Introduction to Ottoman Turkish I

Course Code:

EDTR 141

Course Period:

Autumn

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

0

ECTS:

6

Course Language:

Türkçe

Course Objectives:

The course aims to acquaint the students with Ottoman Turkish and its basic grammatical features. In this course, they will learn Arabic alphabet and its transcription system through printed texts. The course comprises mainly the reading and discussion of a selection of set printed texts. The readings will be of texts written in Ottoman Turkish in 20th century.

Course Content:

Writing assimilating the letter positions to combine them into words, transcription and interpretation of Ottoman texts.

Course Methodology:

1. Lecture 2. Case study 3. Discussion 4. Demonstration 5. Group work 6. Microteaching 7. Problem solving

Course Evaluation Methods:

A. Classical exam B. Multiple-choice test C. Incomplete D. True-False E. Oral exam F. Portfolio G. Performance type H. Report

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Become familiar with Ottoman Turkish	1,2,	A, E, F
Developes writing skills by recognizing and copying the Arabic alphabet in its various forms, shapes and different positions in words	1,2	A, E, F
Be able to read printed texts written in 20. century	1,2	A, E, F
Be able to transcript the simple texts.	1,2	A, E, F

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction: Aims of course. Evaluation procedure. Overview of Ottoman Turkish and Arabic alphabet.
2	Arabic alphabet: the information on each letter and practice writing them, Transcription.
3	Learning vocabulary. Exercises.	Related readings
4	Quiz	Related readings
5	“Hemze” Exercises.	Related readings
6	Special features of Ottoman Turkish. Reading.	Related readings
7	Numbers. Ebced.	Related readings
8	Reading. Quiz.	Related readings
9	MID-TERM.	Related readings
10	Reading	Related readings
11	Reading	Related readings
12	Reading. Quiz.	Related readings
13	Reading	Related readings
14	General Revision	Related readings

Recommended Sources

Required

Recommended

Faruk K. Timurtaş Osmanlı Türkçesi III (Alfa Yayınevi)

İsmail Parlatır Osmanlı Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Yargı Yayınevi)

Hayati Develi, Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu I

Material Sharing

Documents

Hand outs sheets and photocopied booklet

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	30
Assigment	10	10
Quizes	3	10
Attendance		10
FINAL	1	40
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

1

To have the necessary knowledge about “History of Turkish Language” as a part of teaching Turkish language and literature curriculum in high schools.

X

2

To have the necessary knowledge about “Turkey Turkish” and “Modern Turkish Grammar” as a part of Turkish language and literature teaching in high schools.

X

3

To have the necessary knowledge about historical lexicology and philological evolution of Turkish language.

X

4

To have the necessary knowledge about the stages of acculturation and oral / written sources of Turkish language.

X

5

To have the necessary knowledge about modern Turkish dialects and their literatures.

X

6

To have the necessary knowledge about “History of Turkish Literature” as a part of Turkish language and literature teaching in high schools.

X

7

To have the necessary knowledge about all major figures of Turkish literature (writer, poet, critic, academic, etc.) as a part of Turkish language and literature teaching in high schools.

X

8

To have the necessary knowledge about oral / written sources of medieval and early modern Turkish literature.

X

9

To have the necessary knowledge about modern Turkish literature from Tanzimat to Republic period throughout the history.

X

10

To instruct students to synthesize the dynamics of Turkish modernization with the content of Turkish Language and Literature teaching and to have critical attitudes with historiography of Turkish literature.

X

11

To instruct students to make critical readings of worldwide / national classics listed by Ministry of National Education .

X

12

To instruct students to synthesize their common knowledge of literary genres, forms and literary history with the theoretical frameworks about construction of national history.

X

13

To have ability to design original materials for field education and develop new projects.

X

14

To have the necessary knowledge about paleography, research and presentation techniques using in Humanities.

X

15

To have a critical and comparative perspective about Turkish literature among world literatures.

X

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	3	45
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Assignment	10	3	30
Quiz	3	2	6
Final examination	1	3	3
Total Work Load			132
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5.28
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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