Turkish Language Classes
Turkic Cultural Student Association offers Turkish courses at UALR in collaboration with Raindrop Turkish House from elemantary to advanced levels. Turkish courses aim to develop listening, speaking, reading, writing skills and introduce Turkish culture. Students are encouraged to focus on conversational Turkish with an emphasis on active participation using CDs, DVDs, and conversation partnes. All students will have the opportunity to get a free Turkish Olimpiad ticket that is held annually in Houston, Texas, a free ticket for Turkish festival in Houston, Texas and attend cultural activities at Raindrop Turkish House at Little Rock.
Why should I take Turkish?
Turkish is the 5th biggest language spoken in the world. There are more than 200 million people speaking Turkish.
2) Turkish language is written in Latin alphabet and pronounced as it is written. Therefore, it is easy to learn and to pronounce.
3) Turkey is the emerging economic power with geographical and political ties with Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries.
4) Turkey has a very rich history from Biblical times to the earliest human civizations, from the first Christians to the most elegant architectural monuments of Islamıc civilization.
5) Turkey has a long established culture of coexistance between various members of ethnic and religious groups from Jews to Syriac Christians from Circassians to Albenians.