Program Information

The aim of Preparatory School is to develop students’ foreign language proficiency, which they will need in their academic and professional lives. By supporting reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through a holistic approach, the program prepares students for an effective learning experience in their undergraduate studies. The program adopts a student-centered, communicative, and academically-focused approach to language teaching.

This program does not confer an academic degree. The foreign language lessons offered by the School of Foreign Languages are supportive and complementary educational activities designed to help students acquire the foreign language and academic language skills necessary to successfully pursue their undergraduate programs.

Enrollment in the Foreign Languages Preparatory Unit takes place alongside students’ university registration. Continuation in the preparatory program is determined in accordance with relevant regulations and the decisions of the university senate. Students’ language levels are assessed through foreign language proficiency exams administered at the beginning of the academic year.

In the preparatory programs offered by the Foreign Languages Unit, students must reach the foreign language proficiency level determined by the university and successfully complete the assessment and evaluation processes. Students who pass the proficiency exam or meet the in-year success criteria earn the right to proceed to their undergraduate programs. In the General English and Academic English courses integrated into undergraduate programs, students are expected to meet the success requirements of the respective courses and pass according to the course evaluation criteria. These courses are considered part of the mandatory or elective courses that directly contribute to undergraduate graduation.

Students who achieve the minimum scores set by the university senate on national and international foreign language exams recognized by the Higher Education Council (YÖK) may be exempted from the Foreign Languages Preparatory Program in accordance with relevant regulations. The principles regarding the recognition of prior learning are applied in line with the university’s relevant guidelines.

The preparatory program offered by the Foreign Languages Unit consists of courses structured according to students’ foreign language proficiency levels. The program includes courses aimed at developing reading, writing, listening, speaking, and academic language skills. Weekly course hours and their corresponding ECTS credits are determined by the university senate. The General English and Academic English courses offered as part of undergraduate programs are planned in accordance with the curricula of the relevant departments. Weekly course hours and ECTS credits for these courses are specified in the course plans of the respective programs and are implemented with the approval of the university senate.

Students who successfully complete the program will be able to: • Communicate in the target language at both basic and academic levels, • Understand academic texts and use written and oral expression skills, • Possess the foreign language proficiency required to follow undergraduate-level courses.

Although the preparatory program and the General and Academic English courses integrated into undergraduate programs do not provide a degree directly aimed at employment, they help students use a foreign language effectively in their professional lives and in international academic environments after graduation.

Students who successfully complete the preparatory program continue with their enrolled undergraduate programs.

Face-to-face education.

The assessment and evaluation process includes midterm exams, speaking and writing performance tasks, portfolio work, and proficiency exams. This process aims to measure students’ language skills in a comprehensive and multifaceted way.

The program employs communicative language teaching, task-based learning, blended learning, and student-centered teaching methods. Technology-supported materials and interactive applications are used in the courses.