This course is aimed at beginners in written and spoken Turkish, as well as those who want to develop an existing knowledge of the language. Sixteen carefully graded, interlocking units each introduce new language structures firmly embedded in a functional context, demonstrating how the language is put to use in everyday situations. Each unit begins with an opening dialogue accompanied by simple comprehension questions and notes about the language or Turkish culture. A small number of language points are fully explained and illustrated by examples, and exercises are included to test your learning. At the end of each chapter a shorter dialogue is linked to the opening one.
Is there any bread?; no more, please!; you're joking!; have you been
waiting long?: I'll get up early tomorrow morning; would you help me?; where
shall we go? what can we do?; what do you like doing?; if it doesn't get
better, I'll give you some medicine; you said it was a very quiet place!; the
number you have dialled is incorrect; could you tell me what happened?; don't
make me laugh!; when was this place built?; if I had known about the process,
we wouldn't have eaten there.
Asuman Celen Pollard was born in Turkey where she spent many years teaching both English and Turkish as a foreign language. She now teaches Turkish at the University of Birmingham.
After teaching English as a Foreign Language in Switzerland, Bulgaria and Turkey, David Pollard became a computer analyst-programmer and spent a decade developing educational software. He now works in medical education.
