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Setting up your computer for

Turkish

Setting up your computer for Turkish

Copyright © CILT, the National Centre for Languages and ALL 2005 2

This booklet aims to support teachers, tutors and network managers in UK educationalinstitutions to enable an English language PC to work with Turkish characters. Whereteachers and pupils have full access to word-processing facilities, they can begin to integrateInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) effectively into teaching and learning.You will find information in this booklet under the following headings:

Why should ICT be used to teach and learn Turkish?................................................3

Teaching ideas for Turkish to get you started ...........................................................4

Some tips for good practice......................................................................................6

Which Turkish options are available for Windows? ...................................................7

Step-by-step: enabling Turkish support on your Windows 98 computer ................8

Step-by-step: enabling Turkish support on your Windows 2000 computer .............9

Step-by-step: enabling Turkish support on your Windows XP computer ................10

Questions to ask when choosing software for Turkish .............................................12

Which fonts can I expect to use? .............................................................................13

What options do I have for working with the keyboard? ........................................14

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Pupil entitlement

The National Curriculum for England states thatpupils have a statutory entitlement to use ICT intheir learning of Modern Foreign Languages(MFL). Effective use of ICT can take the quality oflearning to a level above that possible usingtraditional resources; it can also improve theefficiency of current teaching methods. The BectaImpaCT2 research report, published in 2002, foundoverwhelming evidence of a positive relationshipbetween ICT use and educational attainment.Although the research group of MFL teachers wastoo small to be considered statistically significant, astrong association between higher GCSE gradesand use of ICT was reported, which bodes well forfurther investigation into the use of ICT in languageteaching. You can find ImpaCT2 and other ICTresearch reports athttp://www.becta.org.uk/research/.

Word-processing can be very beneficial for pupilslearning Turkish as they can practise spelling wordsand building phrases and sentences before they arefully skilled at handwriting the accented characters.They can work from an English keyboard layout, orlearn a Turkish layout. Furthermore, being able toproduce a piece of written work quickly and neatly inthe early stages of learning a language can be veryimportant for motivation. Word-processed, ratherthan handwritten, teaching materials look moreprofessional and can help to raise the status of asubject in the eyes of pupils, other teachers andparents. Where pupils are studying Turkish as ahome language, the use of clearly andprofessionally presented documentation can help toenhance communication with parents and improvetheir engagement with school life.

The ICT CurriculumA further requirement of the National Curriculum isthat pupils should be given opportunities to applyand develop their knowledge of ICT itself throughtheir learning of languages. Many schools havedeveloped their schemes of work for languages toinclude learning activities using ICT, which reinforce(or teach) specific elements of the NationalCurriculum for ICT and/or the KS3 Framework forICT. For both ICT and MFL, you can find NationalCurriculum documentation at http://www.nc.uk.net/and KS3 Framework documentation athttp://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/.

National developmentsSchools have an obligation to ensure that teachersand pupils of all subjects have adequate access to arange of ICT hardware and software for teachingand learning, as well as to appropriate training.Since the creation of the National Grid for Learning(NGfL) in 1998, the Government has supported theuse of ICT in schools through a number of fundedinitiatives such as NOF ICT training (completed inDecember 2003), Laptops for Teachers, CurriculumOnline, Hands-On Support, Enhancing SubjectTeaching Using ICT and Internet connectivity in allschools, which is now being upgraded tobroadband. You can find information about theseand other initiatives athttp://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/ictis/.

Why should ICT be used to teach and learn Turkish?

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All of the following examples relate to pupils workingon a word-processed worksheet on a computerwhere the ICT facilities are exploited to enablepupils to work in a different way or more efficientlythan if they were working on paper.

i) Pupils can sort words or phrases by draggingthem into different columns of a table. Forexample, words can be sorted according to theirmeaning (e.g. negative or positive concepts,food or drink items.) Such an activity provides auseful alternative approach to vocabularyrevision, as well as helping pupils to makeconnections between words and improve theirunderstanding of how a language works.

ii) You can support pupils’ transition from thespoken to the written word, a more complexprocess in languages such as Turkish due to thedemands of working with new characters. Pupilscan re-order the jumbled-up sentences of adialogue, where recognition of every character isnot necessary. Each sentence can also behyperlinked to a sound recording of theutterance, which pupils can click to hear if theyneed support. You can create sound files usingsimple-to-use software such as Sound Recorder

