Learnıng Goals

At the end of this unit, students will be able to:

• Talk about the relationship between food and culture in Turkey.
• Discuss tea drinking habits and trends in Turkey and compare these habits and trends to those in their own culture.
• Discuss the relationship of food and geography (vs. nationality) as well as that of food and culture.
• Form sentences using the aorist to convey a variety of functions (predictions, promises, requests, etc.).
• Discuss foods that have religious meanings/connotations in Turkey.
• Discuss the effects of religions, beliefs, and traditions on diets/ food.
• Analyze proverbs and sayings that have to do with food and identify the contexts in which they may be used.
• Write a comparative essay about attitudes towards food.
• Write up and present a Turkish recipe.