Turkish Sign Language Training

The Turkish Sign Language education offered at Atlas University Continuing Education Center is a program that reinforces the mission and social responsibility awareness of the University. With this education, it is aimed to raise individuals who serve society. Sign language education is seen as an important tool in achieving this goal. By learning sign language, students become more useful individuals to the Deaf community.

Pre-Application
General Information

Today, communication has become one of the most important elements of social unity and understanding. However, this communication cannot always be achieved through vocal and verbal means. Sign language is a powerful communication tool that allows hearing impaired individuals to connect with society and express their thoughts and feelings. Learning this language helps hearing impaired individuals integrate more into society and reduces the obstacles they face in their daily lives.


Program Content

WEEK 1

1. Deaf Culture and Disabled Society

2. The ABC's

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction of Letters

2. Hand and Finger Shapes in Writing Letters

3. Writing the Letters in the Turkish Alphabet According to TİD

4. Finger Forms

5. Function of Mimics

6. One and Two Handed Use

7. Follow the Spelling Rules

8. Write Words at Appropriate Speed

9. Hand-Body Harmony Facial Expression-Message Harmony

10. Mouth Gestures


3. Introduction Terms

1. Subjects and Pronouns

2. Introduce yourself

3. Knowing the other person

4. Hobbies and Interests

5. Friendships and Social Relationships

• Saying thank you

• Request

• Apologize

4. Family

1. Family Members

2. Nuclear family

3. Extended family

4. Family Concepts

5. Roles within the family (parents, children)

6. Simple dialogues about family members

7. Grammar


WEEK 2

Time and Time Zones

Days 1

2. Months

3. Seasons

4. Time Zones

5. Concepts of time

6. Present Tense

7. Past Tense

8. Future Tense

9. Present Simple Tense

10. Making sentences with time concepts and simple dialogues

11. Practical conversation dialogues

12. Grammar

• Questions and Answers About Time

• Asking the time (What time is it? What day is today?)

• Talking about plans (When will we meet? What will you do next week?)

• Daily Conversations About Time

• Appointment and planning

• Daily routines and habits

• Talking about the past and the future

Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Numerical Adjectives

2. Interrogative Adjectives

3. Descriptive Adjectives

4. Descriptive Adjectives

Envelopes

1. Adverbs of Place Direction

2. Adverbs of Time

3. Adverbs of State

4. Question Adverbs

5. Grammar

Adjectives

1. Basic Adjectives

o Colors (red, blue, yellow)

o Dimensions (large, small, long, short)

o Shapes (round, square, triangle)

2. Emotional Adjectives

o Happy, sad, angry

o Scared, surprised, excited

3. Physical Adjectives

o Beautiful, ugly

o Young, old

o Strong, weak

4. Adjectives That Denote Quality

o Fast, slow

o Smart, intelligent, stupid

o Clean, dirty

5. Use of Adjectives

o Make sentences by combining nouns and adjectives

o Comparing (bigger, fastest)

Envelopes

1. Adverbs of Time

o Now, then, before

o Immediately, soon, often

2. Adverbs of Place

o Here, there, near, far

o Inside, outside, above, below

3. Adverbs of State

o Good, bad, carefully

o Quickly, slowly, silently

4. Quantity Envelopes

o Much, little, enough

o Completely, partially, not at all

5. Adverbs of Frequency

o Always, usually, sometimes

o Rarely, never

6. Use of Adverbs

o Make sentences by combining verbs and adverbs

o Determining the place of adverbs in a sentence


WEEK 3

1. Antonyms

2. Numbers

3. Combining Numbers

4. Date display

5. Grammar

6. Making sentences with antonyms

7. Creating dialogues with antonyms used in daily life

8. Amounts of money

9. Numbers used in shopping


WEEK 4

1. Emotions

2. Use of Suffix in TİD

3. Making Sentences

4. Sentence Structure

5. Making Sentences According to TİD Features

6. Using Suffixes and Time in TİD Sentences

7. Colors

8. Primary colors

9. Intermediate colors

10. Grammar


WEEK 5

1. Verbs

2. Simple Verbs

3. Compound Verbs

4. Differences in Meaning in the Same Signs

5. Hand and Body Movements Appropriate to the Sentence

6. Sentence making and simple dialogues

7. Practical conversation dialogues

8. Grammar


WEEK 6

1. School and Education Signs

2. Lessons

3. Educational Tools

4. Dimensions

5. Traffic and environment

6. Vehicles

7. Animals

8. Plants


WEEK 7

1. Professions

2. Sentence making and dialogues

3. Sports branches

4. Geographical Indications

5. Making Sentences with Grammar


WEEK 8

1. CONVERSATION

1. Understanding Signs in Conversation with TİD

2. Using Appropriate Signs in Conversation with TİD

3. Using grammar

• Homework

• Social Activities

Who Should Attend

Anyone who wants to learn sign language can participate

Education time

8 weeks

Start Date: December 14, 2024

End Date: February 2, 2025

Saturday, Sunday

At 09.00 – 13.00

Aim of the Program

Overcoming Communication Barriers:

Sign language is the main means of communication for hearing impaired individuals. By learning sign language, you can communicate more easily with hearing impaired people, understand them and strengthen emotional bonds. Sign language facilitates hearing impaired people's interaction with the world and provides them with an equal communication environment.


Social Inclusion:

Learning sign language is an important step in creating a more inclusive society. Hearing impaired individuals have equal rights with hearing individuals. By learning Sign Language, you can have the opportunity to communicate with people from all walks of life and create an understanding environment. Job Opportunities: Sign language increases the employability of hearing impaired individuals. People who know sign language can communicate better with hearing impaired employees and support you with new job opportunities. This means benefiting from more job opportunities and collaboration in the business world.


Exploring Cultural Richness:

Sign language is an area of ​​cultural heritage of deaf communities. By learning the language, you open a window to understand and appreciate their traditions, values ​​and arts. This is an important step towards cultural diversity and ownership of human wealth. Developing Empathy and Understanding: Learning sign language develops empathy and understanding. Learning sign language increases emotional connections and provides a more inclusive perspective to better understand the experiences of deaf people.

Bank and Payment Information

You can use the following methods when making payment for Istanbul Atlas University Continuing Education Center trainings;

A-PAYMENT VIA BANK

1. By EFT or Money Order to the bank account we have an agreement with, by stating the "Education Name" and "Name Surname" information in the description section.

ACCOUNT NAMEACCOUNT NUMBERBRANCH IBAN
İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi İktisadi 24807093Ümraniye Şubesi (248)TLTR15 0006 7010 0000 0024 8070 93
B-PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD

1. You can make payment by credit card at the Financial Affairs unit.
Certification

At the end of the training, participants will be given an Atlas University certificate.

Educators

Ceren Ay

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