Undergraduate
Faculty of Science and Letters
Turkish Language and Literature
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Composition and the Art of Writing

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
TDEB414 Composition and the Art of Writing 0/2/0 DE Turkish 3
Course Goals
To improve students’ skills in writing and evaluating writing patterns.
Prerequisite(s) Course Code Course Name…
Corequisite(s) Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s) The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s) Lecturer İsa Kocakaplan
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule Tuesday 15.00-16.45, Amfi Z-A-2; Thursday, 14.00-15.45, 3B-11-13-15
Office Hour(s) Öğr. Gör. İsa Kocakaplan, Tuesday 10.00-14.00 3-D-13; Friday 14.00-17.00 3-D-13
Teaching Methods and Techniques  
Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
Principle Sources Halil Seyidoğlu, Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı, Güzem Yayınları. Stefan Zveig, Üç Büyük Usta, İş Bankası Yayınları. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Beş Şehir, Dergâh Yayınları. Cemil Meriç, Bu Ülke, İletişim Yayınları. Kemal Tahir- Yol Ayrımı, Adam Yayıncılık. Seçme Hikâyeler I-II, TDK Yayınları. Rekin Ertem, İsa Kocakaplan, Üniversitelerde Türk Dili ve Kompozisyon, Kesit Yayınları.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week General Information on Composition. Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
2. Week Background language, vocabulary, sentence knowledge in composition, Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
3. Week Planning and types of planning Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
4. Week Written composition types, Poem, Prose Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
5. Week Columns, articles. Practice Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
6. Week Short Story and Types of short story Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
7. Week Essay Writing Practice Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
8. Week Midterm/ Novel Assignment
9. Week Travelogue practice Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
10. Week Literary discourse practice Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
11. Week Interview Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
12. Week Biography Practice Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
13. Week Oral Composition Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
14. Week Oration/Speech, conference Deduction-Induction, Practice, Question-Answer, Demonstration, Discussion, Report
15. Week Final
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Midterm(s) 1 40
Final Exam 1 60


Program Outcomes
PO-11. The student adopts the skill to practice the Turkish language properly and clearly by analyzing it in terms of phonetics , structure and form, syntax and semantics .
PO-22. The student can appreciate all the texts related to Turkish Language and Literature from the onrush up to the present from a linguistic and literary aspect.He also finds the opportunity to compare them with the Western literature texts.
PO-33.The student can make an anthology or research on Folklore.
PO-44. The student attains information about Atatürk principles and revolutions.
PO-55. The student knows the leading literary output, reads the sample texts representing the historical development of Turkish Language and Literature and conveys it to scientific transcription alphabet.
PO-66. The student has the lesson materials containing the contemporary information, research methods, information and theories used for Turkish Language Literature Programme.
PO-77. The student uses practices the theories and information he learnt at the Turkish Language and Literature Programme on research and public service area.
PO-88. The student scopes out the problems encountered and finds solutions through individual studies and assumes his /her responsibilities as a team member.
PO-99. The student supports the solutions through concrete input and shares this input with the experts concerned by analyzing the problems related to the Turkish Language and Literature Programme.
PO-1010. The student actively takes part and serves in some cultural, social and artistic events related to the Turkish Language and Literature field.
PO-1111. The student collects, solves and comments on the theoretical and practical data by means of at least one foreign language on which he has a good command.
PO-1212. The student asseses the contemporary and classical literature information and theories in accordance with certain theories and trends and also criticizes them in terms of literature and linguistics.
PO-1313.The student uses the computer, Informatics and Information Technologies efficiently for his field.
PO-1414. The student adopts the conciousness about lifelong learning.
PO-1515. The student obtains basic information and skills about how to make academical research and study on Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-1616. The student respects the Professional responsibilities and ethics related to the field ‘ Turkish Language and Literature’.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1The students will be able to define text types
LO-2The students interpret the idea or event of the text they read
LO-3The students put into practice their knowledge on writing types
LO-4The students identify similarities and differences between narration types
LO-5The students are able to create texts applying eventual, opinion, and emotional planning.
LO-6The students are able evaluate what they read.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
 PO 1PO 2PO 3PO 4PO 5PO 6PO 7PO 8PO 9PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13PO 14PO 15PO 16
LO 1
LO 2
LO 3
LO 4
LO 5
LO 6