UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses Syllabus
Turkish Proficiency
Turkish Level Proficiency
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Turkish syllabus level 5+ at UCL Language Centre or equivalent
elsewhere (upon interview with tutor).
A post advance level of Turkish is required.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The course is designed for highly advanced level students requiring the language for
vocational and professional purposes. The aim of the course is to enable students to
show mastery in their linguistic skills through authentic texts and variety of activities
(debates, tasks, reading and note taking specialist texts, negotiating, presentations,
projects etc.) to become fully competent in Turkish language. Various transferable skills
will be covered, knowledge and use of complex structures will be enhanced.
Functions
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Dealing with application or job forms and interviews.
Conducting presentations on a variety of specialist topics.
Negotiating and problem solving for given tasks.
Summarising and translating complex information from English to Turkish(and vice
versa).
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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As in level 5+, the content of this course will be based around a reflection on the
nature of contemporary society and current affairs. Since the students in this
course will be having a full command of the language, the syllabus will remain
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quite flexible and various topics may be studied, depending on their interests,
such as:
Translating extracts from Turkish Literature - plays, short stories, articles.
Work environment
Visual arts and technology.
Art and trade exhibitions,
Corporate life
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Recognising/understanding various register/accents.
Recognising/understanding any kind of discourse.
Grammar
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Perfecting all the grammar points previously studied according to students’ needs
Learning Resources
Books
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Course book: no course book will be used at this proficiency level.
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Authentic material from various sources (Turkish newspapers or magazines,
recent publications, Turkish television programs, short videos and films etc…)
References:
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Aeolian Visions/Versions : Modern Classics and New Writing from Turkey (Turkish
Literature)Hardcover, 2014 by Mel Kenne (Author), Saliha Paker (Author),Milet
Publishing.
Güner Kağan, 2014 Modern Türk Sanatının Doğuşu, Kaynak Yayınları, ISBN: 978975-343-871-1
Lewis, Geoffrey (2000) Turkish Grammar, Oxford University Press.
Underhill Robert (1980) Turkish Grammar the MIT Press.
Adalet Ağaoğlu, Toplu Oyunlar 1 ( 1993) Mitos Boyut Yayinları - Tombala
Dictionaries:
Langenscheidt New Standard Dictionary
The Redhouse Turkish-English Dictionary
Tureng online dictionary.
Useful websites:
www.turkishlanguage.co.uk
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www.bbc.co.uk
www.digitaldialects.com
www.turkcegazeteler.com
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