Certificate in Turkish Language

📜 Certificate in Turkish Language

Somali Institute of Technology and Professional Studies (SITPS)

🌍 Master Turkish from Scratch to Fluency

The Certificate in Turkish Language at SITPS offers a complete pathway from beginner to advanced proficiency, preparing learners for real-life, academic, and professional communication in Turkish. Designed to meet the growing demand for Turkish fluency in areas such as business, diplomacy, cultural exchange, and education, this certificate enables students to engage confidently with native speakers across a variety of contexts.

Learners are supported through on-demand learning, qualified online tutors, and a progressive structure that builds skills step-by-step in listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and cultural understanding. The program is ideal for complete beginners but also adaptable for learners with prior exposure to Turkish.

📘 Program Structure – CEFR Levels A1 to C2

The program is divided into six levels, grouped into three categories:

• 🟢 Basic User (A1–A2)

• 🟡 Independent User (B1–B2)

• 🔵 Proficient User (C1–C2)

Each level integrates four core skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, with vocabulary and grammar appropriate to each level.

🟢 Level A1 – Beginner Communication (CEFR A1)

Focus: Survival Turkish & Everyday Basics

Learning Objectives:

• Turkish alphabet and correct pronunciation

• Basic greetings, introductions, and common phrases

• Talking about yourself (name, age, nationality, occupation)

• Numbers, dates, time, and weather

• Family, colors, clothing, and food vocabulary

• Forming basic present tense sentences using to be and common verbs

• Reading signs, short forms, and filling in basic forms

• Listening to simple dialogues and giving basic responses

• Writing short sentences and polite expressions (e.g., “Thank you”, “I don’t understand”)

🟢 Level A2 – Everyday Turkish Usage (CEFR A2)

Focus: Building Everyday Communication Skills

Learning Objectives:

• Talking about daily routines, home life, and free time

• Describing places, objects, and people using adjectives

• Shopping, giving prices, and asking for help

• Using present, past, and near-future tenses in simple structures

• Giving directions and navigating the city (e.g., transport, asking for locations)

• Understanding basic grammar (plural nouns, cases, possessives, postpositions)

• Reading simple articles, brochures, and short dialogues

• Writing emails, invitations, messages, and personal letters

• Listening to slow native Turkish in real-life situations

🟡 Level B1 – Practical Fluency (CEFR B1)

Focus: Communicating Confidently in Real-Life Scenarios

Learning Objectives:

• Holding structured conversations about work, school, and travel

• Talking about past events and future plans in detail

• Making suggestions, requests, and complaints

• Understanding grammar elements like relative clauses, verb conjugation, and aspect

• Reading simple news articles, reviews, and travel blogs

• Writing short essays, story summaries, and formal letters

• Listening to Turkish speakers at normal pace in guided scenarios

• Role-playing interviews, hotel bookings, restaurant orders, and doctor’s visits

🟡 Level B2 – Independent Communication (CEFR B2)

Focus: Advanced Everyday & Academic Use

Learning Objectives:

• Engaging in conversations on abstract and cultural topics

• Expressing opinions and defending arguments with clarity

• Reading newspaper articles, official documents, and technical instructions

• Using Turkish idioms, phrasal expressions, and connectors

• Writing reports, formal emails, and argumentative essays

• Understanding Turkish radio, podcasts, and interviews

• Participating in debates, giving presentations, and storytelling

• Grammar: passive voice, conditionals, gerunds, complex sentence structures

🔵 Level C1 – Advanced Fluency & Professional Use (CEFR C1)

Focus: Mastering Turkish for Academic and Workplace Communication

Learning Objectives:

• Using Turkish flexibly in professional, academic, and public contexts

• Participating in high-level discussions, interviews, and debates

• Reading academic journals, literature, and complex argumentative texts

• Writing structured academic essays, business reports, and critical reviews

• Understanding humor, sarcasm, idioms, and cultural references

• Listening to fast-paced spoken Turkish (TV shows, lectures, interviews)

• Producing language with advanced grammar (subjunctive mood, nuanced tenses)

• Adapting tone and register based on formality

🔵 Level C2 – Mastery (CEFR C2)

Focus: Native-Like Command of Turkish

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding virtually everything heard or read in Turkish

• Summarizing information from complex sources (academic, literary, news)

• Producing spontaneous, precise, and well-structured speech

• Writing scholarly papers, research reports, and literary critiques

• Reading and interpreting classical Turkish literature and modern texts

• Delivering speeches, engaging in high-level negotiation and persuasion

• Recognizing dialectal variations and cultural subtleties

• Grammar mastery: stylistic variations, syntactic manipulation, discourse markers

📝 Assessment & Certification

Evaluation Includes:

• Interactive quizzes and homework after each unit

• Listening and reading comprehension assessments

• Speaking tasks and oral interviews

• Writing assignments: short essays, messages, and formal texts

• Final Oral + Written Examination per level

🎓 Certification:

• A Certificate in Turkish Language is awarded after successful completion of Level C2.

• Students may request interim certificates at A2, B1, or B2 levels, depending on exit point.

💼 Who Is This Course For?

• Beginners passionate about Turkish language, culture, and history

• Travelers or expatriates relocating to Turkey

• Businesspeople engaging with Turkish partners or clients

• Students preparing for Turkish university scholarships (e.g., Türkiye Bursları)

• Professionals in tourism, trade, diplomacy, and translation fields

• Language enthusiasts seeking fluency in a global language

📌 Disclaimer & Placement

If you already possess some Turkish knowledge, a placement test will be administered after registration to determine your starting level. Learners may skip lower levels based on performance.