Course Program

Courses are held as courses for general purpose and courses for specific purpose.
Courses for general purpose are divided into two categories as regular courses and intensive courses.

Intensive courses are held 5 hours per day, 25 hours per week, and last 5 weeks, which makes 120 hours in total.
Or alternatively, they are held 5 hours per day, 20 hours per week, and last 6 weeks, which makes 120 hours in total again.
Students of regular courses receive 120 hours of instruction during a period of two months.

According to criteria defined in the Common European Framework of Reference, courses are taught at five basic levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1) from beginner to advanced.
Turkish universities generally require minimum B2 level for undergraduate admissions and minimum C1 level for graduate admissions. 
Instruction of 5 levels lasts 10 months.

Courses for specific purpose are mainly tailored according to C2 level, and based on the improvement of various language skills such as;

• Diction and Rhetoric
• Speed-Reading
• Academic Writing
• Translation
• Speaking
• Turkish Literature
• Reading Literary Works

Teaching Materials Used at ISU-TURKMER;

• Course books that are designed to teach Turkish as a foreign language, published by different academic units and institutions.
• Daily newspapers that are published in Turkey
• Turkish films
• Course materials produced by instructors
• Turkish music, poems and audio articles