Turkish As a Foreign Language
General Description
Teaching Turkish as Foreign Language Master Program has being carried out at Education Sciences Institute within Turkish Education Science since 2016.
This program offers master’s degree when 120 ECTS credits are completed successfully and programme sufficiencies are provided.
Second Cycle
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Specific Admission Requirements
Students are accepted to Teaching Turkish as Foreign Language Master Program according to the conditions in 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6. clauses of 14. theme and 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. clauses of a, b, c, ç, d, 12. theme of 9/1 theme of “Uludağ University Postgraduate Education Regulations” published on 25th June 2014 date and 29041 number official newspaper. In order to apply master program candidates have to have graduated from Turkish Education(Teaching), School Teaching, Foreign Languages Education, Philology, Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting programs. Stıdents are accepted to master’s program with postgraduate entrance exam carried out according to Uludağ University Postgraduate Education and Exam Regulations. The education and thesis language of the program is Turkish.
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Specific arrangements for the recognition of prior learning
The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.
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Qualification Requirements and Regulations
Master bachelor’s degree is handed in to students having taken at least 28 credits course (120 ECTS) from this program or courses in other departments’ available programs related to this field and having completed all courses succesfully, having at least 70 grade point average on the scale of 100 and having presented thesis related to his/her topic field in front of chosen jury.
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Profile of The Programme
The aim of Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language Master’s Program is to train specialist person having information, skills, behaviour and experince for doing educational, instructional and advanced researches in this field, thinking critically, self-confident and having qualifications to pursue innovations related to his/her field nationally and internationally.
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Key Learning Outcomes & Classified & Comparative
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He/ she is informed current approaches about teaching foreign language, national and international scientific developments, current technology via current literature and can practise these in teaching Turkish as foreign language processes.
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He/she can make out between theories about teaching foreign language and language skills which are needed in real life.
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He/she increases educational information about teaching Turkish as foreign language.
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He/she can use theoretical and practical information which he/she gets in speciality level.
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He/she can comprehend interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related to.
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He/ she can interpret information which he/she gets in his/her field by combining information coming from different discipline fields and produce new information.
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He/she can produce solutions for issues requiring speciality in social science field by using qualitative and quantitative scientific research methods, practise, study independently and take responsibility.
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He/she can improve new approaches for unpredictable complicated cases, design methods and do teamwork.
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He/she can share his/her information and findings in oral or written form in national and international meetings about teaching Turkish as foreign language, come up for discussion.
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He/she knows teaching programmes related to his/her field and assessment and evaluation methods being used and practises.
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Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
Graduates can be employed as researcher, specialist teacher and consultant in public or private institutions or establishments
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Access to Further Studies
Upon successful completion of post graduate degree candidate can continue to his/her education in postgraduate program in Educational Science Institutions or postgraduate programme connected to this field if s/he has prevenient conditions.
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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
Master
For a student to enroll to lessons at the beginning of semester and to enter final exams he must have joined 70 percent of lessons. Students have at least one final exam. All exams are assessed according to 100 score. A student must get at least 70 score from final exam. Students that get AA; BA; CB; and CC letter scores from any lesson are accepted to be successful at that lesson.
Doctorate
For a student to enroll to lessons at the beginning of semester and to enter final exams he must have joined 70 percent of lessons. Students have at least one final exam. All exams are assessed according to 100 score. A student must get at least 70 score from final exam. Students that get AA; BA; CB; and CC letter scores from any lesson are accepted to be successful at that lesson.
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Graduation Requirements
To complete program successfully all courses available on the program must be completed (120 ECTS) the minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0/4.0 and master’s thesis must be approved by being defended.
Full-Time
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Address and Contact Details
Ana Bilim Dalı Başkanı: Prof. Dr. Seçil ŞENYURT
secilalkis@uludag.edu.tr
Bologna Degˆis¸imi Programı Koordinato¨rü: Doç. Dr. Mustafa ULUOCAK
muluocak@uludag.edu.tr
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü Görükle Kampüsü 16059 Nilüfer / BURSA
Turkish Education Department, carry on its education and teaching activities with a total of 15 scholar, 3 professors, 7 assoc. prof, 1 assistant professor and 4 RA. Additionally, department’s teaching personnel contribute to the education of other departments by entering lessons which is within their academic field. Teaching personnel, in addition to their lecturing, conduct primarily post graduate studies and other activities such as research and projects.
| 1. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| YTO5101 |
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND RESEARCH ETHICS |
Compulsory |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5175 |
THESIS CONSULTING I |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| YTO5181 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MA THESIS I |
Compulsory |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
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18 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 2. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| YTO5102 |
GRAMMAR PRACTICES IN TEACHING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Compulsory |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5172 |
SEMINAR |
Compulsory |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| YTO5176 |
THESIS CONSULTING II |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| YTO5182 |
M.A. SPECIALISED FIELD COURSE II |
Compulsory |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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18 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 3. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| YTO5183 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MSC THESIS III |
Compulsory |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| YTO5193 |
THESIS CONSULTING III |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 4. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| YTO5184 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MSC THESIS IV |
Compulsory |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| YTO5194 |
THESIS CONSULTANTS IV |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 1. Semester Optional Courses |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| YTO5103 |
TEACHING TURKISH GRAMMAR AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5105 |
TEXT SELECTION IN TEACHING TURKISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5107 |
APPROACHES, METHODS AND TECNIQUES OF TEACHING TURKISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5111 |
COMPREHENSION SKILLS IN TURKISH TEACHING AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5113 |
TRANSFER OF CULTURE IN TURKISH TEACHING AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5115 |
HISTORY OF TEACHING TURKISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5123 |
CONSTRUCT THE CONTEXT BASED DICTIONARY |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| 2. Semester Optional Courses |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| YTO5104 |
THEORIES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5106 |
FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS IN TEACHING TURKISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5108 |
TURKISH TEACHING FOR FOREIGNERS WITH SAMPLE TEXTS |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5112 |
EXPLAINING SKILLS IN TURKISH TEACHING AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5114 |
TURKISH TEACHING FOR FOREIGNERS WITH EXAMPLES OF TURKISH FOLK LITERATURE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5116 |
ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5124 |
TEACHING VOCABULARY IN TEACHING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5126 |
TECHNIQUES OF QUALIFICATION FOR QUESTIONS FOR FOREIGNER LEARNERS |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| YTO5128 |
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS |
Optional |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
