Hello together,

I plan to attend a intensive turkish course for 4 Weeks. I wanted to use this for travelling on the off-beaten-tracks in Turkey and probably to chat with some turkish People back home in Germany.You think its realistic to obtain this knowledge?

But I have a Question. There seems to be a huge load of Schools around and I find it really hard to decide. Mainly there are Price differences, which are really huge. From 200€ for 4 Weeks; 80hrs to 670€. The most expensive is the "turkish language center" in Izmir.

Can anyone recommend Kadicat as this seems to be, for me, the most interesting of those Schools?

thanks for the help!

find a better place to learn than this place , or are you a spammer for the site ???? there is not enough  information or positive history about this site. or  once again are you a spammer for the site ????

I looked at this site and I am very leary of a site that does not seem to have much back up or creditations. It gives no information as to whether the teachers are qualified to what is actually taught. The material used is questionable. I have seen adds for where they look for just about anyone  to teach as a native speaker no credentials needed. ( not this school in particular but others fly by night schools ) I have also read horror stories about some language learning schools.

they quote a guarantee with that gives you no idea of how much turkish you will actually learn. Also what about someone who learns slower than others will they be given a guarantee 35% refund.

I could not find a EF level A2 or B1 anywhere other than their site. I did find CEFR levels A2 and B1 in english and this is the lower this is what you need to know in order to past the lowest level of A@

An ability to deal with simple, straightforward information and begin to express oneself in familiar contexts.
Example: CAN take part in a routine conversation on simple predictable topics.
All practice tests at this level

this is on top of speaking listening and understanding and reading

quote from website:

With four hours a day five days a week intrensive courses you will be able to speak in Turkish in a month, it is not a promise it is a fact, you will get 35% refund if you can´t reach EF level A2 or B1 in a month, all you have to do follow the courses and study by yourself for an hour a day. It is possible to speak and communicate adequately Turkish in a mouth with our methodology.

or are you a spammer for the site ????

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woho. slow, slow.

First thanks for your fast and extensive reply.

I am quite suprised that I wrote something which led you to the conclusion I´d be a Spambot. Guess its not the first Time and I also was hoping to not get any suggestion by any language center promoting themself.

So, lets start again from the very beginning.

The point why I took out Kedicat is, that I was suprised by the 4 Week/80hrs Offer which should lead to an exam, which refers, as so far I understand the page leads to a A2 Level. I dont really understand your concerns. You mean this is sort of a constructed level?

One Point is, that I am quite unsure what to expect from an intensive course, especially concerning understanding and speaking or if it would do another course. The more recommended, like Tömer "just" offer 40hrs/Month Courses.

All I was looking for, was getting maybe some directions of general recomendations. Also concerning not the big Ones, like Tömer, Dilmer but also other schools like kedicat, turkuaz. And, as said, a rating from your position to the expectations concerning a limited intensive course.

If you come to the conclusion, that this might be a inapropriate Question, so be it and excuse me for the circumstances.

best regards out of the israeli desert

If you try to squeeze the time frame too much, you’ll forget most of what you learn. People who expect to become fluent in a language by cramming 80 hours of classroom time into a few weeks are usually disappointed. This would be considered a shotgun technique in learning and perhaps if you were to plan to live there fora further 6 months  you might benefit from this. If a course is not recognised with credentials usually it will only be as good as the free material and learning sites you can already find on the internet.

If I am paying money for a course I would expect a certain level of professionalism.

TEACHING STAFF

All of our teachers are graduates of Turkish Linguistics and the Turkish Language and Literature department. Our teachers have also all achieved their Master’s Degree in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language. Our experienced teaching staff are well-versed in teaching Turkish as a foreign language, due to many years of experience.

Are you starting this course with no knowledge of Turkish ?

is one question I would ask if not will the students in your class time be the same level or will you have to sit through the basics  of Hello my name is.....  how are you etc....

I would say you would have a better chance of learning what kedi could teach you on this site and many others set up for free. You can learn grammer, phrases and listen on youtube  to lessons for pronounciation. If you spent 80 hours doing this you would be ahead of the game and it would cost you nothing. Only the same 80 hours. I will add that classroom instruction can be good. It really depends on the instructor, the materials and your classmates. It is generally true that a class will progress as fast as the slowest student can handle.

here is another rating from a different school this is a turkish school