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Turkish will be offered through the Five College Mentored Language Program during the 2008-2009 academic year. A visiting Fulbright scholar will be in residence for the year making it possible to offer Turkish in the expanded format. Turkish is normally offered through the Supervised Independent Language Program.
Mentored Turkish courses require seven to ten hours per week of independent study, a weekly one-hour conversation session, and a weekly thirty-minute individual tutorial with the Turkish mentor. Course plan study guides and syllabi are on the Five College Center for the Study of World Language's LangMedia website.
These courses are each worth either 2.0 or 1.5 credits at UMass. Transfer credit at the colleges varies, but is generally: Amherst College – ½ course; Hampshire – credit; Mount Holyoke – 2 credits and at the elementary level two courses or the equivalent are required to receive credit; Smith – 2 credits and at the elementary level two courses or the equivalent are required to receive credit.
Registration in these courses requires a special application process. See How to Register for details. The pre-registration deadline for Fall 2008 is Friday, April 18th, 2008. Applications will contiuned to be reviewed, as long as space is available, until September 5, 2008. Placement request deadline for students with prior experience with the language is April 18th, 2008. To contact the Center, e-mail fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu or call 413-545-3453.
Desginated conversation session times and the time blocks within which tutorials will be scheduled are given below. Students will be assigned specific tutorial times within the time blocks reserved based on schedule information provided by the registration deadline.
Students will be given preference in tutorial times and locations based on order of application and registration. Enrolled students must provide the mentored program staff with up-to-date schedule information by the course registration deadline. Students who make changes in their schedules after that date will have to take whatever time slots and locations are still available.
Beginning course, no prerequisites. Independent study combined with weekly small group conversation sessions and individual tutorials with the Five College Turkish mentor. Emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Final grade based on weekly homework and conversation session preparation, an end of semester writing skills assessment, and a final oral exam.
Conversation sessions: Fridays 3:45-4:45 pm at Amherst College
Tutorial times: to be arranged
Prerequisite is Mentored Turkish I or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions: Fridays 2:45-3:45 pm at Amherst College
Tutorial times: to be arranged
Prerequisite is Mentored Turkish II or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions: Thurdsays 6:45-7:45 at Smith College
Tutorial times: to be arranged
Prerequisite is Mentored Turkish III, IV, or V or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions and tutorial times: to be arranged
Five College Supervised Independent Language Program
Five College Mentored Language Courses
Language and International Opportunities Web
LangMedia: The Five College Foreign Language Media Archive
Five College International and Regional Studies
Five College Language Departments
Language Resources on the Web
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