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Ashgabat: Peace Corps in Turkmenistan, 1993. — 178 p.
This manual of the standard Turkmen language is intended to facilitate the acquisition of basic language skills that Peace Corps volunteers will need to enrich their tour in Turkmenistan. Conceivably, its materials may be used in conjunction with a textbook for teaching Turkmen at the university level. Mr. Tyson and Professor Clark of the Department Central & Eurasian Studies at Indiana University collaborated on and share responsibility for both the Turkmen and the English portions of the text. At the same time the authors wish to acknowledge their gratitude for the assistance of other individuals.
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Turkmen Language Competencies for
Peace Corps in
Turkmenistan
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Acknowledgments This book is one of three Peace Corps language texts prepared under the supervision of Nancy Clair in early 1993. It is hoped that this draft will be helpfil in the initial language training for Volunteers in Turkmenistan. M9st language text books take years to complete; this text was planned, written, and printed in less than four months. Working both in the U.S. and in Turkmenistan, the authors have gone to great lengths to provide authentic language and as much useful explanatory material as possible. The book will certainly benefit from revisions, additions, and improvements in subsequent editions, but we are proud to have this volume ready for use by the first group of PCVs to serve in Turkmenistan. It is the result of work not only by the author, but also by Nancy Clair and staff at Peace Corps Washington headquarters, especially Toni Borge and Janet Paz Castillo, Training Officers for the Eurasia/Middle East Region, which initiated the textbook project. I have been responsible for editing the English prose and providing technical support.
Douglas F. Gilzow
Language Training Specialist Office of Training and Program Support
July 1993
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Author's Preface Table of Contents A Brief Introduction to the Turkmen Language
Topic 1.
2. 3. 4.
1:
Personal
Identification
To express initial greetings To identify and introduce oneself To ask and respond about well-being To say goodbye
Topic 2: Conversations with Hosts 1.
2. 3. 4.
To ask and answer personal information questions To exchange information about families To make a polite request for privacy To express gratitude
Topic 3: Food 1.
2. 3.
To identify types of food To order food at a restaurant To refuse food or drink politely
Topic 4: 1.
2.
To find means of transportation and destination To purchase a train ticket with local currency
Topic 5: 1.
2.
Transportation
Directions
To ask for and give locations of buildings To express lack of understanding of directions
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Topic 6: Shopping 1.
2. 3.
To ask for items, prices and quantities To bargain for items To shop at a stag: store
Topic 7:
Communications
1.
To mail a letter or parcel
2. 3. 4.
To get one's party on the line To leave a phone message
To order and make an international phone call
Topic 8: Medical 1.
2.
To ask and respond to questions about illness To report an emergency
Topic 9: 1.
2. 3.
4.
Social Situations
To converse about the weather To invite and respond to invitations To give and respond to compliments To describe one's emotional state
Topic 10: At the Workplace 1.
2. 3.
4.