Conversation Partner Guide

Turkish Study Guide 3

Online at http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/turkish
EssentialPreparation:
1. Gothroughthisstudentstudyguidecarefully,allmaterialsassigned,andthe
instructionsonthissheet.Youneedtoconfineyourselftousingthevocabulary
andstructuresthestudentsarelearning.Thisisoneofthehardestpartsof
teachingbeginningstudents.Youneedtopracticespeakingusingvocabularythe
studentswillunderstand.
2. Gothroughthisconversationguidecarefullyandprepareyourselfforeach
exercise.Preparenecessarymaterialsasneeded.
3. PreparetogiveinstructionsandresponsestostudentsinsimpleTurkish.You
needtothinkaboutthisandpracticeaheadoftime.Remembertotrainyourselfto
useacommonsetofinstructionsandresponses.Youcangraduallyaddmore
complicatedinstructionsandresponsesasthesemesterprogresses.
4. Bringwithyouabackpackorbagwithdifferentobjectsonetypicallycarriesina
backpack.ThiswillbeusedinPartC.
5. Prepareassetofflashcardswiththecardinalnumbers010foradrillexercisein
PartA.
6. BringwithyouphotographsorimagesforadescriptionexerciseinPartBandC.
7. Bringwithyoutheidentitycardsyouhavebeenusingintheprevioustwo
sessions.Addsomemoreidentitiesinordertocreatemorevariety.
LessonPlan:Remindstudentsatthebeginningofthesessionthattherewillbe10
minutesattheendofthesessioninwhichtheycanaskyouquestionsinEnglish.
ThentrytosticktoTurkishorbodylanguageorillustrationsthroughoutthesession.
N.B.Remembertoencouragestudentstostandupfromtheirchairsandrecreatea
moreauthenticroleplaywhendoingthescenariosinsteadofsimplysittingin
theirchairstoperformthedialogues.
PartA:Wholegrouptogether(1015minutes)Movefromstudenttostudent,but
givestudentsplentyoftimetothinkandrespondbeforehelpingthemalong.The
groupshouldbeinacircleofchairsoraroundatable.

Greetingsandhowareyou?
Greetthegroupasawholeaswellaseachstudentindividually.Similartotheclass
activityonp.42,havestudentsintroducethemselvesandoneanotherusingtheir
names.Afterinitialgreetingshandoutidentitycardstostudentsandaskthemto
introduceoneanother(similartotheconversationonp.40)Indoingso,encourage
studentstoaskoneanotherYes/NoandInterrogativequestionsastheyhavelearned
inUnit3.
NumbersDrill
Usingtheflashcardsyouhavecreatedwiththecardinalnumbers,drillthegroups
knowledgeofthecardinalnumbersnamesinTurkish.Showtheflashcardandask
forthepronunciationofthenumbersnameinTurkish.
PartB:Studentsworkinpairsfordialoguepractice(1520minutes)
Remembertoencouragestudentstostandupandactoutdialogues.
ScenarioI:Withtheirpartners,studentswillidentifyasmanyobjectsaspossiblein
theclassroomandtelltheirpartnershowmanythereareofeachobject.
ScenarioII:BasedonthedialogueforhomeworkonZafertheCuriousAlien,eachpair
willreenactasimilarsituationinwhichZaferarrivesinTurkeyaskingquestionsand
introducinghimselftootherTurks.Thequestionsandconversationshouldbesimilartothe
dialoguestudentscompletedforhomework.

PartC:Wholegrouptogether(1520minutes)
Activity1:Usingtheobjectsyoubroughtit,havestudentspracticenamingthe
objectsandusingnumberstoexplainhowmanythereareofeachobject.
Activity2:Usingthebackpackorbagyoubroughtit,askstudentstoidentifyallof
theobjectsyouplacedinthebackpackusingthevocabularytheyknowfromUnits1,
2,and3.Afterwards,haveeachstudenttalkaboutwhatisinhis/herbackpack.
Activity3:Studentswillperformthesectionofdialoguetheyhavememorizedbefore
thegroupforpronunciationpractice.
Activity4:Usingthephotographsorimagesyouhaveprepared,askstudentsto
describethedifferentobjectsorscenesinthephotographs.

GivethestudentsachancetoaskquestionsinEnglishduringthelast510
minutes.Thisisagoodtimetodiscussculturalissuesthatcameupduringthe
session.Thisisalsoagoodopportunitytodiscusssomepronunciationerrors.End
thesessiononapositivenote.Practiceappropriateparting/goodbye/seeyouagain
phrases.