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TURKISH ARMY LANGUAGE SCHOOL

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Lt.Col. Ayhan AKENGİN

Turkish Army Language School - İstanbul

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE1. HISTORY2. ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION3. MISSION4. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES5. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FACILITIES6. THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT UNITS7. THE FACULTY

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ANKARA

Army School of Foreign Languages

English

1956

Army School of Foreign Languages

RussianGerman

French

Bulgarian

GreekArabic

1962

History

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Turkish Military School of Intelligence and Foreign Languages

1973

1977 Turkish for International Military PersonnelANKARA

1985 Army Language School

History

1974 Persian

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İSTANBUL

Army LanguageSchool

1989

Küçükyalı

History

2001

1999

2004

Georgian

Bosnian

Armenian

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İSTANBUL

Other Services’ Language Schools

İZMİRAirforce Lang. School

ANKARAGendarmerie Lang. School

Navy Lang. School

YALOVA

Army Lang. School

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SupportingUnit

Student Administrative

Section

Army Language Army Language School CommandSchool Command

Headquarters Board of Education

Administrative Office

Operational Office

Inteligence&Ctr.Intl.Office

Organization

Electronic SystemsSection

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Planning Program Of.

TurkishLanguage

Dept.

EnglishLanguage

Dept.

EuropeanLanguages

Dept.

SlavicLanguages

Dept.

Mid. EastLanguages

Dept.

EducationSupport Of.

DoctrineOffice

MeasurementEvaluation

ArabicLang. Dept.

ArmenianLang. Dept.

PersianLang. Dept.

GeorgianLang. Dept.

RussianLang. Dept.

BulgarianLang. Dept.

BosnianLang. Dept.

GermanLang. Dept.

FrenchLang. Dept.

GreekLang. Dept.

Board of Education

Organization

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Quarters Building2

31

CafeteriaHq. & Instruction Building

Location

Quartermaster &

Finance Sch.Com.

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Mission

French, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian,

Bosnian, Arabic, Persian, Georgian, Armenian

English

Other Languages

Army CO, NCO, Civil Servants

Armed Forces

Personnel

Turkish International Military Personnel

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Preparing Language Exams,Making TranslationsDistance Education

The language learning centers in distant garrisons.

WEB based language teaching.

Other Missions

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* Yearly average;

- Courses

- Students

* Percentage of students in courses;

- English

- Other Languages

- IMP

35

% 64

800

% 24

% 12

Instructional ActivitiesCourses:

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Main English Courses

Course Weeks BooksIntermediate

Course 20 ALC 13-24

Advanced Course 20 ALC 19-30

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Proposed Main English Courses

Course Weeks BooksIntermediate

Course 20 ALC 19-30

Advanced Course 20 Modular

System

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Number of Classes & Students

Course Name Classrooms Students Total

Intermediate Course 3 42 84

Advanced Course 5 65 130

214

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197734 Countries

1914 Students

2005

International Military Personnel

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2004-2005 IMP Turkish Basic Course

PR of China

CountryCountry StudentsAfghanistan 2Bulgaria 5S. Korea 2

Malaysia 2Syria 2Ukraine 3

Jordan 2

Kazakhistan 1

9 Countries9 Countries 22 Students22 Students

3

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2004-2005 IMP Turkish AdvancedStudent

6

Country

2

9

1

4

7

Albania

Bangladesh

Bulgaria

Bosnia Herzegovina

France

Macedonia

Georgia 8

StudentCountry

Egypt

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Pakistan

Syria

Tunusia

1

5

4

1

4

4

13 Countries13 Countries52 students52 students

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Bangladesh

Bulgaria

PR of China

Bosnia-Herzeg.

France

Afghanistan

Macedonya

Syria

UkraineJordan

Pakistan

Albania

S. KoreaGeorgia Kazakhistan

Malaysia

Egypt19 Countries74 IMP

9

Tunusia

Turkmenistan

4

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Macedonia

Mongolia

Romania

Ukraine

Jordan

Albania

Bangladesh

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Georgia

Tunusia

Turkish Language Centers

Afghanistan

Turkmenistan Kırghzistan

Kazakhistan

14 Countries, 18 Turkish Language Centers

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ParticipantCountryCountry

2

1

1

2

Albania

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

3

6

4

1

9 Countries9 Countries21 Participants21 Participants

ParticipantCountryCountry

Iraq

Kırghızistan

Kazakhistan

Romania

Moldova

Turkey

1

Peace Support OperationsPfP Language Course

(20 June-1 July 2005)

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* Measuring the Turkish comprehension levels of the International Military Personnel,

Turkish Comprehension Level (TCL)

* Currently employed at Turkish Embassies in 32 countries by Military Attachés to select students for Advanced Turkish Courses in Turkey.

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35 Classrooms for General Use

Educational Settings

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7 Language Laboratories

Educational Settings

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2 Multimedia Classrooms

Educational Settings

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Satellite Receiver System

Educational Settings

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Computer Assisted Language Laboratory

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General Library

Educational Support Facilities

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Desktop Publication

Educational Support Facilities

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Recording Studio

Educational Support Facilities

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Production & Sales Office

Educational Support Facilities

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2 Audio-Visual Learning Centers

Educational Support Facilities

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Internet Center

Educational Support Facilities

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Administrative Support Facilities

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Administrative Support Facilities

342-Bed BOQ

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Liaison Office

Administrative Support Facilities

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Administrative Support Facilities Liaison Office

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Fitness Center

Dressing Room Sauna

Administrative Support Facilities

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The FacultyCourse Ins.Off. Exch.Off. Res.Off

.Civ. Cont. Total

Turkish 8 4 12English 26 2 2 30French 4 4Russian 2 2 1 5Bulgarian

1 2 1 4

Greek 1 1 1 3Persian 1 2 1 4Arabic 3 1 1 1 6Bosnian 2 2Georgian 1 1 2Armenian

1 1 274

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Academic Development of Instructors

Ph.D.

Completed On-going

M.A.

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PEACE AT HOME,PEACE IN THE WORLD!

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TURKISH ARMY LANGUAGE SCHOOL