Bachelor’s Degree in Turkish Language with a profile in “Language, Literature and Turkish Civilization”

Bachelor’s Degree in Turkish Language with a profile in “Language, Literature and Turkish Civilization”

Objectives and formative activities of the study program

The Bachelor’s program in Turkish Language with a profile  in “Language, Literature and  Turkish Civilization” is offered at the Faculty of Foreign Languages by the Department of Turkish Language and aims to prepare specialists with very good knowledge  not only of the written language and  spoken language, but also of Turkish culture, history and literature.

This study program offers:

• advanced knowledge  not only of the  written and  spoken language, but also of Turkish culture, history and literature including critical thinking of theories and principles in this field of study.
• advanced skills that demonstrate high competence and innovation, required to solve complex and unpredictable problems in this field of study.

The program has the following objectives:

• To offer  in-depth theoretical education in teaching subjects using  language skills.
• To provide knowledge on the Turkish language, literature and culture .
• To develop acquired skills in the field of teaching.
• To develop skills for reflection and professional development.

Competencies

The program, with a wide range of subjects, provided during 3 (three) years of study, includes diverse disciplines, which provide general university education specialized in the relevant field, as well as aim to:

• Endow students with basic applicable knowledge and skills in accordance with their general linguistic, literary, historical and Turkish civilization formation;
• Be able  to communicate and switch from one language to another, in different contexts and fields;
• Possess a high level of knowledge about the disciplines of the study program (language, literature, history and Turkish civilization) through the first foreign language, language B (Turkish);
• Own  a perfect mastery of the Albanian language (language A) and the first foreign language, Turkish (language B);
• Identify and correct flaws (linguistic and/or logical) in texts of different natures and styles;
• Possess at an advanced level  the second foreign language, language C;

Opportunities for employment and professional qualification

The Faculty of Foreign Languages offers further training for students in coordination with employers. These trainings are related to different topics and in accordance with the scientific training and the needs of the students in the labor market.

Students can be employed part-time in companies with which FFL has signed a Cooperation Agreement. Our students can be employed in the public and private sector such as: Educational institutions, media, publishing houses, cultural and tourism institutions, translation agencies.

Students  graduated from the Bachelor program can be employed as:

• Teacher of foreign language centers.
• Tourist guide in museums, historical and cultural centers.
• Tourist info-points near municipalities throughout the country.
• Clerk of foreign and public relations offices in all public and private institutions.
• Employee of written and visual media.
• Employee of Albanian embassies abroad or of foreign embassies in Albania.
• Researcher and cultural mediator.

Further studies at FFL-UT

The Bachelor’s degree in “Turkish Language” with aprofile  in ” Language, Literature and  Turkish Civilization” provides further study opportunities in the Second Study Cycle and/or in the programs of other cycles provided by other legal and by-laws in force.

• Master of Science in “Turkish Language Teacher for Upper Secondary Education”
• Master of Science in “Language and Intercultural Communication and Tourism”
• Master of Science in “Technical – Literary Translation and Interpretation”
• Professional master’s degree in “Translation” with the profile of Translator
• Master of Science in Automatic Language Processing, specialty Automatic and linguistic processing of written documents

Erasmus + scholarship program funded by the European Union

Our students have the opportunity to conduct one or two semesters of study at foreign partner universities with which FFL-UT has concluded inter-institutional agreements Erasmus + KA1, in: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Czech Republic, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia, Romania.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Bachelor in Turkish Language with a Profile in Language, Literature and Turkish Civilization