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Armenian, Caucasian, Mongol and Turkish Studies
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Expected Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to develop solid competence in both written and spoken Turkish, along with strong communicative skills at an upper-intermediate level (B2).
Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding
The course offers an in-depth study of grammar and language use through the reading, analysis, and translation of various types of texts.
By the end of the course, students will be able to understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, and to produce clear and well-structured texts on a wide range of subjects.
Additional Learning Outcomes
Independent Judgment
By the end of the course, students are expected to demonstrate independent judgment in analyzing intermediate-level texts in Turkish.
Communication Skills
Students should be able to engage in intermediate-level conversations on the various topics covered during the course.
Learning Skills
By the end of the course, students should have acquired the learning skills necessary to pursue further stages of language study with a high degree of autonomy.
Course Prerequisites
Elementary knowledge of modern Turkish.(A2/B1)
Turkish Language II is propaedeutical to Turkish Language III.
Teaching Methods
Grammar knowledge is achieved through lectures and individual exercises that are assigned at the end of each lesson. In parallel, the course includes the development of listening, comprehension and conversation skills through interactive classes with a native speaker instructor, with the support of audiovisual materials.
Assessment Methods
The exam consists of a written and an oral test, the former is propaedeutical to the latter. The written test includes exercises in grammar, listening, reading and comprehension within a 30-minute time frame. The oral test is conducted mainly in Turkish and includes conversation; comprehension, analysis and translation of a Turkish text; and discussion at the theoretical level of the grammar covered in the syllabus.
Overall, the assessment is based on the degree of assimilation of grammatical notions, lexical richness, correct use of terminology and more generally on the ability to apply the acquired notions.
Texts
D’Amora, Rosita, Corso di lingua turca, Hoepli, Milano, 2012.
Lewis, Geoffrey, The Turkish Language Reform, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999.
Rossi, Ettore, Manuale di Lingua Turca, Voll. I-II, Istituto per l'Oriente, Roma, 1963.
Supplementary texts:
Aa. Vv., Hitit – Yabancılar için Türkçe, Voll. I-II, Tömer - Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara, 2002.
Aa. Vv., Istanbul – Yabancılar için Türkçe Ders Kitabı, Voll. A2, B1, B2, Kültür Sanat Yayınları, Istanbul, 2019.
Önder, Ayşin, Yabancılar için Türkçe Ders ve Çalışma Kitabı, Vol. A2, Link Turkish, 2018.
Rona, Bengisu, Turkish in Three Months, Hugo’s Language Books Limited, 1998.
Contents
- Necessity
- Passive and other voice suffixes
- Subordinating suffixes and relative clauses
- Temporal clauses
- Reason clauses
- Concessive clauses
- Reported indirect speech
Course Language
Italian and Turkish
More information
The course is complemented by seminars and thematic workshops taking place throughout the academic year, and that provide insights and methodologies aimed at understanding various aspects of Turkish history, society and culture.