Five College Mentored Turkish Study Guide 57
Available online at ecolleges.edu/turkish
Theme 2 : Everyday Life: Hospitality
Study Goals:
· Understanding of LTET Lesson 10 (p. 60-71)
· Familiarity with the CultureTalk Turkey videos:
Everyday Life: Hospitality
o Good Manners for Hosts and Guests
o Welcoming a Guest
o Serving Coffee
o Typical Turkish Homes
· Memorization and active use of new vocabulary from this week’s CultureTalk videos
· Memorization and active use of new vocabulary from LTET Lesson 10 (p. 60-71)
· Understanding and comfortable use of the possessive construction in Turkish
· Review and memorization of Turkish possessive suffixes
· Understanding of Types I and II (compound noun) possessive constructions
· Familiarity with the possessive forms of personal pronouns
· Understanding of and competency with possessive complexes
· Understanding and comfortable use of the words sahip and kendi in possessive constructions
· Familiarity with how to add suffixes to a possessive suffix
· Learning how to be a polite guest or host in Turkey, and what is expected of one in each role.
· Understanding the importance of Turkish coffee in the polite welcoming of a guest
· Knowledge of the structure of a typical Turkish home
Materials:
· Thomas and Itzkowitz, Elementary Turkish (LTET) Lesson 10 (p. 60-71)
Multimedia Materials:
CultureTalk Turkey ecolleges.edu/culturetalk/turkey
Everyday Life: Hospitality
o Good Manners for Hosts and Guests
o Welcoming a Guest
o Serving Coffee
o Typical Turkish Homes
Getting Started:
· Read through LTET Lesson 10 (p. 60-71). Read all bolded Turkish words and phrases aloud.
· Memorize all new vocabulary from Lesson 10.
· Watch the Good Manners for Hosts and Guests and Welcoming a Guest videos on CultureTalk Turkey.
Assignments for Independent Study
· Practice aloud the 21 sample phrases and sentences at the beginning of Lesson 10 (p. 60)
· Study Lesson 10, section 1 The possessive construction (p. 61)
· Memorize the use and forms of the possessive definite suffix and the possessive suffixes (p. 61-2).
· Learn how to form Types I and II possessive constructions, and how the two are different (p. 63-4)
· Learn how to use personal pronouns in possessive constructions, and memorize the irregular forms (p. 64-5)
· Study the different types of possessive complexes, and how they are formed (p. 65-66)
· Learn how to use the word sahip to express possession. (p. 66-7)
· Study how additional suffixes are added to the possessive suffix in Turkish (p.67-8)
· Understand the uses of the word kendi (p. 68-9)
· 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.
· Following the directions below (the same as in preceding weeks), study each of this week’s 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. Underline words and phrases you do not understand. Look up the 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.
Discussion Questions:
· Based on the first three videos (Good Manners for Hosts and Guests, Welcoming a Guest and Serving Coffee), be prepared to talk about Turkish hospitality. Do you welcome your guests the same way in the U.S.? What kind of cultural differences can you talk about? What is the ‘insisting’ issue the lady in the first video is talking about?
· What is a typical Turkish house like? Is a typical Turkish house similar to a typical American house? In the U.S. when you have guests over, where do you usually host them (in what part of the house?) Do you have a special space for receiving guests? Special traditions for when they arrive or depart?
Weekly Role-play Activities:
· Your uncle’s wife has come to visit you. You will welcome her and offer her tea or coffee. Also you will start/make a conversation about her family. (Students change roles after the first performance).
First student: The host
Second student: The guest (uncle’s wife).
· You are visiting one of your neighbors. While you are drinking Turkish coffee you accidentally spill it on the carpet. You apologize to your neighbor. (Students change roles after the first performance).
First student: The guest
Second student: The hosting neighbor
· You have a new house. One of your friends and her family came to visit you to see the new house. You are showing them the parts of the house, defining them one by one. ( the rooms, the garden, etc.). (Students change roles after the first performance).
First student: The host/owner of the new house
Second student: The friend
Oral Practice:
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. For this week, be sure to go over the vocabulary for houses, greetings, etc.
Review
· Go through the flashcards you made for Study Guide 6. Are you still comfortably using all of these words?
· Describe your favorite meal aloud in Turkish.
· Re-watch the video Formal and Informal Greetings. Can you still understand it easily?
Homework to Hand in at the Tutorial
· Write a short paragraph (at least 10 sentences) describing your house or apartment and who lives there.
· Write a paragraph (at least 15 sentences) describing how you think a good guest and/or host should behave, OR write a paragraph (at least 15 sentences) explaining how to be an awful guest. What should a guest never say or do?
· Your friend arrives from out of town to stay for a couple of days. Write a dialogue in which you welcome your friend, and show him/her around and where to sleep. This dialogue should be at least a page long. Be prepared to act this dialogue out orally at your tutorial!
· Write out Lesson 10, Exercise B.
Self-Assessment
· I have studied and can now comfortably understand this week’s 4 related CultureTalk videos.
· I have memorized all new vocabulary from this week’s CultureTalk videos.
· I understand and have completed LTET Lesson10 (p. 60-71).
· I have memorized all new vocabulary from LTET Lesson 10 (p. 60-71).
· I have learned the Turkish possessive suffixes.
· I understand Types I and II (compound noun) possessive constructions.
· I have memorized the possessive forms of personal pronouns.
· I can create possessive complexes.
· I can comfortably use the words sahip and kendi in possessive constructions.
· I know how to add suffixes to a possessive suffix.
· I know how to be a polite guest or host in Turkey, and what is expected of me in each role.
· I understand the importance of Turkish coffee in the polite welcoming of a guest, and the structure of a typical Turkish home.
· I am prepared to go on to the next study guide.
· I am ready to submit my self-assessment report.