Albuquerque School of Excellence

Turkish Language Information

You may want to know.... Why study Turkish?

Turkish is a critical-need language in the U.S. supported by four state

agencies:

Dept. of State Dept. of Education

Dept. of Defense

Dir. of Nat’l. Intelligence

National Security Language Initiative (NSLI ) INFO

Business partnerships with Turkey and the USA are steadily growing

Numerous career opportunities already exist in technology, archaeology, computer

science, ecological and environmental studies, public service, global professionals, and will

grow with Turkey's ever increasing emergence as a central economic power. Turkic

languages family is the 5th most widely spoken language in the world. Turkish is spoken

not only in Turkey but also in a vast geographical area where the United States has a

strong national security interest.

Turkish Language study programs in the

USA

for more information, please click the link: http://turkishstudies.org/turkish_in_the_us/language_instruction.shtml

Turkish culture, cuisine and Turkey itself worth to be experienced!

What other resources I can buy for my child?

Colloquial Turkish (The complete course for beginners) by Jeroen Aarssen and Ad Backus (with full

English explanations)

Elementary Turkish by Kurtulus Oztopcu

Turkish I by Suzan Ozel

Teach Yourself Turkish

Nasreddin Hodja Stories

Manisa Turkish (general info about Turkish and the culture)

Online Courses

Rosetta Stone

Dilsetus (Most of the teachers are already using in the class)

Turkce okulu

Turkish class

Supplemental Learning Site (UTAustin)

Watching

Culture Talk Turkey

TV Channel TRT live watch

BBC Turkish

Kure TV

Soap operas

TV streaming

Listening

Audio Podcast

The Turkish Listening Library

Dictionaries

Sesli sozluk

Tureng

LOTE-T opportunities (to improve the target language and other skills) for students:

Turkish Language and Culture Olympiads (singing, poetry, folk dance, art, etc.)

Turkish PBL (Speech Contest Level 3-Documentary Flavored Video Contest)

2014 Speech Contest, Level 3 (PBL)-1st Place Winner

Study Abroad Summer programs

STAR student program and free Rosetta Stone Program subscription opportunity (for a year)

Scholarships for the Study Abroad

Cultural field trips and

programs