LOKMAN HEKİM UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE TEACHING, APPLICATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
TEACHING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
Lokman Hekim University Language Teaching, Application and Research Center is active in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. The aim of our institution is to conduct academic studies in the field of teaching Turkish to foreigners, to transform these studies into practice, and thus to play an active role in the effective teaching of Turkish in our country and abroad. The principles and methods of teaching Turkish to foreigners of Lokman Hekim University Language Teaching, Application and Research Center are stated below: The Language Teaching, Application and Research Center is based on a teaching approach that aims to transform language skills into practice. In our center, programs supported by reading, listening from comprehension skills; writing, speaking and grammar competencies from expression skills will be implemented. At Lokman Hekim University Language Teaching, Application and Research Center, programs will be created by taking into account the basic life areas of a language. In the creation and implementation of the programs, the basic competencies and achievements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages will be taken as basis. In order to evaluate the development of language learners, the European Language Portfolio, which is a development file in European criteria, will be taken as basis. The course materials used in the program will be in a spiral order from simple to complex, from general to specific, from concrete to abstract, based on the basic principles of education, and will include themes that are associated with daily life. Thus, the vocabulary of the language will be taught to students efficiently within the program. At Lokman Hekim University Language Teaching, Application and Research Center, students will be subjected to exams every month. Level classes will be formed according to the results of these exams. Transitions between level classes can be made according to monthly exam results. At Lokman Hekim University Language Teaching, Application and Research Center, courses in language teaching will be held in technological educational environments. In the center, lessons will be held with enriched course materials in classrooms specially prepared for international students. At Lokman Hekim University Language Teaching, Application and Research Center, a special preparation program will be implemented for the Foreign Student Exam (YÖS) and the Turkish Republics and Turkish and Related Communities Exam (TCS), which are applied for international students in our country. Students who come to our Center to prepare for these exams will be taken to specially created classes for about eight months and will follow a curriculum suitable for these exams. In addition to Turkish, courses in General Aptitude, Mathematics, Science and Social Sciences will be organized for these students.
