Lesson 15 At School Okulda

Lesson 15 At School Okulda This lesson will introduce you to: - Vocabulary related to classroom activities - Vocabulary related to being a student - The education system in Turkey. Education in Turkey is planned, operated, managed, controlled and financed by the state. The Ministry of National Education (Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı) is the responsible ministry for all education except for military, health and agricultural education. Pre-school education is voluntary for children aged three to five. Compulsory education for both boys and girls begins at the age of six and lasts eight years. The first five years are elementary school and the next three years are middle school. Compulsory education aims to equip children with core competencies such as basic math, science, art, religion, culture and Turkish language. Secondary education follows primary education and covers general, vocational and technical high schools providing at least three years of education. A variety of courses such as intermediate math, science, social sciences, geography, history, psychology, philosophy, languages and computer skills improvement are offered. Higher education institutions are universities, faculties, institutes, higher education schools, conservatories, higher vocational education schools and application and research centers. The students are prepared for professional life with up-to-date curriculums in fields such as engineering, law, medicine, science and teaching. Large numbers of students register with the Open University each year and pursue a distant learning program. The average level of education in Turkey is high school. However, the number of students interested in higher education is increasing every year. 187

1. Familiarize yourself with the new vocabulary. Listen to the speaker and read the passages under each picture. A student writes on the blackboard with chalk. Bir öğrenci kara tahtaya tebeşirle yazı yazar. A student raises her hand to ask a question. Bir öğrenci soru sormak için elini kaldırır. A teacher teaches students math. Bir öğretmen öğrencilere matematik öğretir. Students study chemistry in middle school. Öğrenciler orta okulda kimya çalışırlar. First grade students read a textbook. Birinci sınıf öğrencileri bir ders kitabı okurlar. Students will study art in this class. Öğrenciler bu derste resim sanatını çalışırlar. There is a book, a notebook, and a calculator. Bir kitap, bir defter ve bir hesap makinesi var. There is a desk and a chair in the classroom. Sınıfta masa ve bir sandalye var. Students write with pens and pencils. Öğrenciler tükenmez ve kurşun kalemlerle yazarlar. 188

2. Work with a partner. Look around the classroom. Name the items you see. class desk chair blackboard chalk pen pencil notebook computer printer keyboard monitor teacher student sınıf masa sandalye kara tahta tebeşir tükenmez kalem kurşun kalem defter bilgisayar yazıcı klavye ekran öğretmen öğrenci 3. Working with a partner, name the items you bring with you to class and the items found in your classroom. Bilgisayar Kara tahta Yer küre Kitap Hasap makinesi Kaset 189

4. Listen to the dialogue while you read along in the workbook. Underline the new vocabulary. What is your name? Adın ne? How old are you? Kaç yaşındasın? What grade are you in? Kaçıncı sınıftasın? What subjects do you study? Hangi dersleri çalışırsın? What is your favorite subject? Senin favori dersin hangisi? Are you a good student? İyi bir öğrenci misin? My name is Ayşe. Adım Ayşe. I am 16 years old. Ben 16 yaşındayım. I am in 10 th grade. Ben 10. sınıftayım. Math, biology, music, literature, and history. Matematik, biyoloji, müzik, edebiyat ve tarih. My favorite subject is biology. Benim favori dersim biyoloji. Yes, I m a good student. Evet, ben iyi bir öğrenciyim. What will you do after school? I will go to the college; I want to be a doctor. Okuldan sonra ne yapacaksın? Ben üniversiteye gidecegim; doktor olmak istiyorum. What do you like to do after school? After school I like to listen to music. Okuldan sonra ne yapmaktan hoşlanırsın? Okuldan sonra müzik dinlemekten hoşlanırım. 5. Listen to and read along with some of the new words you should have underlined in Exercise 4. grade subject favorite subject math biology music literature history college like listen to sınıf ders favori ders matematik biyoloji müzik edebiyat tarih üniversite hoşlanmak dinlemek 190

