A.U. TOMER
 Ankara University
Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Centre (A.U.
TOMER) was founded in 1984 as the first institution to teach Turkish
as a foreign language in Turkey.
Founded with the main purpose of teaching Turkish to foreign students
studying at Ankara University, TOMER has developed programmes, methods
and materials for the teaching of Turkish as a native and foreign
language and has been a pioneer for similar activities in Turkey.
In addition, within the framework of agreements made with many state
and private institutions, TOMER teaches foreign languages to Turkish
citizens and Turkish to foreign people.
 Language teaching
started at TOMER to meet traditional teaching methods; in time,
newly-designed approaches to language teaching were adapted to meet
the language teaching environment in TOMER; today, TOMER is an institution
that houses various research as well as classroom material designed
and produced at TOMER.
In 2001 was the year when TOMER produced a coursebook titled "Hitit",
the product of 19 years' of foreign language teaching. For the last
two years, "Hitit", together with its supplementary material, has
been the main coursebook in all TOMER branches as well as in many
countries for the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language.
Each year, TOMER teaches Turkish to tens of thousands of students,
among whom are officials from foreign representatives in Turkey,
and students studying in Turkey under special agreements; today,
TOMER is transferring its huge experience in language teaching to
the virtual environment by means of the Distance Turkish Learning
Centre.
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