MHPS LANGUAGES – TURKISH

Teacher: Mrs Figen Hasimoglu

figen.hasimoglu@education.vic.gov.au 

Semester 1:

FOUNDATION – Students will

• practice how to say and trace some greeting words such as Merhaba! Günaydın! – Hello, Good morning.
• use repetitive language when participating in guided activities.
• learn some popular children songs and rhymes.
• say and identify some of the colours in Turkish.
• count and identify number words up to 10.
• trace the Turkish Alphabet.
• match the pictures of some Turkish cultural icons with their names.
• gain information about Turkey.
• identify some of the cultural celebrations.

YEAR 1&2 – Students will

• start a conversation by using simple greet and farewell words.
• complete a personal profile including their name, age, favourite colour, food and picture of their family after practising the Turkish sentences related to the profile.
• count and identify number words up to 50.
• mark the countries of their origins on a map of world.
• gain information about Turkey.
• match the pictures of some Turkish cultural icons with their names.
• compare Turkish Alphabet to English Alphabet
• listen to, view and participate in readings of stories, rhymes or action songs, and respond through singing, drawing, gesture and action
• identify some of the cultural celebrations.

YEAR 3&4 – Students will

• start a conversation by using simple greet and farewell words.
• create their self-portraits with simple Turkish words and sentences introduced
• create simple bilingual texts such as signs, notices or captions for displays for the classroom and wider school community.
• revise the Turkish Alphabet with a video clip to learn to sound out each letter to compare to English Alphabet.
• gather information about Türkiye (Turkey) from a video clip watched.
• label the neighbouring countries of Türkiye (Turkey) in Turkish or English.
• participate in role-plays on the topics studied.
• identify the numbers up to 100.
• sing popular rhymes and chants from a written text
• identify some of the cultural celebrations.

YEAR 5&6 - Students will

• start a conversation by using simple greet and farewell words and convey the conversation by asking simple questions studied.
• participate in spoken, written and digital interactions to share ideas and experiences, showing interest and respect for others.
• revise the Turkish Alphabet with a video clip to learn to sound out each letter to compare to English Alphabet.
• gather information about Türkiye (Turkey) from a video clip watched.
• identify some Turkish cultural icons and study the information about those icons.
• create bilingual texts such as posters, class journals and menus to support their own learning and to assist interactions with non-Turkish speakers.
• participate in singing some traditional folk songs.
• identify the numbers up to 1000.
• identify some of the cultural celebrations.