06. School of Foreign Languages
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Faculty 06. School of Foreign LanguagesThe medium of instruction at Izmir Institute of Technology is English. An advanced level of English is required for all undergraduate and graduate students to be able to carry out academic studies in their respective academic fields. In order to train students in English, Department of Foreign Languages was founded in 1996-1997 Academic year as a unit of Presidency and its status was altered as School of Foreign Languages in 2010. The School of Foreign Languages includes the Department of Basic English and the Department of Modern Languages. The Administrative Board – consisting of the Manager, two Vice Principals, the General Coordinator and the Secretary of the School – and instructors provide the graduate and undergraduate students with an academic level of English. The education process in School of Foreign Languages can be summarized as follows: The graduate and undergraduate students enrolled to our institute are initially supposed to take English Proficiency Exam. Students who meet the required conditions in The School Regulation are exempt from Preparatory School and start their education in their departments. Students who cannot meet the required conditions are placed at different levels in accordance with the scores they got from the Proficiency Exam and are given English Language training for one year. For further information, refer to <a href="https://ydyo.iyte.edu.tr/">https://ydyo.iyte.edu.tr/</a>Department 06.01. Department of English PreparationThe medium of instruction at Izmir Institute of Technology is English. An advanced level of English is required for all undergraduate and graduate students to be able to carry out academic studies in their respective academic fields. In order to train students in English, Department of Foreign Languages was founded in 1996-1997 Academic year as a unit of Presidency and its status was altered as School of Foreign Languages in 2010. The School of Foreign Languages includes the Department of Basic English and the Department of Modern Languages. The Administrative Board – consisting of the Manager, two Vice Principals, the General Coordinator and the Secretary of the School – and instructors provide the graduate and undergraduate students with an academic level of English. The education process in School of Foreign Languages can be summarized as follows: The graduate and undergraduate students enrolled to our institute are initially supposed to take English Proficiency Exam. Students who meet the required conditions in The School Regulation are exempt from Preparatory School and start their education in their departments. Students who cannot meet the required conditions are placed at different levels in accordance with the scores they got from the Proficiency Exam and are given English Language training for one year. For further information, refer to <a href="https://ydyo.iyte.edu.tr/">https://ydyo.iyte.edu.tr/</a>Department 06.02. Department of Modern LanguagesThe Department of Modern Languages offers undergraduate students of all faculties compulsory courses in English and elective courses in French, Japanese, Spanish, German and Russian. Our courses are designed to improve our students’ reading, writing, speaking and listening skills at various levels. Through the acquisition of a foreign language, our students also gain insight into the corresponding culture. The Department of Modern Languages is responsible for planning enriching content and appropriate pacing for courses to increase the efficiency of learning. We provide support to students and academic staff throughout the year to ensure a high quality of education. Our department offers compulsory English writing and reading courses to: – Freshmen of all departments in fall and spring terms – Sophomores in the Departments of Architecture and City and Regional Planning in the fall term – Juniors in the Department of Food Engineering in the fall term – Juniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the spring term We also offer French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and Russian courses to our students as of their second year as undergraduates. For further information, refer to <a href="https://ydyo.iyte.edu.tr/genel-bilgi/">https://ydyo.iyte.edu.tr/genel-bilgi/</a>