August 12, 2011 A DEEP APPROACH® TO TURKISH SUGGESTION CARD FOR SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING CARD NUMBER: 13 TÜRKÇE VE AZERİ ARASINDA KÖPRÜLER KURMAK - BRIDGING TURKISH WITH AZERBAIJANI THEME: MUSIC AND MUSICIANS – AZERI FOLKLORE IN THE 20th CENTURY/ MÜZİK VE MÜZİSYENLER- 20. YÜZYILDA AZERİ GELENEKLERİ LEVEL: Advanced EDUCATIVE PROJECTS: Project 1: Explore Azerbaijan Project 2: Analyze poetic imagery Project 3: The Life of a 20th century Aşıq Module developed by Anna C. Oldfield Azәrbaycan xalq aşığı LANGUAGE STANDARDS BEING Connections (3.1): Reinforce and further their DEVELOPED (See ACTFL 5Cs Standards) knowledge of cultural and historical studies Communication (1.1): Engage in through the foreign language conversations, provide and obtain information, Connections (3.2): Acquire information and express feelings and emotions, and exchange recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are opinions about topics relating to Azerbaijani only available through the Azerbaijani history and culture. language and its cultures Communication (1.2): Understand and Comparisons (4.2): Demonstrate interpret written and spoken Azerbaijani on a understanding of the concept of culture variety of topics, including Azerbaijani history, through comparisons of the Azerbaijani culture, and life in the 20th century. culture and their own. Communication (1.3): Present information, Communities (5.1): Use the Azerbaijani and concepts, and ideas to an audience of Turkish language both within and beyond the listeners or readers on a variety of topics, school setting including Azerbaijani history, culture, and life Communities (5.2): Show evidence of in the 20th century. becoming life-long learners by using the Cultures (2.1): Demonstrate an Azerbaijani language for personal enjoyment understanding of the relationship between the and enrichment. practices and perspectives of Azerbaijani culture Exploring Texts Videos Azerbaijan Biographies of Azerbaijani 3 Asıq Internet Resources male and female Songs - Language Music asıqs Culture MIND MAP Discussion Culture Identity Figurative Language Decoding Metaphor Simili Idiom Word roots grammar Gender Folklore Colorful Language comparison, context Essay Writing on Folklore & Identity Create songs using figurative language http://deepapproach.wceruw.org/index.html 1 MATERIALS USED IN THE MODULE Text 3 – Dilә Düstü Main videos: Text 4 – Dağlar Video 1 – Aşıq Gülarә Azaflı Text 5 – Aşıq Әhmәdin hәyat vә yaradıcilıq Video 2 – Aşıq Zülfiyyә İbadova yolu Video 3 – Aşıq Kәmәlә Qubadlı Additional text: Appendix VI- Transcription Video 4 – Aşıq Telli Borçalı of Kiçik Әhmәd – Dastan Video 5 – Aşıq Әhmәd PDFs – Introduction to Azerbaijani Azerbaijani Verbs Additional video: Kiçik Әhmәd – Dastan Ashiq Ehmed Yaradıcığı Texts: Text 1 – Azәrbaycan PowerPoint – Azәrbaycana Xoş Gelmişsiniz Text 2 – Yandım Allah 1) CONTEXT Did you know that with your knowledge of opportunity to expand your knowledge of the Turkish you can understand, read, and be greater Turkic world by exploring Azerbaijan’s understood by speakers of many closely traditional musical/poetic folklore and its related languages such as Azerbaijani and relation to history. You will find that you can Turkmen? Not only that, but your Turkish use your knowledge of Turkish to understand language skills can give you a strong basis to Azerbaijani as you watch, listen and read study other more distantly related Turkic authentic language sources. You will have an languages such as Uzbek, Kazakh, and opportunity to read an introduction to Uigher. The more you study Turkish, the more Azerbaijan’s geography and history, which will your possibilities to explore the Turkic world familiarize you with the country and begin your are opened. In this module you will use your immersion in the language. You will also have Turkish language skills to explore the opportunities to discuss, write, and present in Azerbaijan language and learn about some Turkish as you listen to Azerbaijani music, important aspects of Azerbaijani history and work with poetic language, and consider the culture. story of an Azerbaijani aşıq whose life spanned many major events of the 20th Azerbaijani is a Western Turkic language century. As a follow-up to these activities you spoken in the mountains of the Caucasus and can engage in further research related to along the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijani is spoken Azerbaijani language and culture and explore by about 31 million people in the Republic of related musical traditions of the Turkic world. Azerbaijan (which was a republic of the Soviet Union from 1921-1991) and in Northern Iran This module is an introduction to Azerbaijani (where Azeris make up Iran’s largest ethnic for students of Turkish. It is not a minority). There are also sizable