TASC - Turkish American Society of Chicago

Turkish Classes at TASC
Would you like to learn Turkish? Hurry up, and register online! Starts on November 4th, 2008. Fee: $200 (10-week session) Classes: Beginner Tuesdays 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Intermediate Thursdays 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Fees must be paid until second week of the course. We accept Cash, Check and some Credit Cards. Checks must be payable to "TASC". Click here to Register Online or in person. Your course materials: GÖKKUŞAĞI TÜRKÇE DERS KİTABI (Rainbow Turkish Textbook) Topic-based approach, task-based instruction with projects, visually appealing layout, interesting and up-to-date topics, activities to assess comprehension, activities to develop four skills, basic grammar information presented, extensive reading texts, games, puzzles, and other fun activities. GÖKKUŞAĞI TÜRKÇE ALIŞTIRMA KİTABI (Rainbow Turkish Workbook) Additional exercises to consolidate the activities in the course book, a varied selection of activities, activities accompanied with illustrations. To see the books online please access to www.antstores.com. You can purchase them at TASC. Extra booklets (for reading comprehension) in elementary and intermediate levels are also available. Here you'll find a happy, stimulating and challenging environment of acquiring the Turkish Language! Here is a brief information about our course levels... Course Levels: In order that you can learn Turkish in a systematic fashion, we based our main levels onto general grammar categories. Beginner lever includes basic tenses and simple sentential relation; Intermediate Level includes verb forms peculiar to Turkish (such as voices) and subordinate structures; While we designed sub-levels, we took into consideration the use of frequency of grammar structures, those structures that you will need to use while speaking Turkish in daily communication settings, focusing on a learning process that gradually develops from easy item into relatively more difficult ones. In this site, we intend to teach you such basic skills as reading, speaking and writing within the framework of "grammar". Therefore, we present features and grammar rules particular to Turkish language by allocating them among different lessons. Beginner Level At this level, you will study those structures which will enable to communicate with ease in daily activities. You also will learn some structures you will need to speak and write in such situations as Meeting people Describing people Telling and asking the time Speaking on the phone Asking and showing the way Expressing feelings (happiness, sadness) Asking for help Shopping Making comparisons Intermediate Level At this level, you will study those structures which will enable to acquire language skills in order to use Turkish more effectively and in a more natural way. Upon completing this course, you will be able to Tell your past experiences, places visited, activities performed Tell your plans about the future Narrate incidents indirectly Speak about problems and topics related with occupation Understand and certain jokes and tales Tell and comment upon certain idioms and proverbs Comprehend such simple written texts as newspaper items and letters as well as television and radio programs Tell in detail what you can do, what your abilities and wishes are. For your inquiries please e-mail to info@tascweb.org Fill out the pre-application form for admission. You will receive an information e-mail from us.