Beginning Turkish

Abstract

Beginning Turkish is interactive multimedia language software for beginner Turkish learners of 12 years of age and older who want to develop and practice their Turkish language skills by viewing video / listening to audio sequences and completing a variety of relevant tasks. The sequences are spoken mainly by two natives (i.e. a male and a female speaker) at the 'speed and intonation of normal conversational speech', as advertised. The software is principally for selfstudy. It consists of a wide variety of basic situational topics such as Okul (School), Merhaba (Hello-Simple greetings), Alis-veris (Shopping), Karakolda (At the police station) and so on that are necessary and vital for beginning learners of Turkish. While the topics, such as greetings, at the beginning are simple, gradually they become more complex as in the Turkish culture and weather sections.