Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
INTRODUCTION THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE	UARP421	7. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Mehmet Faruk TOPRAK
Assistants
Goals	To teach Syriac, which is one of the oldest Semitic languages, in the academic institutions
Course Content	Syriac alphabet, phonology, elemantary grammar, basic reading texts
Learning Outcomes	1) Syriac writing skills are gained 2) Syriac spaeking ability develops 3) Syriac reading ability develops

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	An Introduction to the Syriac in general	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Syriac alphabet (Consonants)	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Syriac Alphabet (Vokals)	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Syriac Vocabulary	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Masculine and feminine names	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Spelling and composition	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	introduction to verbs	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	personal and possessive pronouns	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Sentence structure	Question Answer	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Reading texts - 1	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Reading texts - 2	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Prepositions	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Dialogue in Syriac	Lecture; Question Answer	Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	History of the Syriac Language	Discussion; Demonstration	Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)

Recommended Sources

Abraham Yohannan, A Modern Syriac-English Dictionary, New York 1900

Bûls el-Kefrnîsî, Gramatik el-Luğa el-Aramiyye es-Suryaniyye, Beyrut 1929

Carl Brockalmann, Lexicon Syriacum, Berlin 1895

John F. Healey, Leshono Suryoyo, New Jersey, 2005

Mar Elia, Syriac Grammar, Berlin 1887

S.J., Louis Costaz, Syriac-French-English- Arabic Dictionary, Beyrut 2002

Theodore H. Robinson, Syriac Grammar, Oxford 1962

Yakub Evcin Mennâ, Nahvu'l-Luğati'l-Aramiyye, Beyrut 1975

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	2	28
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	2	28
Homework	14	2	28
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	14	2	28
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	3	3	9
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30