TURKISH-ENGLISH CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR

FLE214

Course Code: FLE214
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 3

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will be able to evaluate linguistic analysis of Turkish and English at any level.
will be able to examine the similarities and difference between English and Turkish.
will be abale to develop awareness about the negative transfer in language learning with the ultimate goal of overcoming possible linguistic problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The course presents students similar and different structures of Turkish and English though a full linguistic analysis of the grammars. The sentential and phrasal structures and the usage properties will be contrasted by means of linguistic methods

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Typology of Languages, Phonological and Graphological Contrastive Analysis
2^nd Week	Morphological Contrastive Analysis
3^rd Week	Morphological Contrastive Analysis
4^th Week	(Inflectional suffixes, reduplication, clitics)
5^th Week	Lexical Contrastive Analysis
6^th Week	Grammatical contrastive analysis (word order, simple-complex sentences, conditionals)
7^th Week	Auxiliaries in Turkish-English
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Nominalization, Gerundivization
10^th Week	Tense, Aspect, Modality
11^th Week	Infinitivization, Extraposition
12^th Week	Passivization
13^th Week	Relative Clauses
14^th Week	Modals
15^th Week	Negation, Questions

Recommended or Required Reading

Altunkaya, F. (1996) An Introduction to Turkish-English Contrastive Grammar. 3rd. ed.Ankara:Şirin Kırtasiye.
Brown, K. And J. Miller. 1980. Syntax: A Linguistic Introduction to Sentence Structure. London: Harper Collins Academic.
Demirezen, M. 1985. "Suffix-Prefix Formation and Prefixation in Turkish" Journal of Human Sciences.
Göksel, A. and C. Kerslake (2005) Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar. London: Routledge.
Kornfilt, Jaklin. 1997. Turkish. London: Blackwell.
Özsoy, S. (1999). Türkçe. İstanbul:Boğaziçi Yayınları.
Steer , J.M. and K. Carlisi. (1998) The Advanced Grammar Book. 2nd ed. Boston: Heinle&Heinle.
Tosun, Cengiz. 1977. "A Contrastive Study of Word Formation by Affixation in Turkish and English". Unpublished PhD dissertation. Hacettepe University.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	50
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	13	2	26
Preparation for Final exam	13	1	13
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	7	3	21
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Total Work Load			90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2			X
K3
K4
K5
K6		X	X
K7			X
K8
K9
K10			X
K11
K12	X		X