(which is part of most versions of MicrosoftWindows).

iii) Pupils can re-order the lines (not the sentences)of a text, using the copy and paste functions. Assentences are broken at random points, pupilsneed to focus on the grammar of the sentenceto complete the activity, rather than the meaningof individual words. The problem-solving natureof the activity makes it particularly appropriatefor pupils working in pairs.

iv) Pupils can develop confidence in working withlonger pieces of text by completing gap-fillexercises, where they have to delete incorrectoptions to create a coherent and accurate text.As a follow-on task focusing on grammar ratherthan meaning, pupils could be asked to changethe subject or verb tense of the text. Such text-level work can be a stimulating alternative totraditional grammar practice exercises.

v) You can support pupils to make links betweensounds and the written word, by displaying astory written in Turkish on their computerscreens, which you then read aloud for them tofollow. However, you change words as you read,such as verbs, adjectives or the subject. Whenpupils hear a word that is different from what iswritten, they have to highlight the relevant text incolour. As a follow-up task for more able pupils,you can ask them to change the highlightedwords into those you actually said, using contextto help them.

vi) Pupils can be daunted by a writing task, as itrequires them to think up what to write,manipulate vocabulary and grammar and handlesome new characters. You can support theirinitial attempts at writing by using electronicwriting frames. For example, they canpersonalise a text on the favourite sports of aTurkish-speaking child, editing key facts to makethe content true for them. Another way ofsupporting pupils is to use pictures or symbols

Teaching ideas for Turkish to get you started

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masa peynir yumurta ayran



to prompt what pupils should write, which alsomeans that pupils are not given the answerthrough multiple-choice questions, nor exposedto too much English.

vii) Pupil work can be stored on your schoolnetwork and redrafted at different stages ofpupils’ learning. Initially, pupils may simplyincrease the length of their work as they covernew topic areas, but you can encourage moresophisticated drafting as time goes on. Pupilscan improve the quality of their work byexpanding the text from within, by addingadjectives and descriptive clauses, for example,or by introducing more complex verb structures.These skills are very important in achieving thehigher grades at GCSE and beyond.

viii) To develop focused writing skills, manipulation ofgrammar and awareness of different audiences,pupils can be given a text to reduce to its coreinformation. Pupils edit the text, deleting anysuperfluous detail and reconstructing itsgrammatical structure to produce a coherent,tightly worded and accurate summary.

ix) Pupils can edit a text to make it suitable for adifferent purpose. For example, an account of aholiday could be developed into a letter to apen-friend, with pupils inserting the questionsand personal comments necessary for goodletter-writing.

Once you can create word-processed text, it isusually possible to import this text (or type directly)into other applications, such as presentationsoftware (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint.) Pupils can usetext, images and sound files to report on projectwork, to explain a new grammar point to peers or togive a target language oral presentation using bulletpoints and images as prompts. Pupils can alsoforward their work by e-mail and access it on theirhome PC, thus encouraging more parentalinvolvement and motivation to complete and improvework.

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Ali lives in the countryside

Serkan sehirde yasar.

Serkan lives in the city



ICT can be a powerful and effective tool for teachingand learning, but only when used appropriately.Here are some tips to help you use ICT to besteffect and to avoid the pitfalls.

• Pupils at the keyboardICT is an excellent whole-class teaching tool,but try to provide plenty of opportunities forpupils to use ICT for learning too.

• Encourage risk-takingPupils should take advantage of on-screen workfor trying out new words and languagestructures as electronic text is flexible and canbe easily edited.

• Avoid copy-typingEncourage pupils to draft written work directlyonto the computer. They tend to ‘switch off’ whentyping up work they have completed on paper,so the time and opportunity of working withflexible text can be wasted. You may also findthat they make mistakes non-existent in theoriginal draft.

• Facilitate collaborationFrom time to time, set up drafting tasks in pairs,where pupils can improve their work bydiscussing content, choice of language andpoints of accuracy. Learning through ‘talk’ is verypowerful.

• Support different learning stylesMuch word-processing software offers featuresas such font colour, inserting pictures, text youcan drag and drop and clickable sound files. Youcan exploit such facilities to support pupils wholearn in different ways, such as those who tendtowards visual, kinaesthetic and auditorylearning styles.

