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Turkish Self Study Course A1 Beginner to Confident Speaking
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Turkish Self Study Course A1 Beginner to Confident Speaking

Learn A1 Beginner Turkish with Clear Grammar, Listening Practice, Dialogues, Shadowing & Real-Life Speaking Exercises
Created byZeynep B.
Last updated 6/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Speak A1 Turkish fluently without translating in your head
  • Follow spoken Turkish more easily by recognising speech patterns
  • Build listening skills to understand what you hear in Turkish
  • Respond to questions without thinking
  • Learn and retain crucial vocabulary for travel, locations, activities, time, family, daily routines & more
  • Fix gaps in fundamental knowledge to become more confident in Turkish
  • Lay a solid foundation to open up more Turkish structures to use in your daily life with friends and family

Course content

3 sections154 lectures16h 37m total length
  • DIALOGUE - GREETINGS 11:43
  • VOCABULARY - GREETINGS3:02

    Return to GREETINGS 1 dialogue after going over the vocabulary. It was your preview, not it's time to practice it properly, having seen the vocabulary.

  • BASICS12:51
  • DIALOGUE - GREETINGS 21:48
  • DIALOGUE - GREETINGS 31:49
  • VOCABULARY - PLURALS, SIMPLE SENTENCES0:53
  • PLURALS5:26
  • SIMPLE SENTENCES9:17
  • MORE SIMPLE SENTENCES6:14
  • PLURALS, SIMPLE SENTENCES
  • SIMPLE NEGATIVES6:38
  • SPEAKING DRILL2:36

    Listen to the questions and answer aloud using full sentences. There are some cues for you to use. Answer according to these. Pause the video if you need to until you feel comfortable with the speed.

  • VOCABULARY - LOCATIONS1:46
  • LOCATIONS12:48
  • LOCATIONS NEGATIVES5:02
  • MORE LOCATIONS6:35
  • LOCATIONS EXISTENCE9:31
  • HARMONY RECAP 110:32
  • SIMPLE NEGATIVES, LOCATIONS, EXISTANCE
  • VOCABULARY - WHAT'S IN TURKIYE?2:16
  • READING TOGETHER - WHAT'S IN TURKIYE?9:01
  • WHAT'S IN TURKIYE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • LISTENING - THIS HOUSE5:14
  • THIS HOUSE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • VOCABULARY - THE WEATHER IN ISTANBUL, WE ARE AT HOME TODAY0:53
  • READING TOGETHER - WEATHER IN ISTANBUL5:45
  • WEATHER IN ISTANBUL READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • DIALOGUE - AT THE RESTAURANT2:59
  • VOCABULARY - SIMPLE QUESTIONS1:24
  • SIMPLE QUESTIONS11:13
  • LOCATIONS QUESTIONS7:32
  • VOCABULARY - QUESTIONS WORDS, PERSONAL ENDINGS0:47
  • QUESTION WORDS9:26
  • QUESTION WORDS WITH LOCATIONS4:59
  • HARMONY RECAP 28:58
  • SPEAKING DRILL3:24

    Listen to the questions and answer aloud using full sentences. There are some cues for you to use. Answer according to these. Pause the video if you need to until you feel comfortable with the speed.

  • DIALOGUE - WEATHER3:39
  • DIALOGUE - AT THE CAFE2:55
  • DIALOGUE - AT THE RESTAURANT 23:17
  • PERSONAL ENDINGS9:26
  • MORE PERSONAL ENDINGS8:40
  • PERSONAL ENDINGS NEGATIVES5:16
  • PERSONAL ENDINGS QUESTIONS8:01
  • HARMONY RECAP 37:59
  • SIMPLE QUESTIONS, PERSONAL ENDINGS
  • READING TOGETHER - WE ARE AT HOME TODAY8:44
  • WE ARE AT HOME TODAY READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • LISTENING - A BEACH IN MARMARIS6:08
  • A BEACH IN MARMARIS COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • SPEAKING DRILL8:08

    Listen to the questions and answer aloud using full sentences. There are some cues for you to use. Answer according to these. Pause the video if you need to until you feel comfortable with the speed.

    'Siz' endings can be interpreted as polite speech or 'you plural'. Polite questions should still be answered in 'ben' endings.

    Answer at least 3 of these using 'biz' endings, as if the questions mean 'you plural'. This is better for practice.

  • VOCABULARY - CAPPADOCIA, WE ARE AT THE PARK1:13
  • LISTENING - CAPPADOCIA10:13
  • CAPPADOCIA COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • LISTENING - CITIES IN TURKIYE6:44
  • CITIES IN TURKIYE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
  • SHADOWING - WE ARE AT THE PARK6:03
  • DIALOGUE - WE ARE AT THE HOTEL4:14
  • Section 1 Assignment

Requirements

  • No knowledge in Turkish is needed. This course starts you from scratch.

Description

Whether you have already learned some Turkish but freeze in real-life, or you are a complete beginner, this course is built to make Turkish feel natural so you respond without doubting yourself. You will understand core patterns and recognise them when you hear people speaking in daily life. This way, you'll start being able to follow spoken Turkish more easily and express yourself using fundamental structures while traveling, meeting with friends or speaking to your relatives in Turkiye.

By completing this course, you:

  • Build a real, solid foundation to recognise fundamental patterns in speech and respond in real-time.

Through:

  • Structured listening to strengthen your comprehension skills in Turkish.

  • Speaking exercises with dialogues and shadowing, to build strong skills for real life situations. NO passive learning.

  • Systematically recycled words to anchor your core vocabulary.

  • Assignments where I give you feedback for your submissions and answer your questions in 2 days maximum.

  • Focused lectures for effective learning, NO time-wasting with useless vocabulary like giraffes and spiders. NO inflated course hours with 'study hours' being counted in.

    The  course structure guides you through the steps naturally with:
    - 62 Grammar lessons
    - 30 Listening and speaking activities
    - 34 Assignments and quizzes
    - 11 Focused text analyses
    - 30 Vocabulary lists

Who this course is for:

  • Learners who want to have strong listening and speaking skills in Turkish
  • Absolute beginners with no foundation in Turkish.
  • Learners who are looking to move to Turkiye
  • Learners who love Turkish fims and drama series
  • Foreigners who have a Turkish partner
  • People who have family in Turkiye