TURKISH-101

ELEMENTARY TURKISH

Offered Fall 2026
AMES · Taught by Havlioglu, Didem · Last offered Fall 2024
Term

Overview

Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.

DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment10–10
Semesters of data1
2.4
Hrs / week
5
Responses
10
Enrollment
50%
Response Rate

Evaluation Scores

Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.8
12345
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
5.0
12345
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.8
12345
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.4
12345

Feedback Analysis

Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 17 comments across 1 sections

Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.

Student Reports
How hard is the A?
More reachable A
Student comments make the grading bar sound relatively reachable. This reads more like a course where steady work is rewarded than one where students describe the A as unusually hard to land.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective.
Watch out for
• Most of the signal comes from a limited sample, so be careful about over-generalizing.
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.

Student Responses

I learned basic vocabulary and conjugation in Turkish. I also learned about Turkish culture.
Fall 2024 · Havlioglu, Didem
Conjugating in turkish, present continuous Learning numerous word-ending patterns Learned common every day vocabulary
Fall 2024 · Havlioglu, Didem
I learned how to form basic sentences in turkish, learned how to describe my age, origin, and whereabouts, as well as my families. I learned how to conjugate nouns and verbs in 6 different tenses .
Fall 2024 · Havlioglu, Didem
Learned Turkish grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing and speaking skills.
Fall 2024 · Havlioglu, Didem
I gained a foundation in Turkish spoken language, written language, and basic concepts such as numbers and colors.
Fall 2024 · Havlioglu, Didem

Rating History

Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
TermInstructorOverallDifficultyHrs/wkEnrolled
Fall 2024Havlioglu, Didem4.82.42.410

Instructor

Havlioglu, DidemAMES
Also teaches
AMES-180FS HEROES AND VILLAINS3.3TURKISH-102 ELEMENTARY TURKISH4.7TURKISH-204 INTERMEDIATE TURKISHTURKISH-305 TURKISH POPULAR CULTURE5.0