• ‘Add value’ with ICT ICT should improve an activity, so that pupillearning is supported in new ways which aredifficult to achieve with pen and paper orwhiteboard. Try to avoid using ICT simply tomake work seem attractive to pupils, the noveltywill wear off.

• Remember ‘process over product’ICT can significantly improve and support thelearning process because of the collaboration,reflection and improvements it encourages. Itmay not always, therefore, be appropriate tocomplete a formal assessment of written workproduced using ICT.

• Share and improve resourcesSave time by working with colleagues to build upteaching materials, which you can share via anarea on your school network, for example.Materials can easily be adapted for differentclasses and sometimes languages. To catereffectively for ability groups, you can differentiateresources according to the length or nature of atask, or by the level of support available within aworksheet.

Some tips for good practice



There are a number of software solutions you maywish to consider for setting up your Englishlanguage computer and/or network to cope withTurkish characters, as detailed below. Contact themanufacturer or your supplier for more informationon individual software titles.

Enabling support within MicrosoftWindowsYou can enable Turkish support within your Windowsoperating system (e.g. Windows 98, WindowsME/2000, Windows XP) at no cost. This then allowsyou to switch easily to Turkish within Microsoft Officesoftware applications, such as Word, PowerPointand Excel. See the step-by-step instructions onPages 7–9.

StarOffice 7 SuiteThis alternative to working with Microsoft Officecomes from Sun Microsystems and can supportTurkish along with many other non-Roman scriptlanguages in Windows 98, 2000 or XP. Star Writer,which is part of the Star Office suite can bedownloaded free for educational use. You will findmore information athttp://wwws.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/and http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/. A useful feature is that it can easilyexport word-processed documents to PDF format,which can be read using the free software AdobeReader (available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html). Such‘Portable Document Format’ documents can beopened by other users, regardless of whether theyhave Turkish fonts installed or not.

Multi-Language Software programsIf many other non-Roman script languages aretaught in your institution or in your LEA, a Multi-Language Software program may be a high-quality,easy-to-use and economical solution. Such aprogram can be installed to enable the use of over100 languages, with similar methods of use for eachlanguage. Discount licences are sometimes

available for groups of schools or an LEA. A coupleof available titles for use with Windows 98, 2000 orXP are:

• Global Office This is an add-on to Microsoft Office, enablingthe use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint in 100+languages. It is very easy to learn and use andis compatible with Office 97, 2000 and XP. TheTurkish keyboard layout options are ‘Turkish-FWindows’ and ‘Turkish-Q Windows’ and there are8 Turkish fonts. The keyboard can be displayedon screen, allowing the user to type either fromthe physical keyboard or by clicking the mouseon the on-screen display. Global Suite is GlobalOffice and Global Writer in a combined pack.

• Global Writer This simple multilingual word processor is veryeasy to use, but has limited page designfeatures. For example, borders, pictures andmultiple columns cannot be included indocuments. The keyboard can be displayed onscreen, allowing the user to type either from thephysical keyboard or by clicking the mouse onthe on-screen display. The Turkish keyboardlayouts and fonts are the same as Global Office.

Other software optionsIf your operating system or versions of MicrosoftWindows and Office do not support Turkish, you canbuy a font and keyboard driver, which will enableyou to input Turkish. For example:

• Laser TurkishA single font version and a Professional versionwith six font styles are available.

• Turkish spell checkerIf you are using Office XP or later, MicrosoftProofing Tools version 2002 offers a Turkishspellchecker and thesaurus. This will work withWindows 98 or later, but Turkish Proofing Toolsfor pre-XP versions of Office have beendiscontinued.

Which Turkish options are available for Windows?

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You will need Administrative privileges to do this.This will not be a problem for your home computer,but will require the intervention of yournetwork manager in an educationalinstitution.

Go to Start > Settings > ControlPanel and choose Keyboard.

When the Keyboard Properties dialoguebox appears, select the Language tab.

Click on Add. A dialogue box will appear entitledAdd Language. Choose Turkish and click OK (seebelow). If Turkish option is not available this willreturn you to the Keyboard Properties dialoguebox.

Before you click OK again, make sure that Enableindicator on taskbar is selected. This will place anicon on the taskbar in the bottom right-hand cornerof the screen, which will enable you to switchbetween English (EN) and Turkish (TR) as the inputlanguage.

If Turkish is not available in the list in the AddLanguage box, you will first have to enable ‘Turkishsupport’ within Windows:

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel >Add/Remove Programs and click on the WindowsSetup tab.

