General Information

Turkish Department, where “Text-based Mother Language Education” approach is adopted, aims to cultivate new generations with well-developed intellectual taste who are able to read, to understand and analyze what they read; who have reading habits; who can make discussions, reach synthesis through comparisons, and use mother language properly in both verbal and written expressions.  

Grades 6, 7 and 8 take five hours of Turkish Class per week.

At all levels ‘Theme-Based New Turkish Teaching Program” approach is adopted. Compulsory and elective themes, which are determined in advance, are given through some literary work (main texts) selected at each level, and some supportive texts of different literature types. Some of these texts are used for reading and some others for listening/following. All activities related with measuring different skills (reading, speaking, listening/following and grammar), and writing activities are based on the literary work under study. Thus, internal integrity of Turkish Class is ensured.

All these work applications target to constitute the foundation of Lise literature class.  

Turkish Program Outline

6th Grade:
Themes are introduced to the students through; poem, fairy tale, fable, short story, novel, theater text, memoir, letter and essay types. Foundations of literary product examination (analysis) are laid at this level. It is important to open out the themes and to find the formative and lateral ideas in the texts.

Paragraph writing work is done within the context of written exposition. Making citations and references is important in paragraph work at this level.

The books read at this grade level are Piano Piano Bacaksız, Şimdiki Çocuklar Harika and İnci. 

7th Grade:
Themes are introduced to the students through; poem, short story, novel, theater text, memoir, travel writing, written conversation and biography types. Students are expected to develop skills of making references to other literary works during the study of themes and formative ideas in the texts.

Introduction, development and conclusion paragraphs are studied within the context of written exposition.

The books read at this grade level are Gizli Mabet, Küçük Prens and Cimri.

8th Grade:
Themes are introduced to the students through; poem, short story, memoir, article, novel, essay, written conversation, critics and epic types. Creativity becomes important at this level. Students are expected to correlate (find similarities or differences in) texts, themes and ideas

Text-based thesis writings are studied within the context of written exposition.

The books read at this grade level are Yaprak Dökümü and Keşanlı Ali Destanı.