DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

The Division of German Language Teacher Education was established in 1982. Our division which started to teach in 1982-1983 academic year under the Department of Foreign Languages Education has been implementing formal education curriculum from the establishment to date. It has an undergraduate education that is four year in progress as well as a masters and PhD. degrees program are in progress at the Institute of Educational Sciences. The language of instruction in all undergraduate and graduate program of German Language Teacher Education is German and Turkish. The programs cover the fields of language, culture, literature, and particularly, German language teacher education.
The aim of Division of German Language Teacher Education is to train the future teachers of German in the related subjects such as methods of teaching German as a foreign language, language acquisition, language-culture interaction, literature education, translation, language skills, developing and adapting materials for different age groups on different levels, preparing a syllabus considering student needs and expectations, analyzing German textbooks and computer supported language teaching, etc.

Qualification Awarded

German Language Teacher Education, Bachelors Degree (B.Sc.), German Teacher

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelors Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

The Regulations Concerning Transferring Between Associate Degree and Bachelor's Degree Programs, Double Major and Minor Programs and The Interagency Credit Transfer and the Evaluation Terms and Conditions for parallel transfers determined by the University Senate are applied to students in Türkiye and foreign countries, who wish to transfer from higher education Institutions to Dokuz Eylul University.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Student must successfully complete all of the courses in the four-year program, in order to graduate. This degree is given to students who pass all courses in the curriculum, successfully complete a minimum of 240 ECTS credits and obtain an overall grade point average of at least 2.00/4.00.

Profile of the Programme

The aim of Division of German Language Teacher Education is to train the future teachers of German in the related subjects such as methods of teaching German as a foreign language, language acquisition, language-culture interaction, literature education, translation, language skills, developing and adapting materials for different age groups on different levels, preparing a syllabus considering student needs and expectations, analyzing German textbooks and computer supported language teaching, etc.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of Division of German Language Teacher Education enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers and in museums, libraries and archives as researchers and senior advisers and in many other areas of the public service as civil servants.

Access to Further Studies

Students, who graduate from this program, may apply to second cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Measurement and evaluation methods for each course are defined in the course syllabi prepared by the instructor/s. Exam and passings grades are regulated according to the rules and regulations of Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education undergraduate programs as indicated in their catalogs. According to these students must attend classes, practices and examinations. Students attendance is followed by the Instructor concerned. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations : One midterm examination ( given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester ) and one final exam. The semester grades are determined by adding forty percent of the midterm exam and sixty percent of the final exam grade. In some courses, additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments could be given to students. If there is an additional work given in that course, then the semester grades are: 30 % of the midterm exam, 10% the midterm project and 60 % of the final exam. Students are successful in the course if their grades are (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), (CC), (DC), (DD) and (B); if their grades are (FD), (FF) and (Y), they fail. Students whose GPA are lower than 1.80 cannot register for a new course. Those who have failed in the final exam may take the make-up exam of which grade replaces the final exam and students grades are computated again based upon the make up exam results.

Graduation Requirements

Student must successfully complete all of the courses in the four-year program, in order to graduate. This degree is given to students who pass all courses in the curriculum, successfully complete a minimum of 240 ECTS credits and obtain an overall grade point average of at least 2.00/4.00.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time training programs are implemented.

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Division: Prof. Dr. Kuthan KAHRAMANTÃœRK
E-posta: ismail.boyaci@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 301 23 60