Learning plan- and end of semester final comments

[Lejla Muhamedagic]

My primary goal for this semester was to learn more grammar and practice speaking with my TA. We used an intermediate book and throughout the semester we have covered about half of the book. I personally did not believe that we would be able to cover so much in such a short period of time. Last semester I learned basic grammar rules, but this semester I feel that we got much deeper into the grammar which made me more comfortable using the language and enable me to express myself more fluently. I am definitely happy with my progress and with how much I have accomplished this semester. During this semester, I read several Turkish books that Miss Hanife gave to me, which improved my vocabulary and also helped me pronounce words more clearly. I would read out loud in front of my TA and then she asked me some questions about what I read to see how much I could understand. This kind of activity helped me expand my vocabulary. We also played some games in Turkish but above all, I was assigned a lot of homework such as reading small paragraphs and summarizing them or writing about a topic of my choice. Also, every week we spent about half an hour speaking in Turkish. I would choose a topic, and then I would express my opinion about that topic in Turkish to the best of my ability. Also, every week I would have to read Turkish news, and pick an article and then me and Miss Hanife would discuss it. Such activities improved my Turkish and made me more comfortable speaking in Turkish. Comparing how much I know now to how little I knew in the beginning, I am really happy that I made so much progress and I am looking forward to improving my Turkish even more next semester.   

[Hanife Tasdemir]

Leyla, simdi okudum yazdigini, mutlu oldum, sen iyi bir ogrencisin :)

odevlere devam ;)

cok calis!