Grammar Note The English model: who + the form of to like + infinitive The Turkish model: kim + fiil (-mek, -mak)+ -ten/tan + hoşlanmak Here is the rule to select ten or tan: * If the last syllable contains e, i, ö or ü, the suffix ten is used. * If the last syllable contains a, ı, o or u, the suffix tan is used. To conjugate the verb hoşlanmak for a particular subject, please refer to Lesson 4. Examples: Ahmet likes to study math. Fırat likes to listen to music after school. Ece likes to read in the evenings. We like to speak Turkish in our class. Örnekler: Ahmet matematik çalışmaktan hoşlanır. Fırat okuldan sonra müzik dinlemekten hoşlanır. Ece akşamları okumaktan hoşlanır. Biz sınıfta Türkçe konuşmaktan hoşlanırız. 6. Work with a partner. Come up with a dialogue similar to the one in Exercise 4. List your favorite subjects, say how good you think you are at each of them, tell what profession you are going to choose, and say what you like to do after school. 7. Familiarize yourself with the new vocabulary. Listen to the speaker as you go over the dialogue. A. Listen to the recording and take notes. Kaydı dinleyin ve not alın. B. Put your pencils down. Kurşun kalemlerinizi bırakın. C. Write your answer on the blackboard. Cevabınızı kara tahtaya yazın. D. Open your textbooks. Ders kitaplarınızı açın. E. Raise your hand if you have a question. Sorunuz varsa, elinizi kaldırın. F. Write down your homework, please. Lütfen, ödevinizi yazın. 191

8. Pretend you are a teacher. Give directions for your students to follow. Use the expressions from Exercise 7. 9. Listen to the following questions and write down the answers that you hear. Check your answers with the answer key. 1. Okulda ne yaparsın? 2. Hangi sınıftasın? 3. Hangi dersleri çalışıyor sunuz? 4. Favori dersin hangisi? 5. İyi bir öğrenci misin? 10. Working with a partner, come up with similar dialogues using expressions from Exercise 9. 11. Working in small groups, describe the following pictures. Come up with ages for the students and the teacher, their names, the subjects they study/teach, what they re doing right now, what they are wearing, if they seem to like their class and their teacher, etc. 192

12. Listen to and read the following text about the student s schedule, and then answer the questions below. The new word busy is introduced in the text. Try to guess this and other new words from the context. Check your work with the answer key. Adım Yasemin Yılmaz. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi nde bir öğrenciyim. İngilizce bölümünde okuyorum. Tercüman olmak istiyorum. Benim yoğun bir programım var. Pazartesi, Çarşamba ve Cuma günleri sabah 8 de okula giderim. Okuldan sonra, öğlen 4 te işe giderim. Bir restoranda garson olarak çalışıyorum. İşten sonra gece 10 da eve giderim. Salı ve Perşembe günleri sabah 10 da okula giderim. Okuldan sonra öğlen 12 de kütüphaneye giderim. Kütüphanede öğleden sonra üç saat çalışırım. Ben ödevimi hafta sonlarında ve sabahları yaparım. A. What is the student s name? B. Where does she go to school? C. What does she study? D. What is her school schedule on Monday, Wednesday and Friday? E. What is her schedule on Tuesday and Thursday? F. What job does she have and when does she work? G. When does the student do homework? H. What does the student want to do after finishing school? 193

End-of-Lesson Tasks 1. Go over the text from Exercise 12 again. Tell the class about your schedule. Use the questions after the text as an outline for your story. 2. Look at the pictures and tell a story about what you see. Include the grade the students are in, the subjects they are studying, what the teacher is doing, what the students and teachers are wearing, etc. 194

