Conversation Partner Guide

Turkish Study Guide 18

Online at http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/turkish
Essential Preparation:
1. Go through the student study guide carefully, all materials assigned, and the instructions
on this sheet. Remember to limit yourself to using the vocabulary and structures the
students are learning.
2. Go through this conversation guide carefully and prepare yourself for each exercise.
Prepare necessary materials as needed.
3. Remember to give instructions and responses to students in simple Turkish. Remember
to train yourself to use a common set of instructions and responses. You can gradually
add more complicated instructions and responses as the semester progresses.
4. Bring in any other supplementary materials that you would like to do in Part C,
particularly multimedia activities of cultural interest.
5. Bring in a map of the university library or create one of your own. This will be in used I
Part A.
6. Create a set of drills for the following cases: genitive case, dative case, accusative case,
locative, and ablative case.
7. Remember to have students sit in a circle of chairs or around the table and to encourage
them to stand up and move around when acting out their scenarios.
Lesson Plan: Remember to tell students at the beginning of the session that there will be 10
minutes at the end of the session in which they can ask you questions in English.
Part A: Whole group together (10-15 minutes) Move from student to student, but give students
plenty of time to think and respond before helping them along. The group should be in a circle of
chairs or around a table.
Greetings
Greet students as a group as well as individually. Initiate casual conversation asking them about
their weekend plans, what occurred during the week, etc. Use only structures students are
familiar with and know how to use.
Ordinal Numbers
Practice ordinal numbers. Show students the map of the library that you either brought in, or
simply drew yourself. Ask students on which floor are certain stacks. For example:
On what floor is biology?
The 4th.

Part B: Students work in pairs for dialogue practice (15-20 minutes)

Scenario I: Two friends talk about gifts they bought this past year and for whom. Students
should use primary postpositions in this dialogue at least 4X.
Scenario II: Two friends are talking. One friend tells a friend about the last time s/he went to a
an expensive restaurant, what they ate, where it is located, from where they left to arrive there,
from whom they heard the restaurant is good, and with whom they went. Again, students should
use as primary postpositions at least 5X.
Scenario III: Two friends talk about a track competition and discuss who came in first, second,
third, fourth etc.
Part C: Whole group together (15-20 minutes)
Activity 1: Take this time to do the cases drills you have prepared for the session.
Activity 2: As a group read the short passages in ET, Unit 12, Section 10 on page 253 and
Section 13 on page 263. Discuss them as a group and answer questions.
Activity 3: Use this time to do the supplementary activity you planned.
Give the students a chance to ask questions in English during the last 5-10 minutes. This is
a good time to discuss cultural issues that came up during the session. End the session on a
positive note. Practice appropriate parting/goodbye/see you again phrases.