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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ÇTL 205 - CONTEMPORARY TURKISH DIALECTS

Code: ÇTL 205 Course Title: ORKHON TURKISH Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department CONTEMPORARY TURKISH DIALECTS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NEŞE ERENOĞLU (neseerenoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) NEŞE ERENOĞLU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Teaching phonetic, morphologic and syntactic features of Orkhon Turkic with reference to Kokturk texts.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 (Students) are able to comprehend the phonetic, morphologic and syntactic features of Orkhon Turkic with reference to Kokturk texts. PO-6 Can to read, explain, and examine linguistically texts which had been written in different alphabets (Gokturk, Uighur, Arabic et al.) in Historical Turkic dialects.
Examination
LO-2 (Students) are able to understand whether the texts belong to Kokturk period or not. PO-5 Knowing chronologically and, with works, of history of Turkish language, and its periods from the first written documents to the emergence of contemporary Turkic dialects and to their present-day situation.
PO-6 Can to read, explain, and examine linguistically texts which had been written in different alphabets (Gokturk, Uighur, Arabic et al.) in Historical Turkic dialects.
Examination
LO-3 (Students) are able to notice the aspect of the phonetic and morphologic features of Orkhon Turkic separeted from Uyghur Turkish and modern Turkey Turkish. PO-3 Knowing language concept in every aspect, recognizing methods and disciplines (linguistics, grammar, philology) of the language, and can to examine Turkish language by contemporary linguistics data.
PO-6 Can to read, explain, and examine linguistically texts which had been written in different alphabets (Gokturk, Uighur, Arabic et al.) in Historical Turkic dialects.
Examination
LO-4 (Students) are able to read the original texts belong to Kokturk period. PO-6 Can to read, explain, and examine linguistically texts which had been written in different alphabets (Gokturk, Uighur, Arabic et al.) in Historical Turkic dialects.
Examination
LO-5 (Students) are able to translate the texts belong to Kokturk period into Turkey Turkic. PO-6 Can to read, explain, and examine linguistically texts which had been written in different alphabets (Gokturk, Uighur, Arabic et al.) in Historical Turkic dialects.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Studying Kokturk alphabet, transcription of the texts written with this alphabet, transcription of these texts to modern Turkic, examination of these texts, and explanation of phonetic, morphologic and syntactic features of Kokturkish.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 A general information about the period of Orkhon Expression method
2 Kokturk alphabet and its features Expression method, practicing samples
3 The works written in Orkhon Turkish and the studies on these works Expression method, source research
4 Reading exercises on the selected original texts Sample reading and practicing exercises
5 Reading exercises and transcription on the selected original texts Expression method, sample reading and practicing exercises
6 Reading, transcription and translation exercises on the texts Expression method, practicing samples
7 Reading, transcription, translation and phonological analyses on the texts Expression method, practicing samples
8 mid-term exam
9 Reading, transcription, translation, phonological and morphological analyses on the texts Expression method, practicing samples
10 Reading, transcription, translation, phonological and morphological analyses on the texts Expression method, practicing samples
11 The general grammatical features of Orkhon Turkic with reference to Kokturk texts Expression method, practicing samples
12 The general grammatical features of Orkhon Turkic with reference to Kokturk texts Expression method, practicing samples
13 The general grammatical features of Orkhon Turkic with reference to Kokturk texts Expression method, practicing samples
14 The general grammatical features of Orkhon Turkic with reference to Kokturk texts Expression method, practicing samples
15 General review Question-answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 ERGİN, Muharrem, Orhun Abideleri, İstanbul, 1982.
2 TEKİN, Talat, Orhon Türkçesi Grameri, İstanbul, 2003.
3 TEKİN, Talat, Orhun Yazıtları, Ankara, 1988.
4 ORKUN, H. N., Eski Türk Yazıtları, TDK, Ankara, 1987.
5 AKSAN, Doğan, En Eski Türkçenin İzlerinde, Orhun ve Yenisey Yazıtları Üzerinde Sözcükbilim, Anlambilim ve Biçembilim İncelemelerinin Aydınlattığı Gerçekler, İstanbul, 2000.
6 BARUTCU Özönder, F. Sema, “Eski Türklerde Dil ve Edebiyat”. Türkler, c. 3, 2002.
7 GABAİN, A. Von, Eski Türkçenin Grameri. (Çeviren: Mehmet Akalın), TDK, Ankara, 2000.
8 ALYILMAZ, Cengiz, Orhun Yazıtlarının Bugünkü Durumu. Ankara, 2004
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, books, projector, CD.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 7 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 2 4
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 3 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 3 6
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60