Advanced Turkish

Abstract

Advanced Turkish is advertised as language software aiming to expand target learners’ knowledge of Turkish language and culture through engaging, in-depth dialogues by native speakers. This classroom-tested, peer-reviewed DVD-ROM contains 19 video dialogues and readings and over 5000 audio recordings (over 70 minutes) made with native speakers. It features a wide range of topics such as art, food, contemporary media, legal issues, travel, soccer, horoscopes, folk tales, and music through scripted dialogues and unscripted discussions between native speakers.

Advanced Turkish contains 20 lessons. The first ten lessons feature complex Turkish sentence structures which are mostly found in formal written Turkish. The second ten lessons are recorded conversations between native speakers. The Turkish in these lessons is conversational and informal. Each lesson consists of three sections: (a) Introduction; (b) Text, Video & Exercises; and (c) Lesson Summary & Further Practice.