Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkish Language I
Course Code: TD105
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Developing writing skills in Turkish. Recognition of written texts according to their types. Teaching the relationships between texts. Teaching the creation of texts suitable for written expression types. Teaching the internal and external structural elements of written expression. Teaching Turkish written narrative texts. Students learn to compose text. Correct use of language in written expression. Detection of errors that cause speech disorders. Teaching correspondence texts.

Course Content

Written language and its features. Spelling and punctuation rules. Features of written and oral expression. Paragraph creation and paragraph types (introductory, body, concluding paragraphs). Ways of developing thinking (explanation, discussion, narration, description; definition, exemplification, witnessing, comparison, etc. applications). The structure of the text (structural features of the text, introduction-development-result sections). Characteristics of textuality (cohesiveness, coherence; purposiveness, acceptability, contingency, informativeness, intertextuality). Writing text (drafting, writing, editing and sharing). Informative - writing explanatory text. Write narrative text. Write descriptive text. Writing argumentative and persuasive text.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Perihan YİĞİT KARAZEYBEK
Lec. Yüksel GİRGİN
Prof. Bilge AYRANCI
Prof. Hatice GÜNEŞ
Prof. Nuri KARASAKALOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1. Explains types of texts and specialities
2.Applies composition informations as theorical and practise
3.Knows writing expression types
4.Applies types of texts and practice on the texts that are already been created.
5.Describes the characteristics of language in writing in Turkish.
6.Knows the features of textuality.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aktaş, Şerif-Osman Gündüz. (2010) Written and Oral Expression / Reading-Listening / Speech-Writing. Ankara: Akçağ Publications.
2.Kardaş, M. N. and Koç, R. (Eds.) (2018). Turkish Language 1. Ankara: Pegem Academy Publications.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of language. Basic features of the Turkish language. Language-culture relationship. The difference between spoken and written languages.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The place of Turkish among the world languages, the alphabets used by Turks throughout history.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Historical periods and important works of Turkish language.I
Week 4 - Theoretical
Historical periods and important works of Turkish language II.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Punctuation.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Writing rules.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Formal correspondence and application work.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm exam.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Thought writings and practice
Week 10 - Theoretical
Expression disorders at the word level.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Expression disorders at the sentence level.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Paragraph information. The structure of the paragraph.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Text types and structures.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Text and text linguistics concepts. Text writing stages.
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment26318
Term Project110313
Reading210326
Individual Work25112
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
OÇ-6
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026