabevi.
• Uzun (Nadir Engin), Anaçizgileriyle Evrensel Dilbilgisi ve Türkçe, 2000, MULTILINGUAL YABANCI DIL YAYINLARI.MULTILINGUAL YABANCI DIL YAYINLARI.