In the Components list, click Language Support,and then click Details.

Click Turkish and then click OK.

If you are asked to insert the Windows installationCD, please do so and follow the instructions. Onceyou have Turkish support installed on yourcomputer, you can return to the guidelines at thestart of this page to enable your keyboard to workwith Turkish.

Step-by-step: enabling Turkish support on yourWindows 98 computer

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You will need Administrative privileges to enable theuse of Turkish on your computer. This will not be aproblem for your home computer, but will require theintervention of your network manager in aneducational institution.

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel anddouble-click on Regional Options.

When the Regional Options dialogue box appears,select the General tab and then select Turkic fromthe list under Language settings for the system. Ifthe files necessary for Turkish are not alreadyinstalled, you will be asked to insert the Windows2000 CD. This will allow you to install the missingfiles; simply follow the instructions, which appearautomatically.

When the necessary installation has been madefrom the CD, select the Input Locales tab at the topof the Regional Options box.

Now you need to add Turkish as an input languagebefore your computer will accept typing in Turkish.

Click on Add in the Regional Options box. Adialogue box will appear entitled Add Input Locale.Choose Turkish under Input locale and make surethat Turkish Q is selected under Keyboardlayout/IME. Click OK.

Before you click OK again, make sure that Enableindicator on taskbar is selected. This will place anicon on the taskbar in the bottom right-hand corner ofthe screen, which will enable you to switch betweenEnglish (EN) and Turkish (TR) as the input language.

Step-by-step: enabling Turkish support on yourWindows 2000

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You will need Administrative privileges to enable theuse of Turkish on your computer. This will not be aproblem for your home computer, but will require theintervention of your network manager in aneducational institution.

Go to Start > Settings > ControlPanel and double-click on Regionaland Language Options. When theRegional and Language Optionsdialogue box appears, select theLanguages tab and click on the Details ... button. Anew dialogue box will appear entitled Text Servicesand Input Languages.

You need to add Turkish as an input languagebefore your computer will accept typing in Turkish.

Click on Add in the Text Services and InputLanguages box. A box entitled Add InputLanguage will appear. Choose Turkish under Inputlanguage and make sure that Turkish Q is selectedunder Keyboard layout/IME. Click OK.

Back in the Text Services and Input Languagesbox, you need to specify where you want yourLanguage Bar to be, which will allow you to switchbetween typing in English and Turkish. Click onLanguage Bar ... and a dialogue box will appearentitled Language Bar Settings.

Step-by-step: enabling Turkish support on yourWindows XP computer

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Select Show the Language bar on the desktopand click OK. Click OK to exit all the dialogue boxesyou have opened.

The Language Bar will appear somewhere on yourdesktop; you can move it to where you find it mostconvenient (probably the System Tray located in thebottom right hand corner of your screen.) When youwant to input Turkish in a document, you simplyneed to click on EN (for English) to bring up theoption TR (for Turkish.) Whichever you select, thekeyboard will insert the characters of that language.

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It is expected that PC users in the UK who aresatisfied with Microsoft Word for their word-processing needs will choose to enable Turkishsupport in their English Windows system as this iscost-free. Please see Pages 6–10 for details.

Institutions teaching a wide range of non-Romanscript languages, however, may prefer to find acommon solution for all, so a multilingualprogramme could be of interest. Those with non-Microsoft solutions may also wish to considerproprietary software. If you are considering thepurchase of software, please read the followingguidelines.

Which languages are included?Multi-language software can be very good value, butcheck whether all languages you need are includedand whether they work in the way you want them to.For example, are the fonts and scripts the correctones for your purposes? If you need other Turkiclanguages (such as Azeri or Kazakh), do the fontsinclude the additional characters required?

CompatibilityWhich operating system (version of Windows) doesthe software work with? If you change to a differentoperating system will it still work, or will you have topay to upgrade? How much will this be? Do youneed the menus to be in Turkish? How easily willyou be able to swap files with other users?

FeaturesNot all software offers the same level of features, soyou should think about what you will need to do withit. For example, do you need to design pages with acomplex layout? Do you want to createpresentations, such as in Microsoft PowerPoint? Is aTurkish spellchecker included or can one be added?If you need to write in more than one language, is iteasy to alternate between them?

