INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP0429	Persian III	Spring	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main goal of this course is to develop intermediate-level listening, reading, conversational, and compositional skills. The course is designed to help students recognize common knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral patterns of the Persian people, and to comply (verbally and nonverbally) with Persian cultural norms.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;
Listening: S/he will be able to comprehend familiar words and phrases about areas of immediate personal relevance.
Reading: S/he will be able to understand short texts. S/he will be able to find specific, predictable information in reading samples of different kind.
Spoken Interaction: S/he will be able to communicate in a talking about routine tasks requiring a direct and simple exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
Spoken Production: S/he will be able to use phases and sentences to provide descriptions of the immediate surrounding and information of familiar topics.
Writing: S/he will be able to write short compositions relating to the matters in area of immediate needs.

Course Content

Intermediate scope of Common European Framework of Reference; A2+ Language level requirements

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Greetings. Explanation of course content and procedure, syllabus. Practice of greetings and introducing yourselves to other classmates, asking questions and saying what is your major, what do you do, what are your hobbies, where do you live? Fundamental syntactical issues in Persian language covered basically in Persian I & II class and further.	Compiled Material
2)	Suffixed possessive pronouns or pronominal enclitics	Compiled Material
3)	Reflexive pronoun self and ezafe construction of self with independent pronouns	Compiled Material
4)	Comparative adjectives; superlative adjective	Compiled Material
5)	Infinitive forms in Persian, past and present stems List of most common Persian infinitives/verbs, with their stems; reading together in class and study them	Compiled Material
6)	Possessives, self, adjectives, past and present stems/tenses in class	Compiled Material
7)	Revision	Compiled Material
8)	Midterm Exam
9)	Present indicative in Persian and its varying meanings and expressions; two forms of verb ‘to be’ in Persian in the present and past tense	Compiled Material
10)	Specific marker of direct object in Persian; question words of quantity; word of counting a unit, item, piece, part etc; propositions in Persian & expressions using propositions	Compiled Material
11)	Interrogative formal and colloquial words/expressions Adverbial words/expressions of situation, time and location	Compiled Material
12)	The present perfect tense in Persian called ‘relational past’	Compiled Material
13)	The past perfect tense The present subjunctive The past progressive	Compiled Material
14)	Pronominal [possessive] suffixes or pronominal enclitics used with some common verbs Sensation words and verbs	Compiled Material

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Application	1	% 15
Quizzes	3	% 15
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Application	1	2	2
Study Hours Out of Class	14	1	14
Quizzes	3	6	18
Midterms	1	10	10
Final	1	10	10
Total Workload			96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Has theoretical and practical knowledge on management, business, trade, economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable development related to International Trade and Business and can use this information
2)	Can collect data from different sources in the global business world and successfully apply research techniques, use information and communication technologies.
3)	Can analyze opportunities and threats with strategic thinking skills by using different resources and channels in the ever-changing global business world.
4)	Can communicate orally and in writing with a good knowledge of English grammar.
5)	He / she can transfer the knowledge and skills he / she has acquired in the field to the relevant people in written and oral form and evaluate them critically.
6)	Adopts the principles of business ethics with the awareness of professional responsibility and can apply these principles within the framework of legal rules in the field of global trade and business.
7)	He / she can collaborate in and out of the field, take responsibility, respect cultural differences and have ethical values.
8)	Has sufficient awareness of social rights, justice, cultural values, environmental awareness, occupational health and safety.
9)	With the lifelong learning skill acquired, she/he can identify learning needs and improve herself/himself