Department of Foreign Language Education
Head of Department : Leyla Martı
Professors : Sumru Akcan, Gülcan Erçetin, Ayşe Gürel, Belma Haznedar, Leyla Martı.
Associate Professors : Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula, Senem Yıldız, Sibel Tatar
Assistant Professors : Nazik Dinçtopal, Işıl Erduyan, Şebnem Yalçın, Yasser Teimouri, Mustafa Polat*, Dilek İnal*, Tuba Arabacı Atlamaz
Assistants : Dilek Göymen, Elifcan Öztekin, Sezen Bektaş Yüksel., Safiye Zaman
* Part-Time
The Department of Foreign Language Education offers an undergraduate program in English Language Education. The basic components of this program consist of English language development, linguistics, and other professional courses. Through elective courses, students are provided with opportunities to pursue individual interests in various cultural and professional subjects. Thus, the objective of the program is to help students to achieve adequate mastery of the English language and to provide them with knowledge and sufficient practical skills for teaching English as a foreign language.
Courses in the undergraduate program are offered by various departments of the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Foreign Language Education provides courses in second language acquisition and methodology and organizes practice teaching in selected schools. In addition, the Department of Foreign Language Education cooperates with the Institute of Social Sciences in conducting graduate programs leading to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English Language Education.
Established
1982
ISCED Code
144
Educational goals and objectives
The courses offered in the program aim to improve English language skills and competences, necessary for language teaching. The courses also include and necessiate the integration of increasingly widespread multilinguism and tehcnology into their English teaching practices.
Admission and special requirements
Students are admitted bsaed on the national student placement exam scores organized by the Student Selection and Placement Center. English Language Teaching undergraduate program accepted students according to foreign language wighted scores in these national exams. In general, when compared to students studying in the same program at other universities in Turkey, Boğaziçi University English Language Teaching program receives students with the highest base scores.
Acknowledgement of previous learning
The course counting requirements are specified in Article 14 of the Boğaziçi University Rules and Regulations regarding undergraduate programs: "(1) The credits of the courses taken by the students in a higher education institution can be transferred with the decision of the relevant administrative board. They can be counted to fulfill their obligations in the undergraduate program in which they are registered." The specific conditions of this course counting process are specified in the paragraphs of the relevant article.
Graduation requirements
Students are required to complete 139 BU credits/246 ECTS in the undergraduate program curriculum. These credits include field-specific departmental courses (54%), general culture courses (20%), teacher education/training courses (15%), and other unrestricted elective courses (11%).
Program learning outcomes
- To have knowledge about the structure and functions of English, and effectively use oral and written English.
- To have theoretical knowledge about sub-fields of applied linguistics, especially foreign language learing and teaching.
- To have knowledge of bilingual/multilangual theories and educational models.
- To have knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research concepts and methods in applied linguistics.
- To have the skills to follow up-to-date research to contrbute to professional development and to use this knowledge to develop/improve classroom language education.
- To design and implement meaning-oriented lessons by considering individual and contextual factors.
- To have the theoretical infrastructure and equipment necessary for the effective teaching of foreign language knowledge and skills.
- To have knowledge and awareness of the phenomenon of 'World English'es that emerged with globalization and its pedagogical reflections on English teaching.
- To choose information technologies in accordance with the purpose in teaching English as a foreign language and to use them effectively in accordance with different learning needs within the framework of contemporary learning theories.
- To select and develop assessment-evaluation tools in accordance with contextual and individual characteristics for the assessment of language ability, and to interpret the results correctly.
