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On this page, you will find topics and information we believe you
would like to know about as well as frequently asked questions.
For questions about the site and its content please send a message
to:
utom@tomer.ankara.edu.tr
Why Distance Turkish Learning Center?
Technological developments and living conditions of modern
life force us to use our time as effectively as possible.
In a period when globalisation has gained an ever-increasing
importance, it is time, above anything, that determines our
lives. Today, technological developments constitute the basis
most appropriate for language learning, which has come to
be regarded as the most important element for communication.
Today, it is not necessary to actually go to an education
center in order to learn a language. Through the "Distance
Turkish Education Center", you can learn Turkish anywhere
in the world (in any time limit you want).
From now on, whenever you want to gain access to the educational
programmes of a leading and expert organisation in the teaching
of Turkish, the only location other than a A.U. TÖMER branch
will be the "Distance Turkish Learning Center"!
What kind of a language is Turkish?
Turkish is a typical example of an agglutinating languages.
Many grammar structures, such as tenses, possessives and
nominal cases, are formed by using suffixes added to words.
The ordering of elements within the sentence is, unlike that
of languages of Indo-European origin, Subject + Object
+ Verb. For example, the sentence "Ali is going to school"
that is structured as Subject + Verb + Object in English,
has a structure of Subject + Object + Verb in Turkish:
"Ali okula gidiyor", where "okula" means for "to school" and
"gidiyor" is "going".
Also, Turkish does not represent the rigid syntactic restriction
that Indo-European languages possess. Turkish sentence structure
displays flexible features, although this flexibility may
at times bring about some meaning shifts.
For example, in the sentence
Ben eve gidiyorum, (I'm going home) (ben=
I, eve= [to] home, (I'm)
going = gidiyorum)
the constituents of the sentence can be regrouped in six different
ways to display various nuances in meaning, as shown below:
Ben eve
gidiyorum.
Ben gidiyorum
eve
Eve ben
gidiyorum.
Eve gidiyorum
ben.
Gidiyorum
ben eve.
Gidiyorum
eve ben.
Therefore, in the teaching of Turkish, explaining the function
of suffixes and defining syntactic features of Turkish form
the axis around which the teaching of Turkish as a foreign
language revolves.
How was the syllabus designed?
You can get detailed information from the About
Courses page and related links.
Which methods and techniques were used?
In order to be able to teach you Turkish in a fast and effective
way on this Internet site, we made use of a synthesis of the
most common language teaching methods and techniques.
Grammar explanations have been given, especially at the
Basic level, in English, so that you may make a comparison
between these structures and structures in your mother tongue.
Visual devices have been used extensively, especially at
the Basic level. Again at the Basic level, many of the activities
that exemplify the target structure have been derived from
authentic samples; the number of authentic samples at this
level has been limited. Explanations at intermediate and advanced
levels have been presented in Turkish and utmost care has
been given to ensure that an environment of one-to-one teaching
can be conveyed via the Internet environment.
About Courses
How long does each course take?
The courses are for 3 months for each sub-level. During these
3 months, you can study whenever you want-24/7.
What does "university-guaranteed" mean?
The creator of the content of this program, TOMER, which
has been teaching Turkish since 1984, is one of the research
centers of Ankara University. The curriculum, objectives,
approach and our measures have been developed in cooperation
with TOMER's educators. Ankara University’s certification
is a prerequisite for having education in Turkish Universities.
Do I need any books or cd’s for the program?
Everything you need is online. We provide all the tools and
information that you need to learn Turkish, on our site.
Can I use your site even if I am not a native English speaker?
Yes, you can certainly use the program. It's English is simple
and easy to understand.
Technical Features
What hardware do I need for these courses?
Minimum system requirements:
200 Mhz Pentium (or equivalent)
64 MB RAM
Sound Card
A 56 Kbps modem
Do I need any special software for these courses?
To run the program effectively, Windows 95/98/NT/2000 operation
system is needed.
1)You need Macromedia Flash 6 in order to complete
the listening exercises and to play the interactive games.
First, you need to run "Macromedia uninstall_flash_player
program". Your browser must be closed while the uninstall
programı is running. Click
to download Macromedia uninstall_flash_player
When uninstall is over, you need to install Flash6
Player. In
order to download Flash Player
2)You will need Windows Media Player.If you
do not have this program, click
here to download Media Player.
3)For Active X sound records to be used effectively, Click
Which Internet browser do I need for these online courses?
You need Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher,
to use this online course.
How can I install Turkish letters?
Enrollment and Security
If
you have problems during the registration, please first check
the possible causes below:
1. Be sure you are using either Visa or MasterCard. Our site
only accepts these two. If you tried it with a different card
that could be the source of the problem.
2. Check the limit of your card.
3. Maybe there is nothing wrong with your card or your limit.
But sometimes there can be communication problems between
the banks. We suggest you to try one more time later or to
try another card to check out if this is the case.
4. If you still having problem registring with your credit
card, you can send the money to our bank account you can see
in our sales page. Please click
to go to our sales page. After filling out the personal info
form, in the next page, you can choose "I want to transfer
the money to your bank account" option.
If you have any difficulties with your registration or have
questions about making a payment, please click
here to send us an email.
I can not log in. What may be the possible cause?
If you are having trouble logging in to the site, be sure that
you are entering the username which you registered. Do not add
unnecessary spaces before or after your username and password.
Make certain that you are typing with the cases (upper or lower)
in which you originally entered when you signed up in the first
place.
I forget my password. What am I going to do?
If you forget your password, please click
here to send your request. We will email you your password.
We care about the security of your payment information. We
use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server, which is a technology
for managing the security of online message transmission.
SSL encrypts or scrambles any information sent from your browser
to the server you are connected to, making it impossible to
intercept or steal information on the way.
I didn't receive the registration email after subscribing for a new account. What may be the possible cause?
The registration email is sent automatically by our servers immediately after you create the account. Usually it only takes a few minutes until you have the email in your inbox. If you didn't receive the email, please check these points:
Too restrictive spam filter
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Wrong email address
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Email routing problems
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