Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA3166: Advanced Turkish Language II

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The class will be conducted mostly in Turkish. Teaching includes lectures and commentary on the main textbook in-class discussion of the handouts of classical Turkish prose and poetry given as homework; as well as translations from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English will be introduced.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

- Advanced Turkish Grammar (text based);

- study and translation of advanced Turkish texts

- Advanced Turkish (conversational and listening skills)

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
33	117	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	16.5	11 x 1.5 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	16.5	11 x 1.5 hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	11	Students group work on Turkish media and text to prepare for oral presentation
Guided independent study	95	Homework assignments including translation, grammar, or oral presentation (around 4.5 hours per week)
Guided independent study	11	Assessed tests contributing towards continuous assessment mark. An average mark will be taken of all the marks of assessed tests

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Writing, reading assignments in class	Weekly	1,2,4, 6,7	Written and Verbal
Translation	Weekly	1,2,4,5,7,8	Written and verbal
Oral presentation	Approximatively 3 times, depending on the size of the class	1,6,7	verbal

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
30	50	20

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Continuous assessment	30	4 hours a week	1,2,4,5,6	Written and Verbal
Written exam	50	2 hours	1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9	Written
Oral exam	20	20 minutes	1,3,5,6,7,8,9	Verbal
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Written examination	2 hours written examination	1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9	August/September reassessment period
Oral exam	20 minutes oral exam	1,3,5,6,7,8,9	August/September reassessment period
Continuous assessment	2 hours written examination	1,2,4,5,6,7	August/September reassessment period