Conversation Partner Guide

Turkish Study Guide 23

Online at http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/turkish

EssentialPreparation:
1. Gothroughthestudentstudyguidecarefully,allmaterialsassigned,andthe
instructionsonthissheet.Remembertolimityourselftousingthevocabulary
andstructuresthestudentsarelearning.
2. Gothroughthisconversationguidecarefullyandprepareyourselfforeach
exercise.Preparenecessarymaterialsasneeded.
3. RemembertogiveinstructionsandresponsestostudentsinsimpleTurkish.You
cangraduallyaddmorecomplicatedinstructionsandresponsesasthesemester
progresses.Thisisagoodtimetoreassesshowyouhavebeenanswering
questionsandgivinginstructionsduringthesessions.Arethestudents
understandingyou?Dotheythinkyoumaybespeakingtoofast?
4. Bringinanyothersupplementarymaterialssuchasmultimediaactivitiesthatyou
thinkmayaddtothestudentsculturaldiscussion.
5. Selectagroupofvocabularywordsfromthelastthreeunitsforavocabularydrill
inPartA.
6. Remembertohavestudentsseatedinacircleofchairsoraroundatableandto
encouragethemtogetupandmovearoundwhenactingoutthedialogues.
LessonPlan:
Remindstudentsatthebeginningofthesessionthattherewillbe10minutesreservedfor
askingquestionsastheendofthesession.
PartA:Wholegrouptogether(1015minutes)
Movefromstudenttostudent,butgivestudentsplentyoftimetorespondbeforehelping
themalong.Thegroupshouldbeinacircleofchairsoraroundatable.
Greetings
Greetstudentsasagroupaswellasindividually.Initiatecasualconversationasking
themabouttheirweekendplans,whatoccurredduringtheweeketc.Useonlythe
structuresandvocabularystudentsarefamiliarwith.Thisisagoodopportunityto
reviewandpracticeallofthestructuresandvocabularywordsstudentsarefamiliarwith.
Usethistimeforwarmingup.

VocabularyDrill
Giveeachstudentawordortwoandaskthemtocreateathreedifferentsentencesusing
thisword:present,past,andfuture.
PartB:Studentsworkinpairsfordialoguepractice(1520minutes)
ScenarioI:StudentswillreenactadialoguesimilartotheoneinUnit16,section1.
ScenarioII:Twofriendsarespeakingonthephone.Onefriendhasrecentlyreturned
fromabustripandhadahorribleexperience!S/hetellshis/herfriendaboutthebus
experienceandallthedifferentproblems/heencountered.
ScenarioIII:Twopeoplemeetatanairportandstarttalkingaboutwheretheyaregoing
andwhattheywillbedoingthere.
PartC:Wholegrouptogether(1520minutes)
Activity1:EachstudentwilltaketurnsplayinganAmericantouristwhohasrecently
returnedfromTurkeyandisoverwhelmedwithquestionsbyhis/herfriends.Therestof
thegroup,includingtheConversationPartner,willplaythefriends.
Activity2:Asagroup,answerthequestionstosection2ofETUnit16.
Activity3:Createastoryasagroup!Useallofthetensesandvocabularywordsyou
know.Eachpersonwilltaketurnscontributingasentence,onebyone,untilthestoryis
finished.First,youcreateacharacterasagroup.Afterthecharacteriscreated,one
personstartsoffthestoryinanytensetheylike.Forexample,ifthegroupweretocreate
acharacternamedJack,thenthefirstpersontonarratethestorywouldsaysomething
suchas,Jackwenttotheparkyesterday.Followingthissentence,someonenew
contributes,Jacklikestheparkalot.etc.Thegoalistocreateaninterestingand
entertainingstory.
Activity4:Ifthereistimedotheactivityyouprepared.
GivethestudentsachancetoaskquestionsinEnglishduringthelast510minutes.
Thisisagoodtimetodiscussculturalissuesthatcameupduringthesession.End
thesessiononapositivenote.Practiceappropriateparting/goodbye/seeyouagain
phrases.