Five College Mentored Intermediate Turkish Study Guide 3



Five College Mentored Turkish Study Guide 53

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Theme 1: Turkish Food and Culture: Coffee Traditions

Study Goals:

• Understanding LTET Lesson 6 (p. 35-41)

• Familiarity with the CultureTalk Turkey videos:

Food: Coffee Traditions

o Importance of Turkish Coffee

o Fortune Telling from Coffee

o Coffee in Wedding Traditions

• Memorization and active use of new vocabulary from this week’s CultureTalk videos

• Memorization and active use of new vocabulary from LTET Lesson 6 (p. 35- 41)

• Understanding consonant variation in verbs of the type gitmek (gider)

• Ability to understand and accurately apply the objective definite (accusative) case

• Learning more about Turkish coffee and the many historical traditions associated with it

• Ability to discuss Turkish traditions surrounding the drinking of coffee.

Materials:

• Thomas and Itzkowitz, Elementary Turkish (LTET) Lesson 6 (p. 35-41)

Multimedia Materials:

CultureTalk Turkey

Food: Coffee Traditions

o Importance of Turkish Coffee

o Fortune Telling from Coffee

o Coffee in Wedding Traditions

Getting Started:

• Read through LTET Lesson 6 (p. 35-41). Read all bolded Turkish words and phrases aloud.

• Memorize all new vocabulary from Lesson 6.

• Watch the Importance of Turkish Coffee video on CultureTalk Turkey.

Assignments for Independent Study:

• Study the absolute and objective definite (accusative) forms listed on LTET Lesson 6, p. 37. Now cover up the objective definite forms and attempt to produce them from the absolute forms from memory. Don’t forget the buffer consonant!

• Read section 3. Variable consonants followed by the objective definite (p. 38) and commit the rules to memory.

• Study sections 5-7 and memorize the alternation rules described. Don’t forget to practice reading the words aloud.

• Complete LTET Lesson 6, Exercise A (p. 40-41). Check your answers with the answer key.

• For all new vocabulary:

o Make Flashcards and review the vocabulary repeatedly.

o Make sure you can translate the words from English to Turkish and vice versa.

o Practice saying each word aloud in a sentence. Practice conjugating each new verb in the past definite tense. Practice using each new noun or adjective with a verb in the past definite tense.

• Following the directions below (the same as in preceding weeks), study each of this week’s 3 Related Videos on CultureTalk.

Working with the CultureTalk videos:

• First, watch the video through at least twice. Listen carefully and try your hardest to understand at least the sense of what is being said. Use visual and tonal clues, and listen for words you recognize.

• Read the Turkish transcript. Pay particular attention to words and endings you couldn’t quite catch. Do you feel a little more comfortable with the structures now? You could look up a few words now, to aid your understanding. Read the Turkish transcript a second time, and watch the video again.

• Finally, read the English transcript, and watch the video once more.

• Print out or download the Turkish transcripts of this week’s CultureTalk videos. Go over them carefully, making sure you understand all vocabulary and grammar. Mark words and phrases you do not understand. Look up unfamiliar vocabulary. Is any of the grammar unclear to you? Be sure to bring up any points of confusion at your tutorial.

Remember to make flashcards of all unfamiliar words and expressions! Use the Turkish transcription for correct spelling.

Please be sure to give yourself plenty of time to work with the videos; this will enable you to benefit the most from them.

Conversation Session Preparation Guide:

• Be prepared to drill, practice, and perform any of the exercises assigned in the textbook.

• Be prepared to use the new vocabulary and grammar you have learned this week.

• Be prepared to discuss both of this week’s CultureTalk videos.

• Be prepared to participate actively in a discussion of any of this week’s Discussion Questions.

• Be prepared to participate actively in any of this week’s Role-Play Activities.

Oral Practice:

• Each evening this week, tell yourself in the mirror about everything you did that day. Be sure to use the definite past and the objective definite case.

• When you cook, or make tea or coffee, narrate your own activities to yourself it Turkish. It may feel strange or foolish at first, but the extra practice can help to improve your speaking abilities, and keep your new vocabulary fresh.

Discussion Questions:

• Based on the videos be prepared to talk about the cultural importance of Turkish coffee in the Turkish society.

• Do you believe in fortune-telling? Have you ever been to a fortune-teller? Be prepared to talk about the second video and the relationship between Turkish coffee and fortune-telling.

• What is the importance of Turkish coffee in Turkish wedding traditions? Be prepared to talk about the wedding traditions mentioned by the woman in the video Coffee in Wedding Traditions.

Weekly Role-play Activities:

• One of your neighbors comes to visit you. You want greet her graciously and offer to make her Turkish coffee. You ask about how she likes her coffee and whether or not she would like anything with it. (Students change roles after the first performance):

First student: The host

Second student: The neighbor

• You are drinking coffee with one of your close friends. S/he wants you to tell her/his fortune from the coffee grounds. You begin telling his/her fortune. As you scrutinize the grounds, your friend asks you questions about her/his future. (Students change roles after the first performance):

First student: The “fortune-teller”

Second student: The friend having his/her fortune told

To prepare for these Discussion Questions and Role-Play Activities you should:

• Memorize words you will need and practice challenging words or phrases aloud.

• For the Role-Plays, practice playing both parts (aloud!) in front of a mirror.

• Make yourself ready to actively engage in these conversations by the time of your conversation session. This doesn’t mean you need to know every single word, but you should be well-prepared to discuss the relevant subjects. (In this case, be sure you have memorized the specialized coffee vocabulary from this week’s CultureTalk videos.)

Review:

• Go through the flashcards you made for Study Guides 1 and 2, using each word or phrase aloud in a sentence. Are you still comfortably using all of this vocabulary?

• Pick one video from each of the previous two Study Guides and watch it again. Can you still understand it comfortably?

• Can you describe exactly how to make Turkish coffee (in Turkish)?

• Can you count to 100?

Homework to Hand in at the Tutorial:

• A young man or woman goes to a fortune-teller to have his/her future read in the coffee grounds. Write a complete dialogue between this character and the fortune-teller, from greetings to partings. This dialogue should be at least 20 lines long.

• Using the video Coffee in Wedding Traditions, write a short paragraph (at least 8 sentences) describing the role of Turkish coffee in wedding traditions.

• Write out LTET Lesson 6, Exercise B (p. 41). Feel free to check your own work in the answer key, but bring the completed exercise to your tutorial.

• Write a paragraph (at least 20 sentences) about a trip you have taken, what you did, what you ate and what you saw. Use at least 16 nouns in the objective definite case, including at least one proper name and one noun of the oğlu/şehri type.

Self-Assessment:

• I have studied and can now comfortably understand this week’s 3 related CultureTalk videos.

• I have memorized all new vocabulary from this week’s CultureTalk videos.

• I have memorized all new vocabulary from LTET Lesson 6.

• I understand and have completed LTET Lesson 6.

• I understand consonant variation in verbs of the type gitmek (gider).

• I understand and am comfortable using the objective definite (accusative) case.

• I can describe and discuss the role of Turkish coffee in Turkish fortune-telling and wedding traditions.

• I am prepared to go on to the next study guide.

• I am ready to submit my self-assessment report.

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