Program and Materials Development Unit

Program and Materials Development Unit ensures the creation and organization of programs followed in faculties and vocational schools, where compulsory English courses are offered as part of Higher Education Council 5(ı) law, and sharing these programs with the instructors teaching in these faculties and vocational schools. The unit also prepares revision materials twice a semester and shares them with the relevant instructors at faculties and vocational schools. In addition, the unit is responsible for the preparation and administration of two quizzes for the fourth year students along with informing the instructors about presentation, which is another criterion for assessing speaking skill. Organizing regular between-unit meetings, the unit responds to the questions, demands and suggestions coming from the instructors at the faculties and vocational schools after discussing these with the relevant members in the department. The unit also considers the criteria in the Common European Framework of Reference, learners’ levels of preparedness and proficiency levels as well as feedback from instructors. The unit further aims to assess listening, reading, writing skills as well as vocabulary in the quizzes it administers.