Turkish Language Curriculum

Almawakeb International Schools Trilingual Curriculum offers a structured and comprehensive Turkish language program that caters to students of all levels, nurturing their linguistic skills essential for work, study, and social integration in Turkey.

Our Turkish language instruction emphasizes the development of all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This is achieved through building everyday conversations and incorporating readings from all three languages.

Almawakeb International Schools Turkish Language Curriculum

At Almawakeb International Schools, which follows the American curriculum, Turkish language is one of the three core subjects studied by students throughout all stages of education: kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school.

We place great emphasis on the Turkish department as it equips our students with the necessary skills to attain an advanced level of Turkish proficiency, qualifying them to study at Turkey's top public and private universities.

Our approach to foreign language instruction is instrumental in achieving this goal. We focus on empowering our students in both English and Turkish, starting from grades 9 to 12, as these are essential subjects in Turkey's most prestigious universities.

Innovative Teaching Methods

At Almawakeb, we employ modern and innovative strategies in teaching Turkish language for their significance in:

• Enhancing students' language skills and developing their critical thinking abilities based on their knowledge and understanding of the Turkish language and culture.
• Enabling proficiency in conveying meaning using written skills for both practical and intellectual purposes, with confidence and accuracy.
• Developing students' ability to comprehend spoken and written Turkish and effectively interact with Turkish language users in both writing and speech.
• Nurturing language skills and strategies, including comprehension strategies such as using verbal cues and contextual clues, as well as using communication strategies to build fluency and confidence in writing.
• Actively engaging in thought-provoking texts, films, and other materials in the Turkish language.
• Grasping the complex and creative uses of the Turkish language within its cultural and social context.
• Acquiring knowledge of the fundamentals of Turkish society and culture, past and present.
• Mastering the translation of texts from English to Turkish, Turkish to English, Arabic to Turkish, and Turkish to Arabic.
• Fostering creativity, critical thinking, and linguistic and cultural cognitive flexibility and independence, empowering them to pursue further studies or work in Turkey.
• Developing students' critical and analytical thinking skills to prepare a new generation of independent researchers.
• Enhancing students' ability to learn new languages.

Extracurricular Activities

Our Turkish language curriculum incorporates technology in classrooms alongside teaching activities to enable students to maximize their interaction with the language inside and outside the classroom in an innovative way that enhances reading and writing skills, vocabulary development, and conversation building.

Some of the extracurricular activities used in the Turkish language curriculum include:

• Describing people, places, and things
• Oral presentations
• Following instructions
• Writing letters and conversations
• Expressing opinions
• Participating in student discussions

Almawakeb International Schools' Turkish language curriculum is meticulously designed to provide students with a comprehensive and well-rounded Turkish language education, preparing them for academic success, personal growth, and global citizenship.