Dear Students,
We are delighted to be with you in the new academic year. First and foremost, welcome to our university. Throughout both your academic journey and your professional life, we will be with you in the preparatory program and during your undergraduate studies, offering compulsory English, professional English, and elective English speaking and writing courses aimed at enhancing your English language proficiency—an invaluable investment in your personal and professional life. These courses will focus on developing your speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills, supported by technology-enhanced materials.
Our university provides an education aligned with a competency-based flexible teaching model, offering you an experience tailored to your individual learning processes. This way, you will have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for success in both your academic and professional lives in the most efficient manner.
As you complete your formal education within the first quarter of this century, you will be entering the workforce in the second quarter, equipped with one of the most important tools for your professional life—English—during the ‘new normal’ era. To secure your place in this rapidly changing and evolving world, it is important for us that you become individuals who, in addition to essential competencies such as scientific, digital, and financial literacy, can apply the knowledge gained in mathematics, science, social sciences, and verbal skills. You should be able to communicate effectively both in your native language and the foreign language you have learned, exhibit leadership, work well in teams, think critically, be flexible and adaptable, and effectively utilize time management and problem-solving skills.
Furthermore, considering the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies and their impact on education, the professional world, and daily life, understanding and effectively utilizing these technologies will provide you with a significant competitive advantage. With AI, access to information is accelerating, and new learning pathways are emerging. Therefore, we encourage you to develop not only in a foreign language but also in technology literacy.
Additionally, we highly value the development of personal characteristics such as curiosity, initiative, empathy, awareness, willpower, self-control, productivity/efficiency, and self- discipline.
In line with these objectives, your curiosity, willingness, and active participation with high motivation are incredibly valuable to us. With the hope of embarking on a continuous, enjoyable, and productive journey of learning English together, as we work towards the goals outlined above…
Best regards.
Prof. Dr. Firdevs KARAHAN
Head of Foreign Languages Department