MTWTh 1:00-1:50pm
Cobb Hall, 021

Turkish 203 is the third in a series of Turkish language courses offered at UNC. Turkish 102 or its equivalent is a prerequisite for this course. Any student who has not completed Turkish 102 at UNC should contact the instructor for a placement exam. The course will be proficiency based, covering all four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). I will place considerable emphasis on active use of the language both in class and in daily homework assignments.

The goals of the course include increasing knowledge of vocabulary, facility with grammar, and improving written and verbal communication. Students will furthermore survey examples of contemporary Turkish film, literature, music, and current newspapers. By the end of the semester, students can expect to know most of the basic grammar of the language. Students will be able to read and understand authentic texts using the vocabulary and structures gained through first two semesters of Turkish.

MTWR 2:00-2:50 PM
Cobb Hall Rm 0021

This Introduction to Turkish (Türkçe) is designed for students who have no or very little prior experience in the language. In this course, Turkish is taught with an emphasis on the four important aspects of language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. A multi-skill approach will be adopted in teaching.

The course will place equal emphasis on the training of standard pronunciation, listening comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary development. For speaking purposes, functional and communicative features are adopted in teaching. Grammar will gradually move from simple to more complex elements. Students in this class will learn the Turkish language through understanding the cultural aspects of its use in daily life.

Many people speak Turkish–nearly 200 million in the world!!! Turkish is a significant language growing in importance.

Geographically and culturally located in a very strategic area: connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Cultural ties to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Middle East mean many travel opportunities, scholarship funds, and if you know Turkish, you would be a valuable asset to any sector in which you wish to work.

Know Turkish? You can specialize in business, economy, commerce, sociology, anthropology, and always have something to say on all topics when you know what’s going on in the country and its surrounding areas.

Clayton Thomas teaches specific Turkish letters.

Clark Hines teaches Turkish vowel harmony.

Ahmet Akbay teaches several Turkish words.

Friends from Divan Cultural Center kindly invited us for Turkish breakfast on March 26, 2011. We had delicious Turkish pastries, sweets, different types of olives, cheeses, jams, tomatoes, cucumbers, of course with Turkish Tea. Students of my Turkish classes were surrounded by many native Turkish speakers. Happily my students’ Turkish speaking abilities impressed all those native speakers. There was a surprise visit that we did not know. The mayor of City of Durham, Mr William V. Bell, came. After chatting with us, he was called to stage to greet the audience. Listening to him was a joyful occasion to learn about his care of diversity. We were representing diversity by being there.

Then we left to go to the Harmony Mediterranean Store in Cary for grocery shopping altogether. One of us bought Turkish Coffee, some of us purchased breakfast material: Cheese, olives, jams, bread, biscuits.