3. Read the compare following texts and find the errors in the English translations. Make corrections so that the translation is accurate. Check your work with the answer key. 1. A. Adım Deniz Yaşar. Ben İzmir liyim, ama şimdi İstanbul da yaşıyorum. Ben altıncı sınıftayım. Ben birçok arkadaşa sahibim. Ben İngilizce den, okumaktan ve basketboldan hoşlanırım. B. My name is Deniz Yaşar. I m from İzmir, but now I live in İstanbul. I m in fifth grade. I have many friends. I like music, reading, and basketball. 2. A. Adım Aysun Tuncer. Ben Ankara lıyım, ama Adana da yaşıyorum. Ben matematik ve fen bilgisinden hoşlanıyorum. B. My name is Aysun Tuncer. I m from Antalya, but I live in Bursa. I like math and geography. 3. A. Adım Tuncay. Ben 8 (sekiz) Nisan 1989 (bin dokuz yüz seksen dokuz ) da doğdum.ben sekizinci sınıftayım. Ben müzik dersini, resim (sanat) ve fotoğrafçılıktan hoşlanıyorum. Ben bir sanatçı, bir doktor ya da bir fotoğrafçı olmak istiyorum. B. My name is Tuncay. I was born on August 4, 1989. I m in 9 th grade. I like music class and photography. I want to be a doctor, or a photographer. 195

Vocabulary List Art Basketball Biology Blackboard Busy Chair Chalk Chemistry Class College/University Computer Desk Elementary School English Grade High School History Homework Literature Math Middle School Music Notebook Pen Pencil Photography Reading Student Subject(s) Tape recorder Teacher To like To read To study To write Listen to the recording and take notes. Put your pencils down. Write your answer on the blackboard. Open your textbooks. Raise your hand! Write down your homework, please Sanat Basketbol Biyoloji Kara tahta Meşgul / yoğun Sandalye Tebeşir Kimya Sınıf Üniversite Bilgisayar Masa İlkokul İngilizce Sınıf Lise Tarih Ödev Edebiyat Matematik Ortaokul Müzik Defter Tükenmez kalem Kurşun kalem Fotoğrafçılık Okuma Öğrenci Ders(ler) Ses kayıt cihazı Öğretmen Hoşlanmak Okumak Çalışmak Yazmak Kaydı dinleyin ve not alın. Kurşun kalemlerinizi bırakın. Cevaplarınızı kara tahtaya yazın. Ders kitaplarınızı açın. Elinizi kaldırın! Lütfen, ödevinizi yazın. 196

ANSWER KEY Exercise 9 1. What do you do at school? I study many subjects. Birçok derse çalışırım. 2. What grade are you in? I am in 6 th grade. Altıncı sınıftayım. 3. What subjects are you studying? Math, Turkish, science, geography, and English. Matematik, Türkçe, fen bilgisi, coğrafya, ve İngilizce. 4. What is your favorite subject? Geography Coğrafya 5. Are you a good student? I m very good at chemistry, but I m bad at math. (Ben) kimyada çok iyiyim, ama matematikte kötüyüm. Exercise 12 A. What is the student s name? Her name is Yasemin Yılmaz. B. Where does she go to school? She goes to Bosphorus University. (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi in Turkish) C. What does she study? She studies English. D. What is her school schedule on Monday, Wednesday and Friday? She goes to school from 8:00am until 4:00pm. E. What is her schedule on Tuesday and Thursday? She goes to class at 10am then at 12:00 she goes to the library to study for three hours. F. What job does she have and when does she work? She works as a waitress in restaurant from 4:00 to 10:00pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. G. When does the student do homework? She does homework on weekends and in the mornings. H. What does the student want to do after finishing school? She wants to be an interpreter. 197

My name is Yasemin Yılmaz. I am a student at Bosphorus University (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi). I study English. I want to be an interpreter. I have a busy schedule. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I go to school at 8:00. After school, at 4:00pm, I go to work. I work at a restaurant as a waitress. After work, at 10 pm, I go home. On Tuesday and Thursday, I go to class at 10am. After school, at 12:00, I go to the library. I study at the library for three hours in the afternoon. I do my homework on the weekends and in the mornings. End of Lesson Exercise 3 Your English translation should be as follows. The bolded terms are the corrected errors. 1. My name is Deniz Yaşar. I m from İzmir, but now I live in İstanbul. I m in sixth grade. I have many friends. I like English, reading, and basketball. 2. My name is Aysun Tuncer. I m from Ankara, but I live in Adana. I like math and science. 3. A. My name is Tuncay. I was born on April 8, 1989. I m in 8 th grade. I like music class, art, and photography. I want to be an artist, doctor or a photographer. 198