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Beginning Turkmen Guide 6    previous guide | next guide

Learning Goals

• Memorization of the vocabulary in Topic 3, Competency 3
• Understanding of prepositions and imperative forms
• Review of the dialogues and their memorization in Topic 3, Competency 3
• Ability to recognize food, different types of fruits and vegetables, and expressions
• Memorization of the core vocabulary lists: Expressions, Prepositions, Vegetables, Fruit, Verbs Expressing What to Do, and Verbs for Cooking.

Getting Started

• Review all the dialogues in Topic 3 and memorize the new dialogue in Topic 3, Competency 3.
• Review the grammar notes in Topic 3.
• Identify the new vocabulary lists.

Practice Exercises

• Read, listen to and memorize the dialogue in Topic 3, Competency 3.
• Read, listen to and memorize the core vocabulary: Prepositions, Expressions, Vegetables, Fruit, Verbs to Expressing What you Do, and Cooking.
• Listen to and memorize the vocabulary in Topic 3, Competencies 3.
• Listen to the additional dialogue Dinner  (see transcript and translation).
• Memorize the dialogue.
• Listen to the additional dialogue Ingredients to Buy   (see transcript and translation).
• Memorize the dialogue.
• Listen to the additional dialogue Favorite Dishes   (see transcript and translation).
• Memorize the dialogue.
• Listen to the additional dialogue Bread   (see transcript and translation).
• Memorize the dialogue.
• Practice making new dialogues utilizing the vocabulary of the topic 3.

For Extra Practice

• Listen to the dialogue: At the Bazaar   (see transcript and translation).
• Try to understand the meaning of the dialogue and improvise one on your own.

Culture Capsule

• Turkmenistan in the Eyes of Americans:
  • Canning for Winter
  • Different Types of Food
  • Doing Laundry
  • Laundry is Not That Simple
  
  
• Turkmen Renkler

Conversation Session Preparation

• Be prepared to role play the dialogues .
• Be prepared to make requests and answer requests made by the conversation partner or classmates.
• Be prepared to talk about food and what you like to eat.
• Be prepared to use the vocabulary and grammatical concepts of Topic 3.
• Be prepared to make new dialogues.

Self-Assessment

• I have memorized the vocabulary in Topic 3 and core vocabulary lists in this module.
• I understand and can use the imperative form and the prepositions.
• I have memorized the dialogue in Topic 3, Competency 3.
• I can identify types of food, order food, refuse food, and talk about cooking.
• Submit self-assessment report as required by your course syllabus or program.

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