Dear all,

Please find the news and updates for this week below.

1. Teacher Strand:

On November 3, 2023, we organised our signiture event to celebrate the centenary of the Republic of Türkiye and the 15th anniversary of Özyeğin University.  It was a one-day forum to retrospectively explore ELT in tertiary education in Türkiye and to propose future-oriented solutions to current issues in language teaching.

The day started with Nergis Uyan’s welcome which was followed by Prof. Dr. Derin Atay’s opening plenary entitled “The Evolution of Tertiary Education in Türkiye”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The day continued with focus-group  discussions with invited participants on the following areas:

  • Manager Perspective
  • Program Designer & Assessor Perspective
  • Teacher Perspective
  • Teacher Trainer Perspective
  • External Stakeholder Perspective

In total, there were 63 participants from 16 state / foundation universities, accreditation bodies and publishing companies in Türkiye.

 

The day ended with a debriefing session when facilitators of each focus group came together to share the highlights with the whole group.

We would like to thank the event organisation committee who volunteered to take part in the detailed organisation process, esteemed participants from diverse institutions and our solution partner Macmillan Education for making this event possible.

 

 

2. Student Strand: 

2.1. Student Development Sessions

So far, we have offered two live sessions for our students. In week 4, students had a chance to learn about “learner autonomy” thanks to Gurbet Kabadayı and in the following week, they were introduced to several useful “mobile apps” that enhance language skills with the help of Gayane Pozharina. Those who attended these sessions greatly benefitted from the tips shared by their instructors. Below are some photos from these live sessions.

This week, we do not have a live session ,but we recommend our students to watch the recording of a previous session called  “How to Study Writing” by Esra Çelik Soydan. They can find the recording on our LMS page (ScOLa Extra-curricular Activities) under week 6. Please encourage your students to watch this session.

2.2. Support Center – A2 Support Lessons 

ÖzU English Language Support Center is starting to deliver A2 Support Lessons this week for our A2 students who need extra support, help and practice to improve their English at the expected level. The students who will need such support have been identified by their teachers, and the students have been contacted and informed about these lessons, which will be delivered on Monday (13:45-14:35) for a group and then again on Thursday (14:45-15:35) for another group from this week onwards by Özlem Kaplan Snyder and Şule Bakırcan Yalçın.