Module ARA1032 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA1032: Elementary Turkish II
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to enhance your basic reading, writing and communication skills in Turkish. It aims to develop all language-related skills, including reading, listening, speaking and writing—plus cultural knowledge—by means of written texts and audio-visual clips. By the end of the module, you are expected to be ready to embark on intermediate-level study of the language.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Extract a broad sense and some specified detail of written texts at CEFRL level A2. 2. Extract a sense and some specified detail of aural communications at CEFRL level A2. 3. Write short and simple texts on selected topics at CEFRL level A2. 4. Verbally elicit, understand and communicate basic factual information and simple selected topics relevant to everyday situations in Turkish, displaying reasonable levels of oral accuracy at CEFRL level A2. 5. Achieve straightforward translations from and into the target language. 6. Demonstrate a sound grasp of a growing range of basic grammatical structures of Turkish and utilise it to understand and produce texts in it. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 7. Learn how to consolidate your own learning by using available learning aids, in a variety of media, and organise this process with guidance from course tutors. 8. Understand the principles of intensively learning a new language and organise learning time with guidance from course tutors. 9. Use a reference grammar book and a bilingual dictionary to check the structural and lexical accuracy of your writing and expression in Turkish. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 10. Gain experience in working in groups at solving basic linguistic tasks. 11. Develop time management strategies through developing skills of self-study. 12. Exercise autonomy and judgement by developing independent learning skills. 13. Develop strategies for coping with unpractised linguistic, social and cultural situation. 14. Further develop a basic appreciation of the cultures of the people who speak Turkish. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly practical and written assignments | Weekly practical and written assignments | 1-14 | verbal and/or written feedback |
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 | One written test (90 minutes) One listening test (30 minutes) One oral test (10 minutes) | 1-14 | verbal and/or written feedback |
| Examination (May/June Assessment Period) | 50 | 2 hours | 1,3,5,6,11,13 | verbal and/or written feedback |
| Oral Exam | 10 | 10 minutes | 2,4,10,11 | verbal feedback |
| Listening Exam | 10 | 30 minutes | 2,6,11 | verbal and/or written feedback |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examination 2 hours | Examination (2 hours) | 1,3,5,6,11,13 | August/September reassessment period |
| Oral test | Oral test (10 minutes) | 2,4,10,11 | August/September reassessment period |
| Listening test | Listening test (30 minutes) | 2,6,11 | August/September reassessment period |
| Continuous Assessment | Oral Assignment: ( 2 minutes Video Recording) Listening Assignment (up to 30 minutes) Written assignment under exam conditions (200 words in Turkish; 2 hours) | 3,6,11,12,13 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
?stanbul Yabanc?lar ?çin Türkçe Ders Kitab?, Kültür-Sanat Bas?mevi, 2016
Yeni Hitit I (Yabanc?lar ?çin Turkçe Ders Kitab?), (A. Tömer Press), Ankara
Nurettin Koç, Yabanc?lar ?çin Dilbilgisi, 2nd. Edition, ?nk?lap Press, ?stanbul
Türk Dil Kurumu, Türkçe Sözlük, Ankara (Türk Dil Kurumu Press)
Türk Dil Kurumu, Yeni Yaz?m K?lavuzu, Ankara (Türk Dil Kurumu Press)
F.Nihan KETREZ -A Student Grammar of Turkish
Language laboratory access to Turkish radio and other sources of modern spoken Turkish
