From TurkeyLiving in Other, Turkey (00:37 UTC+03:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 11, 2018
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Merhaba / Hello! I love having conversations, getting to know new people, learning about different cultures, and everything about languages. I also love teaching since it gives me the opportunity to do all these at once. What I love is to make people comfortable around me; I never prefer to make people feel that there is no space for humor in my classes. I believe fun and learning go together well
Me as a Teacher
I graduated from English Language Teaching in Marmara University, Istanbul. I worked for a few years in a private school. Since 2013, I have taught in one of the universities in Turkey. Personally, I wouldn't only think about experience when it comes to finding a good teacher. I have seen many naive teachers who do a great job or vice versa. I guess good teaching is some sort of agreement between the personality and the requirements of the job of teaching. As a teacher, I believe my strengths would be to anticipate well what difficulties a student may have through the process of learning a language and to be able to simplify complicated points. You can say better after taking classes...
My lessons & teaching style
If communication is your main goal, we don't have to speak a common language. But if you want to have a grammar-based class (due to your personality or aims), then speaking a COMMON LANGUAGE would be my preference. For communication, my method is little grammar and much practice. For other purposes (exams or writing), you can learn very subtle grammar points with me. My classes will always be shaped around your needs. Also, I will always be guiding you about how to learn a language for a specific purpose. For the materials, we can ascertain their inclusion after trial classes.
I have experience of teaching to people who want to learn a language for business or for common exams.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Quizzes
Test templates and examples
Homework Assignments
Certificates
Teaching Turkish - Çukurova University - 2016
Certificate verified
Education
2015 - 2018
Master's - English Language TeachingÇukurova University
2008 - 2012
Bachelor’s - English Language TeachingMarmara University
Work Experience
2012 - 2013
InstructorMarmara University - İstanbul, Turkey
2011 - 2013
English TeacherJust English Language Schools - İstanbul, Turkey
5.0
Rating
34
Students
126
Lessons
97%
Attendance rate
96%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
34
Students
126
Lessons
97%
Attendance rate
96%
Response rate
Turkish Lessons
Turkish
English
Trial Lesson
17 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Turkish Classes
A1 - C2Language Essentials46 lessons completed
USD 10.00
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
38 Reviews
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Turkish
English
Marco Marin
12 Turkish lessons
Teacher’s pick
The lesson has been excellent as usual
Mar 12, 2019
Vanessa Vargas
13 Turkish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Learning more and more with each lesson! I really liked the recap of what was learned at the end, looking forward to more lessons with him! He is great!
Feb 24, 2019
Ron
2 Turkish lessons
Teacher’s pick
It was a great class with Yavuzcan. He noticed very quickly my struggles with adding the right endings. He was very patient and explained the grammar for me. Looking forward to our next lesson.
Jan 7, 2019
Anja
13 Turkish lessons
Yavuz is a very patient, nice and open-minded teacher who really wants you to become better. He puts a lot of effort into the class and it is well structured, not just random conversation like I had it in other classes on italki. He also has the linguistic knowledge to being able to point out small nuances and explain them. I really enjoyed the class and felt like I learned a lot!
Nov 25, 2023
Hilario Mayboca
1 English lesson
He was one of the most interesting and nice people I have ever talked to
Jul 28, 2023
Joe
12 Turkish lessons
Another solid lesson. Yavuz will patiently take you through the fundamentals of Turkish grammar to give you a good foundation and slowly introduce you to conversational Turkish in a way that is fun and engaging. Highly recommended teacher!