Language Education-Training Application and Research Center

Hello, my name is Canan Beşli. I am the Director of Language Education Center at Sakarya University of Applied Sciences Sakarya. Established on April 29, 2019, SADEM (Language Education & Training, Application and Research Center) is a language education center that aims to teach Turkish at home and abroad and promote Turkish culture. In addition to providing an academic language education, SADEM, which carries out various studies on language education, also carries out joint studies with relevant institutions and organizations. Incorporating students from 72 different countries, SADEM is the window of Sakarya University of Applied Sciences to the world. Our guest students, who come to our country within the framework of the European Language Portfolio and learn Turkish, continue their education life successfully by continuing their associate or undergraduate education after their language education at SADEM. Language teaching at SADEM is carried out in classes of 16-22 people. Language teaching is based on the European Language Portfolio. Our classes are named according to language levels such as A1, A2, B1, B2 and C1. Teaching activities are supported by technological tools such as computers, reflectors and sound systems in every classroom. SADEM helps not only university students, but also everyone who wants to learn a language. Level exams are held every 6 weeks at SADEM according to language levels. Students who are successful in these exams can continue to the next level. In addition to language teaching, various social and cultural activities aimed for introducing Turkish culture to our students are also held. SADEM uses virtual reality in teaching Turkish, which is an application that is used in Turkey for the first time. Our guest students can enter social environments such as cafes, markets, bazaars, markets, hospitals that increase social interaction by wearing 3D glasses with the facilities provided here, and they can perform language interaction there. This application motivates students to engage in an active learning activity by increasing social interaction. By using virtual reality in learning environments, students both learn faster and have the opportunity to reconcile what they have learned with real life. Aiming to realize language teaching with a professional understanding, SADEM provides language learning opportunities to its students with the best opportunities by keeping up with the speed of technological developments. We invite our guest students from different countries of the world who applied to our university to SADEM to learn Turkish. We will be happy if you join us.