KeyboardsWhich keyboard layouts are included with thesoftware? Are these easy to use and how long willthey take to learn? Do the Turkish keys relate to theEnglish keyboard (‘Turkish Q’ layout) or are theycompletely different (e.g. ‘Turkish F’ layout)? Is itpossible to re-configure the keyboard to the layoutof your choice?

Training & supportHow easy will the software be to use and willtraining be required? If so, is this available and atwhat price?

How easy will the software be to install? Mostsoftware is simple to install on stand-alone PCs butinstalling on a network can be more involved – doyou have access to the skills to do this?

Is technical support available and by what means(phone, e-mail, website)? Is support available in theUK and does it cost anything?

CostAre there special prices for network versions or sitelicences? Are these one-off costs or are theyrenewable?

How often is the software upgraded and how muchwill you have to pay if you want to upgrade to thelatest version? Will you still receive technicalsupport if you have an old version?

Questions to ask when choosing software for Turkish



A font is graphic design applied to a collection ofnumbers, symbols and characters. A font describesa certain typeface, along with other qualities suchas size and spacing. You will probably already befamiliar with fonts such as Arial and Times NewRoman in English.

Here are some examples of how different fontsappear in Turkish:

Not all fonts include Turkish characters, so you willneed to test different fonts on your computer to findthe ones you like best.

Installing a new fontYou may find other fonts that you would like toinstall, which you can do so by following theseinstructions:

1) Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel anddouble-click on Fonts.

2) Go to File > Install New Font. A dialogue boxwill appear.

3) In the list of Folders before you, double-click onthe folder that contains the fonts you want toadd.

4) A List of fonts will appear; click on the font youwant to add, and then click OK.

5) If you wish to replace an existing font with alater version of the same font, you must firstdelete the old version. Having opened Fonts inthe manner described in 1 above, click on thefont you wish to remove to highlight it. Then goto the File menu and select Delete. You can nowinstall the newer version as described above.

6) The fonts available on a computer are stored intheir own directory, which can be accessed viathe Control Panel as described above.

Which fonts can I expect to use?



Dedicated keyboardsTurkish keyboards are widely available with in twodifferent types: ‘Turkish Q’ (similar to qwerty with theletter Q at the top left); and ‘Turkish F’ (a completelydifferent layout which doesn’t match an Englishkeyboard). They are expensive in comparison toEnglish keyboards (around £40 + VAT), but arecheaper in batches of 10. There is the choice of aPS2 (round plug) or USB (rectangular plug)connection to your computer. It is very important tocheck that the keyboard you are purchasingmatches the layout used in your Turkish software (orthe layout you want to use). Some software allowsyou to choose a keyboard layout and may also allowyou to re-configure the layout to your ownpreference.

Keytop stickersThese are transparent to allow the Englishcharacters to remain visible. As with keyboards theycan be supplied in either ‘Turkish Q’ or ‘Turkish F’layout. They can be fiddly and a little time-consuming to apply, but once attached are verysecure. The stickers are quite durable with printingon the underside so it does not wear off with use.They are supplied with either blue printing (forstandard buff-coloured keyboards), or white printingfor laptops and other black keyboards. Typical priceis around £12 + VAT per set.

If you don’t want stickers permanently on thekeyboard you can affix them to a keyboard ‘glove’.which is a moulded transparent plastic cover,usually fastened with velcro. These cost around £25+ VAT.

What options do I have for working with the keyboard?



On-screen keyboard displaySome software allows the option of an on-screenkeyboard display. This can be used for reference,avoiding the need for pupils to keep looking acrossto a separate printed sheet. In some software, it ispossible to type by clicking on the on-screenkeyboard with your mouse, but this is very slow forall but the shortest texts.

Printed keyboard chartSome software packages are supplied with a printedkeyboard chart or will allow you to print your own.

This overlay is alsoavailable in whitecharacters on clearstickers for laptops andblack keyboards.

This booklet has been produced as part of theLanguages ICT project from CILT, the NationalCentre for Languages and the Association forLanguage Learning (ALL). Visit the Languages ICTwebsite for more information and resources:www.languages-ict.org.uk.

Information in this booklet has been collated by anumber of practising teachers and advisers and isaccurate to the best of our knowledge at the time ofwriting. CILT and ALL do not take any responsibilityfor inaccuracies contained within. The inclusion ofany software products and/or companies within thisdocument does not imply endorsement by CILT orALL in any way.

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