İngilizce Öğretmenliği Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

• The objectives of English Language Teaching Programme comprise of providing an educational framework of professional courses, such as Contextual Grammar, ELT Methodology and Linguistics, and elective courses that will enable students to attain self-development in various cultural and professional subjects of their interest. The Programme thus aims to “create” prospective teachers with analytic and critical thinking skills, communicative competence and highly refined individual values. In line with “Lifelong Learning”, the Programme also presents prospective teachers the significance and means of becoming individuals who have developed the ability to observe socio-cultural dynamics at home and and abroad, and thus to realize the necessary professional and individual transformation process to adhere themselves to the globalized world.

• Education and training are conducted on a full-time basis. Throughout the fourth grade, students complete their Teaching Practice courses at the practice schools designated by the department.

• S/he can understand, adopt and apply social, cultural and social responsibilities.
• S/he can take into account students' needs, language development levels, ages, intelligence types and learning styles when preparing a lesson plan.
• S/he can choose the materials to be used in teaching process by evaluating usefulness, topicality and their effectiveness according to students’ age and language level.
• S/he can create environments that will ensure the active participation of all students and increase their success.
• S/he can organize multimedia learning environments inside and outside of the school, which develop all students' interactions with the teacher and each other for learning purposes.
• S/he can organize educational environment suitable for all students to develop effective language learning strategies.,
• S/he can organize activities for all students to use English grammar and vocabulary correctly and effectively.
• S/he can organize and apply activities to improve the listening skills of all students.
• S/he can organize and apply activities that will improve the reading skills of all students.
• S/he can organize and implement activities that will improve the speaking skills of all students.
• S/he can organize and implement activities that will improve the writing skills of all students.
• S/he can enable students to make self-assessment of their language learning processes.
• S/he can use / develop assessment and evaluation tools and methods to be used in the teaching process in terms of usefulness, validity and reliability.
• S/he can recognize Turkish National Education system, teaching profession and educational sciences in all aspects.
• S/he can use information and communication technologies by using at least one foreign language.
• S/he can communicate well with colleagues and other school stakeholders.
• S/he can follow the professional and ethical rules and take part in cooperative practices.
• S/he can follow the national and international publications related to the field for their personal and professional development.
• S/he can use Turkish in accordance with the rules and effectively.
• S/he can select and apply measurement and evaluation methods in accordance with the gains.
• S/he can apply contemporary teaching, strategy, methods and techniques.
• S/he can use class dynamics to create appropriate learning experiences.
• S/he can make use of sociology, psychology and philosophy in the planning and implementation of educational activities, being aware of the relationship of education with other disciplines.
• S/he can evaluate the nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of information.
• S/he can understand the methods related to the production of scientific knowledge.
• S/he can use language learning strategies effectively.
• S/he can understand, interpret and evaluate the different written texts they will encounter in daily and professional life.
• S/he can understand, interpret and evaluate the different verbal texts they will encounter in daily and professional life.
• S/he can communicate orally in different environments that they may encounter in daily and professional life.
• S/he can create different types of text by using the writing process effectively.
• S/he can have the knowledge to understand and analyze the properties, structure and functioning of the human language and use them.
• S/he can understand and analyze concepts and processes related to language learning.
• S/he can understand and analyze concepts and processes related to language teaching.
• S/he can gain professional self-confidence (finds himself/ herself sufficient as a teacher).

Knowledge

• Having advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools, and other resources that include current information in the field.

Skills

• Ability to use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate data using advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field, identify problems, analyze, and develop evidence-based solutions.

Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

• Ability to conduct an advanced study related to the field independently.
• Ability to take responsibility individually and as a team member to solve complex and unforeseen problems encountered in practices related to the field.
• Ability to plan and manage activities for the development of employees under their responsibility within a project framework.

Learning Competence

• Ability to evaluate advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field with a critical approach.
• Ability to identify learning needs and direct learning.
• Ability to develop a positive attitude towards lifelong learning.

Communication and Social Competence

• Ability to inform relevant persons and institutions about issues related to the field; ability to convey ideas and solutions to problems in written and oral form.
• Ability to share ideas and solutions to problems related to the field with both experts and non-experts, supported by quantitative and qualitative data.
• Ability to organize and implement projects and activities for the social environment in which they live with a sense of social responsibility.
• Ability to follow information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using at least one foreign language at the B1 General Level of the European Language Portfolio.
• Ability to use information and communication technologies along with computer software at the Advanced Level required by the field as per the European Computer Driving License.

Field-Specific Competence:

• Acting in accordance with social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values during the collection, interpretation, implementation, and announcement of data related to the field.
• Having sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture, and the preservation of cultural values, as well as environmental protection, occupational health, and safety.

• Different methods such as assignments, projects, practicals, mid-term exams, and final exams are used in measurement and evaluation.
• Letter and number-based grading systems are used to assess student success.

To oversee the quality of higher education programs;

- YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising education and training and other activities in higher education institutions.

- "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. The reports prepared according to these reports, including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

- "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report" containing academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions is published annually by CoHE. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is ensured according to the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Creation and Approval of Curricula: YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to the student are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

1.2. The curricula of the National Core Curricula are adopted by the relevant Council of Deans and implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the Council of Higher Education.

2. Assessment and Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes of each undergraduate program is carried out according to the teaching and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions; receive a bachelor's diploma.

4. Self-Assessment-External Evaluation: Higher education institutions, in the context of continuous monitoring, enter the "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions issued by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also indicate that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the legislation.

• The undergraduate programme of the English Language Teaching admits 55 students every year based on the results of the Central Placement Examination administered by ÖSYM. The candidates are placed in the programme according to their DİL scores, their own preferences and the requirements and quotas of the programme. Registration and admission of the students are executed by the Students Affairs Office in accordance with the calendar determined by ÖSYM.

• Those who have a Bachelor's degree can apply for master's programs and, if they meet the relevant conditions, to doctoral and art proficiency programs accepted with a bachelor's degree.
• In accordance with the guidelines of the Bachelor’s Degree Education-Training and Examination Regulations, successful students who are studying a major degree in English Language Teaching Programme can apply for a minor programme in another department. Upon successful completion of the English Language Teaching Programme, students are awarded with a certificate for this minor program along with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Language Teaching Programme.
• Successful students in the English Language Teaching Programme also have the opportunity to graduate in a double major programme. The second major can be in any field. Students who meet the necessary conditions and fulfill the necessary requirements can graduate from both departments by acquiring two distinct Bachelor’s Degrees.

1. Higher Education Law No. 2547

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs to Undergraduate Education

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

The qualification is valid at all times.