General Information

It can be difficult to find a quality Turkish education outside of the Mediterranean, but MEI's program ensures that students in the DC metro area have a rare and excellent option to incorporate Turkish into their lives.

Course Descriptions

Elementary Turkish

In the elementary Turkish courses students will learn to read and write Modern Turkish (the language of radio, television, and newspaper) as well as to communicate with native speakers of Turkish on elementary topics. Focus will be placed on fundamentals of Turkish phonology, simple sentence structures taught through grammar excercises, and controlled vocabulary relevant to basic communicative needs of students.

Materials for this course will be provided by the instructor.

Intermediate Turkish

In the intermediate Turkish course, students will analyze complex sentence structures of the language with an emphasis on extending vocabulary. The instructor will work to develop in students the basic skills of reading articles and essays written in Turkish.

Materials for this course will be provided by the instructor.