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Overview1. jjjj Education System – main differences and Literacy implications for schools Population Unlike English, Turkish is a highly phonetic and Turkish are pronounced in has a population of nearly 80 million. School starting age exactly the same way as they are spelt, with each Turkish is the first language of 90% of the letter of the Turkish always representing population. Minority include  Emphasis in pre-school is on play rather than learning. the same sound. Because of this, Turkish children Kurdish, 6% and , 1.4 %. Throughout  Children start school full time the September after their 6th the world Turkish is spoken by about 220 birthday. may experience difficulties with English million people.  Students appear to have “jumped” a year (a child who was pronunciation, especially with new vocabulary or in Year 1 in Turkey will suddenly be in a Year 2 in with words they have heard but have not seen Climate England). written down. From that taught in English school Although Turkey is a hot summer holiday School day destination, much of the country experiences Maths cold winters with snow.  The school day, hours and lunch vary from school to school and depend on different factors such as the type of

Education System (for children from school and the region. However all classes last between  Decimals are written using a comma rather Turkey) 40 and 45 minutes with at least five minutes break than a full stop e.. 6,5 instead 6.5 between lessons.  The written method for division is different  Preschool Education: Optional for 4 -  Schools may have 2 sessions with one group of children from that taught in English schools. having their lessons from early morning to midday and 6 year olds another from midday to early evening.  In Turkey the number 7 is written with a  School uniform is compulsory at Turkish schools in order dash through it 7. Also, the Turkish 1 can be  Primary Education: Lasts 8 years and to prevent discrimination due to social class. confused with the English 7. is compulsory between the ages of 6  Subjects are taught in the students’ own classroom even  Turkish children are used to using pencils for and 14. at secondary school; the students stay in their room while maths and rubbing out their workings. They the teachers move from class to class.  At primary school pupils have the same class teacher for may need to be told to show all their  Secondary education: includes all general, vocational and technical four years. workings and not to rub them out. schools that provide at least 4 years

of education after primary school Curriculum Cultural sensitivities EAL  At primary school children are mainly taught Literacy, Numeracy, Science, a Foreign Language, ,  Most children come from Muslim families; The most common foreign language is Music and Social Studies. some pray regularly and only eat Halal meat, English, which is taught from year 2 (age 8) in  At secondary school pupils are taught Geography, History whilst other families are less strict. state schools. Children can choose to study and PE in addition to the above. other languages e.g. French, German  Exams are usually essay based rather than multiple through to the end of secondary school. choice.  Turkish children do not sit on the carpet in  Grade scales range from 1 to 5 (1=insufficient,5=excellent) primary school.

Parental involvement and attendance Questions/tenses Useful classroom words Days of the week in Turkey Monday Pazartesi  The question tag “-mı/-mi/-mu/-mü?” together Turkish secondary school children have to Greetings Tuesday Salı with a slight rise in intonation indicates a repeat a school year if they do not achieve the Carsamba question in Turkish. Turkish pupils may have Welcome Hoş geldiniz expected minimum grade; some parents have difficulties with the change in order used Hello Merhaba Thursday Persembe to pay for private tuition to ensure their child in English, particularly with irregular verbs. Thank you Teşekkür ederim Cuma achieves the expected levels. Please Lütfen Stress on words pronounced in isolation is on Weekend Haftasonu  Children bring all their school text and Goodbye (formal) Güle güle the final syllable. exercise books home every day for Good morning Iyi günler Numbers  There is no equivalent to the perfect tense in Zero Sıfir homework so parents can see what they Are you OK? Iyimisin? Turkish. One Bir have been learning and can help with  Sometimes Turkish uses the simple past School Routine Two Iki 20 Yirmi homework. where English uses the simple present (e.g. Three Uç 30 Otuz  Children sit written and oral tests 3 times Four Dört 40 Kırk “Geç kaldım”: literal =”I was late” School playground Okul bahçesi a year for each subject, with regular Five Beş 50 Elli but means “I am late”). This may cause School office Okul ofisi feedback to the parents. Hall Yemekhane/salon Six Alti 60 Altmiş problems in interpretation or usage of tense. Seven Yedi 70 Yetmiş  Children receive 2 reports per academic School Okul Eight Sekiz 80 Seksen year. Verbs Assembly Toplantı Nine Dokuz 90 Doksan

Toilets Tuvalet Ten On 100 Yüz Language differences that may cause In Turkish the verb is often omitted entirely (e.g. School field Okul Bahçesi How many? Kaçtane? problems with Literacy “Bu kedi siyah”= this cat black“), whereas in Classroom Sınıf Instructions/Questions English the verb is necessary. Turkish pupils may Registration Kayıt omit “is”, “are”, ”was”, ”were” or experience Alphabet/ Computer suite Bilgisiyar odasi problems using these words correctly. Work with a Bir ile caliş Break time Tenefüs partner  The Turkish language has 8 : a e ı i Outside Dışarısı Use your Sözlügünü kullan o ö u ü and 21 consonants including ç ğ ş Inside İçerisi dictionary making 29 letters in total. In Turkish, meaning is added to the verb by Fire drill Yangın tatbikati Do you Anladınmi?  You will never find two consonants placing other individual words in front of it (e.g. Packed lunch Beslenme understand? together in a word: there is always a “gelebileceksin” meaning “you will be able to come School dinner Okul yemeği Talk about this Evde bu konuda konuş between them e.g. “okul” = at home home”). Here, the verb element “gel”= “come”) has School nurse Okul hemşerisi “school”, “bıcak” = “knife” had three endings tagged onto it: -ebil (be able to), Translate these Bunları evde tercüme ı -ecek (will) and –sin (you). First aid room İlk yardim odas words at home et Spellings Staff room Öğretmenler odası You can write in Türkce yazabilirsin Lunchtime öğlen yemeği Turkish  Pupils may attempt to impose phonetic School uniform önlük consistency in the Turkish language on Whereas in English the sentence structure is Library Kütüphane Write in Cümle kur English spelling patterns, e.g. they might “subject-verb-object”, the basic word-order in sentences omit silent letters in spellings or Reading book Okuma kitabı Turkish is “subject-object-verb”. This can lead to Fill in the blanks Boş yerleri doldur pronounce them (e.g. the final “e” in Library book Kütüpane kitabı errors such as “I many friends have”. Please be quiet Lütfen sessiz words like “female”). Copy Suret Annotate Acıklama  They may also apply pronunciation “rules” Articles Label Etiket Highlight Vurgulamak they have observed in one example to Colour Renk Draft Taslak other situations. For instance, the “” In Turkish, there is no equivalent for “a”, “an”, “or” Pen Tükenmez Kalemi Come here Buraya gel lütfen sound of the “” in “cat” may lead to and “the”. “Bir” (“one”) may be used before a noun Pencil Kursun kalemi please confusion with words like “centre” where to indicate “how many” as in “bir elma yedim” Yes Evet Sit on the Halıya otur the “c” makes a soft “s” sound. This (“one apple ate I” =”I ate an apple”). carpet inconsistency in English phonics may No Hayır Where does it Neresi acıvor? cause Turkish children difficulties. hurt?

Well done Aferin ne Aferin