Turkish Novice Beginner I

Service Description

This course includes 8 weeks of classes (one 1.5 hour session per week) - a total of 12 hours of instruction, and additional homework review and support from instructors in between class sessions. This class covers the first 3 chapters of the Elementary Turkish Textbook by Kurtuluş Öztopçu, including the following topics: Turkish Alphabet, Pronunciation, Greetings, Farewells, Thanking/apologizing, Asking about health and wellbeing, Introductions, Names, Numbers, Locations (locative case and related terms), Asking 'W' questions and 'yes/no' questions , Asking for directions, 2-way and 4-way vowel harmony, Long consonants, Derivative suffixes +lI, +siz, Personal pronouns, Present tense with the verb 'to be', Negations with değil, Plurals of nouns, Demonstratives, Conjunctions ve, ile, ama and others. The classes include grammar explanations, vocabulary and conversational practice, as well as introduction of cultural competency topics through relevant history and media. Times are shown in Pacific Time, but we have students join from around the world!