İSU

FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

COURSE SYLLABUS
SPRING 2023

COURSE’S
Faculty Rectorate

Department Foreign Languages

Code DIL 652

Section 1
Name Turkish 2
ECTS 5

Type University Elective

Semester Spring

Medium of Instruction Turkish / English

Day / Time
Çarşamba / 17:40 - 19:10
Pre-requisite Turkish 1

Method online
INSTRUCTOR’S
Name-Surname Ahmet Kaplan

E-mail ahmet.kablan@istinye.edu.tr

Office Number Office 25 - FLED HALL

Office Hours TBA

Course Content Students in the Turkish program will develop their skills in the
areas of intercultural competence, collaborative problem-
solving, and language proficiency (speaking, listening, reading,
and writing).
Course Objectives Achieve functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading,
and writing. Recognize culture-specific perspectives and values
embedded in language behavior. Decode, analyze, and interpret
authentic texts of different genres. Produce organized coherent
discourse in oral and written modes.
Course Outcomes By the end of this course, students will be able to ask and
answer simple questions and hold simple conversations using
simple present, simple past and the future tense.
Required Course Textbook
Materials
Suggested Course Istanbul A1 Course Book and Workbook
Materials

Pen & Paper 1 face-to-face Midterm exam (30%)

Assessment and Assessment 1 face-to-face Final exam (50%)
Evaluation
Specifications of the Exams:
This exam consists of vocabulary, grammar, content and
writing parts. Students are supposed to answer multiple-choice,
matching, fill-in-the-blank and short-answer questions; and
write a paragraph in the writing part.

Alternative Assignment (10%)

Assessment Participation (10%)

Attendance Attendance to the classes is compulsory.

ABSENCE IN MORE THAN 30% OF CLASSES
RESULTS IN FF.  (8 class hours)

Each class is counted as a 2-hour lesson

If a student attends half of the lesson, he/she will be marked
as present for 1 hour.
If a student attends less than half of the lesson, he/she will
be marked as ABSENT.
If a student doesn’t turn on the microphone to answer the
teacher´s questions, he/she will be marked as ABSENT for
that day.

In order to get the participation grade (10%), the camera

must be kept on.

NOTE: Medical excuses, health reports, connection

problems, family issues, part-time jobs or internships are
not accepted as an excuse for absence.

CLASS It does not mean only attending online lessons. It means

PARTICIPATION volunteering to answer questions, asking for help, speaking up
in small-group activities, and completing tasks.

COURSE PLAN
Week/Date Content
1st Week Introduction of the syllabus and curriculum
Feb 20th- 24th Meet and greet

2nd Week
Feb 27th - Mar 3rd Unit 5-A

3rd Week
Mar 6th – 10th Unit 5-A / B

4th Week
Mar 13rd – 17th Unit 5 B
 5th Week
Mar 20th –24th Unit 5 C

6th Week
Mar 27th – 31st Unit 5 C

7th Week
Apr 3rd – 7th Unit 5 / Revision

8th Week
Apr 10th – 14th MIDTERM EXAM WEEK

9th Week
Apr 17th – 21st Unit 6- A

10th Week
Apr 24th – 28th Unit 6- A / B

11th Week
May 1st – 5th Unit 6 B

12th Week
May 8th – 12th Unit 6 C

13th Week
May 15th – 19th Unit 6 C

14th Week Revision

May 22nd – 26th

15th Week FINAL EXAM PERIOD

May 29th - Jun 2nd

Important Note:

Academic dignity (honesty): Academic dignity is one of the indispensable values of Istinye
University and higher education. Therefore, cheating, plagiarism (scientific theft) and
falsification (tampering) will not go unpunished. In such a case, the right to give a failing
grade to the exam/assignment grade or the course grade, or to discipline the person doing it is
reserved.

What is plagiarism?

To give the impression that the information, ideas and opinions belonging to another person
are revealed and written by him / her without any necessary attribution means stealing of
ideas and information - in other words - plagiarism. For example, writing the exact ideas,
opinions and information without attribution, copying from the internet or other sources and
making facsimiles (internet downloads) are within the scope of the abuse and plagiarism of
ideas and information.
Types of Plagiarism:

Reproduction Method: Taking someone else's work directly and showing it as your
own work.
Copying Method: Copying some part of another work directly and adding them to
your own work.
Copy / Change Method: Copying the text from another source and inserting it in your
own text with minor changes.
Mosaic Method: Preparing a new study by combining studies from multiple sources.
Self-Plagiarism: Copying from a work of his / her own that he / she had done before.”