Azeri comprehensive guide to the language and its Diaspora communities in Turkey, Iraq, grammar, but is meant to give learners of Georgia, Russia, Europe, and the United Turkish a taste of Azerbaijani culture. States. If you are not very familiar with Azerbaijani is not Turkish – you will see many Azerbaijan, you might want to watch the differences! But because the languages are PowerPoint “Azәrbaycan – Odlar Yurdu” to close you will be able to explore it by using begin your journey to the Caucasus. your Turkish skills. If you are interested in learning Azerbaijani further, please see the This module about 20th century Azerbaijani follow up resources at the end of the module. aşıq bards (epic singers) will give you an http://deepapproach.wceruw.org/index.html 2 SPACE AND TIME Azeri Aşık Geleneği 15'inci yüzyılda ortaya çıkan Azeri aşık Sovyet zamanında karşılaştığı Rus dil ve geleneği, Azerbaycan'ın Orta Asya Türklerinin kültürünün hakimiyetinde, Azeri dil ve destansı Sufi geleneği ve Kafkas müzik kültürünün muhafaza edilmesinde buyuk rol folkloruyla harmanlanmış kimlik oluşumunun oynadı. yansımasıdır. Bu destan anlatımı ve şarkı söyleme üslubu aşık diye adlandırdığımız Aşık geleneği, kendilerinin Tanrıdan ilham gezici müzisyenler tarafından yaylı sazları ile aldığını hisseden kadın ve erkek müzisyenler yapılmaktadır (Türk sazına benzer ama ayni tarafından icra edilir. aşıklar sadece nesilden zamanda bağlama da denilebilir). Türk aşık nesle geçerek aktarılmış destan ve şarkıları üslubu Osmanlıdaki koşullar altında oluşmuş icra etmezler, ayni anda bulundukları zamana gelenekler ile yakından alakalıdır. Türk ve karşılık gelebilecek yeni şarkılarını sözlü Azeri aşıklar genellikle birbirleriyle sözlü atışmalarını geliştirerek yaratırlar. Bu suretle atışma müsabakaları için çok sık seyahat kendilerine geleneksel hikaye anlatıcı ederler(Türkçe “atışma,” Azerbaycanca müzisyen rolü dışında sosyal ve politik “deyisme”). Aşık geleneği Azerbaycan'ın commendator rolünüde verirler. The Azerbaijani aşıq tradition developed in the 15th century and reflects the complex identity formation of Azerbaijan, which merges Central Asian Shamanic traditions with Islamic mysticism and Caucasian musical folklore. This epic telling and singing genre is performed by travelling musicians called by the title “Aşıq” who play on a stringed lute called a saz (similar to but not the same as the Turkish saz, also called the bağlama). The Turkish aşık genre is a closely related tradition that developed in the Ottoman context. Turkish aşıks and Azerbaijani aşıqs often travel to compete with each other in verbal duelling contests (Turkish atışma, Azeri deyişmә). The aşıq tradition was a major vehicle through which Azerbaijan language and culture were preserved in the Soviet Period when Russian language and culture were dominant. The aşıq tradition is performed by male and female musicians who feel they are called to the art by God. Aşıqs perform many traditional epics and songs passed down for 100s of years, but they also are expected to create new songs in reaction to their present time, and to be able to improvise in verbal duels. Thus they have the role of social and political commentators as well as traditional musicians and carriers of traditional oral narrative. Tәlәbәlәr saz dersdә http://deepapproach.wceruw.org/index.html 3 Three projects are suggested for this module. Project 1: Explore Azerbaijan (familiarize yourself with the land and its history) Project 2: Analyze poetic imagery and figurative language in Azerbaijani music Project 3: Digging into the life of a 20th century Aşıq (see how poetry and history merge in one folk artist’s life) PROJECT 1: EXPLORE AZERBAIJAN TABLE 1 INSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZERS and EMBEDMENT MAP Bridging Turkish and Azerbaijani ACCESS VOICE INTERPRET ANALYZE PRESENT INTERACT READ/WATCH/LISTEN FOCUS ON LANGUAGE WRITE/SPEAK/RECO EXCHANGE AND ACT Read the text on RD Azerbaijan and Compare the Discuss the language various sources for vocabulary and Write a country of the text. a country Azerbaijani script and introduction. Discuss the content of introduction. sound system; Present the country the text history. Watch the video. explore Azerbaijani introduction orally. Discuss your verb tenses. presentations. ACTION: Write an essay, THEME: OPERATIONS: present it and Introduction to discuss it. Adjust to a new script and sound Azerbaijan. system and its verb tenses. GUIDELINES A. Neler yapacagim? Working with the text 1. Comprehension: Read the text through. As an individual or in a group, consider the following questions: -How much can I understand the text? What elements are the same or different from Turkish? Make a list of elements that are the same, and elements that are different. Share your list with the other groups, if applicable. -Review