Basic Persian II (PERS 520)

2021 Spring
School of Languages
Persian(PERS)
3
10
Kadir Turgut turgutk@sabanciuniv.edu,
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Doctoral, Master
PERS501 PERS510
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CONTENT

This course is a continuation of PERS 110 and the aims is to help students to improve the language and skills required for effective communication at the Basic level. It also aims to raise students’ awareness of the processes involved in learning to communicate. By the end of this level, students will basically be able to talk about their preferences, daily routines and schedules, work life, spare time activities, sports, shopping, social activities, celebrations and personal relationships, using the grammar rules and vocabulary they have learned. They will also be able to make comparisons, describe their moods, and express feelings and opinions as well as their experiences and future plans, using simple syntactic structures. Besides, students will have some ideas on Iranian scholars and the interactions between Persian culture, Turkish and other Western cultures.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES


1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning

2. Reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in his/her professional life.

3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs

4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments.

5. Communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and have competency in English.

6. Independently reach and acquire information, and develop appreciation of the need for continuously learning and updating.


1. Develop a thorough knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in the field and apply them in research design and data analysis.

2. Assess the impact of the economic, social, and political environment from a global, national and regional level.

3. Know how to access written and visual, primary and secondary sources of information, interpret concepts and data from a variety of sources in developing disciplinary and interdisciplinary analyses.


1. Demonstrate command of comparative perspectives, which may include the ability to compare the histories of different societies, or cultures awareness of continuity and change over extended time spans.

2. Construct concepts and theories derived from the humanities and social sciences.

3. Analyze the evidence from the research to support a historical argument for an answer to a research question.

4. Apply a critical perspective to evaluating historical arguments, including the quality of the sources, the validity of the interpretations of those sources, and the soundness of the argument's use of evidence to support a historical interpretation.

5. Develop and sustain historical arguments in a variety of literary forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence.


1. Demonstrate command of comparative perspectives, which may include the ability to compare the histories of different societies, or cultures awareness of continuity and change over extended time spans.

2. Construct concepts and theories derived from the humanities and social sciences.

3. Analyze the evidence from the research to support a historical argument for an answer to a research question.

4. Apply a critical perspective to evaluating historical arguments, including the quality of the sources, the validity of the interpretations of those sources, and the soundness of the argument's use of evidence to support a historical interpretation.

5. Develop and sustain historical arguments in a variety of literary forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence.