CULTURAL NARRATIVES AND DYNAMICS (TURKISH)

The course is part of the core courses in the curriculum teaching the language chosen by the student. The aim of the course is to obtain level C1 of the CEFR

1. Knowledge and comprehension
- To understand complex structures of Turkish reading texts of advanced difficulty and in different special languages
- To acquire notions of sociolinguistics (in particular language policies)

2. Capacity of application
- To deliver abstracts in Turkish in academic texts
- To be able to analyze, comment and scientifically use sociolinguistic data
- Capacity of translation, into the student's mothertongue, of an academic Turkish text of advanced difficulty, and from mothertongue to Turkish, of a text of intermediate difficulty.

Advanced knowledge of Turkish corresponding to level B2 (CEFR)

- Language Policies and Language Planning (LPLP) – corpus planning / status planning
- Language policies, language rights and the minority languages of Turkey.

Specific issues that will be examined by reading texts in Turkish:
A. Language policy and legal situation of languages in Turkey
B. Minority languages

Issues of unit A:
LPLP – corpus planning / status planning
The Kemalist language reforms
The language policies in Turkey (including the developments of language rights after 1980 (Turgut Özal) and after 2002)

Unit B: The students will apply the acquired notions on one of Turkey's minority languages (e.g. Kurdish, Armenian, Greek, Aramaic, Laz, Arabic) in a paper and a presentation.

Lewis, Geoffrey 1999. The Turkish language reform: a catastrophic success. Oxford University Press.
Schroeder, Christoph & Menz, Astrid (a cura di) 2006. Türkiye’de Dil Tartışmaları. Istanbul Bilgi University.
Spolsky, Bernard 2004. Language policy. Cambridge University Press.

The exam consists of a presentation in class and a final paper, as well as an oral (conversation) exam with the language instructor. Students unable to attend the course will deliver the final paper and present a sociolinguistic theme during oral exam.

Lecture / seminar with presentations and paper

Italian

Students unable to attend the classes are requested to contact the professor at the beginning of the semester.

Attendance of the exercise classes with the language instructor is strongly recommended in both semesters for non Turkish-native students.


THE COURSE INCLUDES ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE EXERCISE CLASSES PROVIDED BY THE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR DR. ÖZKAN GÜRSES. IT IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED THAT STUDENTS ATTEND THESE CLASSES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF LANGUAGE COMPETITION

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development