Preparatory Class

Hello, I am Sezen Arslan, I am a lecturer, assistant principal, and head of the department at the School of Foreign Languages at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. Our department consists of two basic units. The first is the Preparatory unit, the second is the modern languages unit. We serve as compulsory preparation and optional preparation in the preparation unit. In modern languages, we offer Grade 1 courses. In the 1st year, our students have foreign language 1 and foreign language 2 courses and we also provide professional English courses. Basic English, reading and writing, speaking and listening grammar courses are given in the preparatory unit. In the first year, foreign language 1 and foreign language 2 courses are given. We have a TUBITAK project in December, which will be a nationwide project. It's about learning English in a dialogically. At the same time, we have a language activity called language matching in our TÖMER unit with students from foreign countries. Within the scope of this event, students from foreign countries and our students in Turkey talk to each other in different languages, make plans and participate in activities. We constantly emphasize the importance of English to our students and the importance of knowing English in business life. Our department is dynamic, we have such a young academic staff, and our teachers remind our students of the sensitivity of this subject and emphasize how important it is to know a foreign language in their graduate and doctoral education. 3 departments within Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University provide 100% English education. These departments are Computer Engineering, economics and translation and interpreting, for the last one English is already essential though. Our students often say that they have difficulties in speaking skills. In this regard, we include speaking clubs in the curriculum of our students. In these speaking clubs, 4 instructors from foreign countries are currently working. They are constantly practising with our students. My advice to the candidates who will choose our department is as follows: If your department is in English, I recommend you to study for a preparatory yearl. Because, as I said, English is extremely important in business life and education life. Of course, as I said, at the School of Foreign Languages, we currently have foreign lecturers from foreign countries whose native language is English or other languages. Since our students cannot speak Turkish with them, they constantly have to speak a foreign language, which allows them to improve their speaking skills. In addition, students feel close to their teachers and do not hesitate to communicate with them. In this case, they can come to us and study in our compulsory preparatory or optional preparation unit, in the modern languages unit and benefit from us. I wish success to the students who will take the university exam. We welcome everyone to Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University.