GLOBALLY SPEAKING BEGINNER TURKISH CLASS

Esra Özdemir Class Days: Tuesday  esraoz@bu.edu Class Time: 05:00 – 06:30 pm   Class Location: CAS 325  COURSE DESCRIPTION: This elementary Turkish course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of Turkish. It introduces students to some of the beginner level structures of Turkish through communicative classes with a special focus on speaking. Students will also learn about cultures in Turkey. COURSE OBJECTIVES: The objective of this course is to help

• Develop some very basic communication skills; • Gain some knowledge of customs and manners, some cities, shopping conventions • Learn about what it is like to live in Turkey • Learn some very basic elementary level nouns, adjectives, plurals, one tense (present progressive tense), copulative sentences, and pronouns

Demonstrate some knowledge of simple language • to describe oneself, to talk about one’s hobbies and interests very simply • to talk about food, leisure activities, weather and seasons • to make very simple requests.

JANUARY 27 Introduction- Tanışalım Greetings and farewell (Selamlaşma ve ayrılma)  

Introduction to Turkish with the alphabet, sounds, numbers, and plural and singular nouns Cultural point: How do Turkish people greet each other? (verbal language and body language)  

FEBRUARY 3 Introducing oneself and others Greetings and farewell  

Introducing oneself (…. yaşındayım etc) Address terms and honorifics in Turkish Cultural point: Women and men in Turkey. 10 Introducing oneself and others Greetings and farewell  

Talking about other people

Occupation (Bu kim? Bunlar kim? Kaç yaşında? Ne iş yapıyor?)

Address terms and honorifics in Turkish 17 Talking about cities and places (Burasi neresi? Burada neler var?) Some common adjectives Talking about weather. (Bugün hava nasıl?) Days, months, seasons Cultural point: Major cities in Turkey 24 Shopping Existential sentences (var-yok) Markette neler var? Pazarda neler var? Vegetables, fruits, dairy products etc. Ordering food at a Turkish restaurant Booking a room at a hotel A simple request strategy in Turkish and simple politeness words. Cultural Point: Grand Bazaar and Egyptian/Spice Bazaar in Istanbul A beautiful hotel in Sultan Ahmet Square MARCH 3 Family Existential sentences (var/yok) Ailemde kimler var? My home (Evimde neler var?) My hometown (Yaşadığım şehirde/yerde neler var?) Cultural point: Turkish families from different regions of Turkey.

Turkish homes and neighborhoods in different regions of Turkey.

MARCH BREAK 17 Routines: Her gün ne yapıyorsun? Hobbies: Hobierin neler? Boş zamanlarında ne yapıyorsun? Life in Istanbul (Istanbul’da yaşam: İnsanlar ne yapıyorlar?) Present progressive (Ne/Kim nerede ne zaman ne yapiyor?) Some very common verbs with corresponding case markers

Cultural Point: Life in Istanbul and Boston 24 Eating habits Present progressive cont’d (routines and future plans)

Sabah, öğlen, akşam ne yiyorsun? Bu hafta sonu ne yapıyorsun? Bu haftasonu düğün var!

Cultural Point: Turkish breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Turkish wedding customs.