"We aim to create individuals who have interdisciplinary competence in history, art, culture, and foreign languages, understand the meaning and the power of nature and are equipped with the inter-cultural and international world consciousness."

It is utmost important for students of Bahcesehir University to read, write and understand both the spoken and the written language in the academy, precisely in English. In the contemporary world, communication skills, analyzing and commenting on the results of scientific research and transferring the information to professional practices at international standards are the chief components of personal attainment.

Considering the globalizing academic and professional life, university students ought to be competent not only in their mother tongue but also in one foreign language or more to comprehend the subject matters that they are required to master or present those subjects in various academic formats. Today, the developing business world requires individuals to make use of different resources both in mother tongue and in foreign languages in order to participate in cross-disciplinary academic practices. Thus, the Department of Modern Languages offers courses to develop academic language skills together with the understanding and internalizing the academic culture that students need throughout their studies with their courses that are designed with respect to global issues.

In the Department of Modern Languages students follow a program that aims to develop four main language skills that are extremely important in learning a foreign language: writing, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and grammar. Students prepare projects related with their departments and by using international academic writing styles they learn to synthesize information. They also analyze academic articles related to their subjects of study through advanced reading and vocabulary strategies that they practice in class. The student presentations enable them to express themselves and also encourage them to participate in debates. Moreover, by the help of feedback they receive on a regular basis, they get used to incorporating the language structures and phrases into their academic studies. Note taking technique is also included in this learning process, which they largely make use of in their departmental lectures.

Today, the urge of learning a foreign language is crystal clear. Hence, creating students who use the English language that is the medium of instruction at Bahcesehir University efficiently and pursue their academic studies by enhancing their mastery of language is tremendously important.

Chairman, Department of Modern Languages
Instructor Elif Canan Onat