TURK5800 - Advanced Turkish Culture & Media I

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
680
Title (text only)
Advanced Turkish Culture & Media I
Term
2024C
Subject area
TURK
Section number only
680
Section ID
TURK5800680
Course number integer
5800
Meeting times
T 5:15 PM-7:14 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Feride Hatiboglu
Description
This course is for students who are from all different levels of Turkish knowledge. They are expected to write and talk about Turkish movies, culture, politics according to their own level and pace. They will talk to Turkish visitors and interview them. Turkish movies will be the part of the course and once a month, students will watch a Turkish movie and analyze it. Discussions will take place and students will write essays about the movie. This course is designed with a technology-rich, project based approach. The materials will go beyond instruction in grammar and vocabulary to support the acquisition of socio-cultural pragmatics, and intercultural learning.
Course number only
5800
Cross listings
TURK4200680
Use local description
No

TURK5300 - Intermediate Turkish I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intermediate Turkish I
Term
2024C
Subject area
TURK
Section number only
401
Section ID
TURK5300401
Course number integer
5300
Meeting times
TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Feride Hatiboglu
Description
A continuation of elementary Turkish, with emphasis on grammar and reading. This course is for students who have previous knowledge of Turkish or students who have completed Elementary Turkish I and II. This course is designed to improve students' writing and speaking competence, to increase vocabulary, to deepen grammar usage and to help develop effective reading and listening strategies in Turkish. Students' Turkish language proficiency and cultural awareness and knowledge will increase by exposing to autentic materials and coursework. and in order give them cultural knowledge, students are exposed to authentic materials.
Course number only
5300
Cross listings
TURK0300401
Use local description
No

TURK5100 - Elementary Turkish I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Elementary Turkish I
Term
2024C
Subject area
TURK
Section number only
401
Section ID
TURK5100401
Course number integer
5100
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Feride Hatiboglu
Description
This is a course for graduate students who have no previous knowledge of Turkish. Using a communicative approach, Elementary Turkish introduces basic vocabulary and grammar rules and focuses on building language competencies in listening, reading, speaking and writing. By the end of the course, students will be able to participate in simple conversations, to know daily expressions, and will understand simple dialogues in day-to-day context and will be able to count and tell time. Will be able to speak about events that happened in the past and express plans for the future. Students will also develop writing strategies that will allow them to write simple letters and fill in commonly-used forms.
Course number only
5100
Cross listings
TURK0100401
Use local description
No

TURK4200 - Advanced Turkish Culture & Media I

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
680
Title (text only)
Advanced Turkish Culture & Media I
Term
2024C
Subject area
TURK
Section number only
680
Section ID
TURK4200680
Course number integer
4200
Meeting times
T 5:15 PM-7:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Feride Hatiboglu
Description
This course is for students who are from all different levels of Turkish knowledge. They are expected to write and talk about Turkish movies, culture, politics according to their own level and pace. They will talk to Turkish visitors and interview them. Turkish movies will be the part of the course and once a month, students will watch a Turkish movie and analyze it. Discussions will take place and students will write essays about the movie. This course is designed with a technology-rich, project based approach. The materials will go beyond instruction in grammar and vocabulary to support the acquisition of socio-cultural pragmatics, and intercultural learning.
Course number only
4200
Cross listings
TURK5800680
Use local description
No

TURK0300 - Intermediate Turkish I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intermediate Turkish I
Term
2024C
Subject area
TURK
Section number only
401
Section ID
TURK0300401
Course number integer
300
Meeting times
TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Feride Hatiboglu
Description
A continuation of elementary Turkish, with emphasis on grammar and reading. This course is for students who have previous knowledge of Turkish or students who have completed Elementary Turkish I and II. This course is designed to improve students' writing and speaking competence, to increase vocabulary, to deepen grammar usage and to help develop effective reading and listening strategies in Turkish. Students' Turkish language proficiency and cultural awareness and knowledge will increase by exposing to autentic materials and coursework. and in order give them cultural knowledge, students are exposed to authentic materials.
Course number only
0300
Cross listings
TURK5300401
Use local description
No

TURK0100 - Elementary Turkish I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Elementary Turkish I
Term
2024C
Subject area
TURK
Section number only
401
Section ID
TURK0100401
Course number integer
100
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Feride Hatiboglu
Description
This is a course for beginners who have no previous knowledge of Turkish. Using a communicative approach, Elementary Turkish introduces basic vocabulary and grammar rules and focuses on building language competencies in listening, reading, speaking and writing. By the end of the course, students will be able to participate in simple conversations, to know daily expressions, and will understand simple dialogues in day-to-day context and will be able to count and tell time. Will be able to speak about events that happened in the past and express plans for the future. Students will also develop writing strategies that will allow them to write simple letters and fill in commonly-used forms.
Course number only
0100
Cross listings
TURK5100401
Use local description
No

PERS5550 - Introduction to Kurdish

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
680
Title (text only)
Introduction to Kurdish
Term
2024C
Subject area
PERS
Section number only
680
Section ID
PERS5550680
Course number integer
5550
Meeting times
TR 5:15 PM-6:44 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Azita Hamedani Kamkar
Description
Introduction to Kurdish is an introductory-level course designed to help you start learning Kurdish and to give you the necessary tools to continue your study of Kurdish language. This course introduces the Kurdish alphabet (Arabic script) alongside grammar and vocabulary. Toward the end of the semester, the course will also involve some Kurdish classical and modern poetry. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. The four language skills (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as pronunciation and culture are integrated into the curriculum. There is no prerequisite. The course will focus on a variety of Kurdish dialects as well.
Course number only
5550
Use local description
No

PERS5300 - Intermediate Persian I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intermediate Persian I
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PERS
Section number only
401
Section ID
PERS5300401
Course number integer
5300
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mahyar Entezari
Description
This course is conducted in Persian and designed to help you continue expanding upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian II (PERS-012). In this course, we will begin to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must either have successfully completed Elementary Persian II at the graduate level, or take the departmental placement exam.
Course number only
5300
Cross listings
PERS0300401
Use local description
No

PERS5101 - Persian for Heritage Speakers I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
680
Title (text only)
Persian for Heritage Speakers I
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PERS
Section number only
680
Section ID
PERS5101680
Course number integer
5101
Meeting times
TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mahyar Entezari
Description
Persian for Heritage Speakers is conducted in Persian and designed to help you strengthen your skills by learning not only to read and write, but also to engage in more complex forms of discourse in Persian. In this course, we will begin to address a variety of topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore, English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Prerequisite: Students must be proficient in spoken Persian (whether Farsi or Dari), and lack reading and writing skills. Placement test or instructor permission required.
Course number only
5101
Cross listings
PERS0390680
Use local description
No

PERS5100 - Elementary Persian I

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Elementary Persian I
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PERS
Section number only
401
Section ID
PERS5100401
Course number integer
5100
Meeting times
W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mahyar Entezari
Description
This course is designed to help you start learning Persian and to give you the necessary tools to continue your study of Persian. This course introduces the Persian alphabet alongside grammar and vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on actively using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. The four language skills (i.e., listening, speaking, reading and writing) as well as pronunciation and culture are integrated into the curriculum. There is no prerequisite.
Course number only
5100
Cross listings
PERS0100401
Use local description
No