Learn Turkish Creatively

Esra O.

32 students, 652 lessons

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I speak:

English, French, Turkish

I teach:

Turkish

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Specialized topics:

Academic, Advanced, Beginners, Business, Communication, Courses for children, Culture, Grammar, Literature, Medical, Pronunciation, Technical, Tourism and travelling

Great choice! Students book in average more than 10 lessons!
Very experienced teacher!

Skype ID:

8888888888

Country of residence:

Turkey

Native speaker from:

Turkey

Lessons in: Online

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Learn Turkish Creatively

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Hello,
I was born in İstanbul and I lived there. I hold a bachelor degree in cinema and television at İstanbul Şehir University. During my university years, my stories have been published in major Turkish literary magazines. After my graduation I have been specializing in children's book illustration and literature. I founded children's book publishing house in Turkey. The name is Yıldız Tozu Publishing and my books were released. I worked as an editor-in-chief in the company. I was finding books in the world and I was publishing them in Turkish. I am practically and professionally working on Turkish language and literature. Later on, I moved France to continue my education and works about literature and art. Currently, I am learning french.

I have experience in teaching Turkish in years. Furthermore, I speak English very well (TOEFL B2) and French (B1) it is advantage for students who are beginners.

Here my methodology when I teach Turkish:

I will use the grammar books and my presentations, time to time.

For speaking practice: illustrations, daily conversations
For listening practice: Turkish songs, movies, series
For reading practice: news and articles about Turkey (for advance students), stories, picture books (for intermediate students), texts from language books (for beginner and intermediate students.)

If students need to focus specific area like writing etc. I am designing my class according to that.

In addition, it is because I am using broad material about Turkish media, you will be familiar the culture and sociology of Turkey.

I like to do lesson in creative and in an organized way; therefore, I believe you will learn fast and you will enjoy learning Turkish with me!

I hope to see you in my class :)

Teacher statistics

	Contacted by:	60 students
	Active students:	32
	Lessons:	652
	Last access:	3 days ago
	Registered:	5 years ago

Education:

İstanbul Şehir University

Work experience:

Founder and Editor-in Chief

Yıldız Tozu Publishing

2019 - Continues

Turkey, İstanbul

Reviews

32 students, 652 lessons

Teaching methodology:

5/5

Learning materials:

5/5

Punctuality:

5/5

Communication:

4.98/5

Internet connection:

4.91/5

Student	Rating	Feedback
Midas R.	14/3/25 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Esra is a great teacher. She is well prepared with powerpoints that explain the grammar rules and also pays a lot of attention to the pronounication. Thank you Midas!
Filip .	16/12/23 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Esra is a talented teacher with an instinctive grasp for the intricacies of the language. She is able to explain the meanings and nuances clearly. The use of different types of teaching materials (images, video, presentations) make the classes fun. Highly recommended for all students of the Turkish language!
Denise D.	15/7/23 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 4/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 4/5 Learning materials 5/5 4.6/5	It's been four months since my last review and I'm understanding more and more words. What matters to me now is understanding the grammar and the different word forms and how to use them. Esra is very patient and helps me repeat and repeat. I experience this as very pleasant and ensures that I continue to enjoy learning the Turkish language because I keep saying, Turkish is not an easy language... There is one more thing I would like to mention and this is not Esra's fault but the difference between Turkish and English language. Sometimes sentences just can't be translated in a normal way and you have to look for a detour to make clear what is meant and this goes both ways. Sometimes it is almost impossible to translate something from English to Turkish and vice versa. Thank you Esra for been so patient with me ❤ It is not always good idea trying to translate everything exactly to English Denise, some professors do not to speak other language to teach the language because students needs to understand this new language way of thinking. But I don't want to push the students too hard in that way. Some of my students are finding the language easy some of them finding it is hard. It is normal but if you always repeat "it is not easy" I am sure this thought pattern will make slow the process of learning. In addition, Turkish is one of the unique language that has very less exceptions, if students grasp the logic of suffix, they can start to make sentences easily. On the other hand, it has quite different way of grammer structure from English so I understand you completely! By the way, it is pleasure to hear that you are enjoying from learning with me! You are always welcome:) See you in the class:)
Michael .	25/6/23 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	If you want to learn Turkish in an efficient way while enjoying at the same time, without noticing the effort of studying, choose this teacher. Esra is very skilled and experienced, very patient and attentive. Her lessons will be fun, you will be using all different kinds of materials, e.g. grammar tables, pictures, songs, conversations, etc. all provided by her. Each lesson will be adapted to your individual level, while no time will be lost on meaningless things. Esra will be very dedicated to your progress, which is why I can only recommend her to anyone who has the intention of learning Turkish through this website. Oh, thank you! :) It is pleasure for me also to do lesson with you Michael!
Denise D.	16/3/23 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 4/5 Learning materials 5/5 4.8/5	I have been following lessons with Esra on and off for six months now and sometimes we have communication problems because we have to speak in English and that isn't the native language for the both of us. Having said this. She is a fun teacher and we laugh a lot but I also must admit that she is strict with the time table, starting at 8 o'clock means starting at 8, ending at 9 means.... Other than that, when I have questions I can ask anytime and she will reply and if the question isn't to complicated I get an fairly quick answer, if it gets more complicated than the answer will be treated in the next lesson. Would I recommend Esra hanim. Yes! And I would like to add, she is a good teacher and she has a lot of patience and repeats the things I should know because it was in a previous lesson and I stupidtly enough forgot about it (Turkish isn't an easy language...) Teşekkür ederim Denise:) and it is not stupidity, very normal when we learn a new language we just need many repetition... and every language has different structure so it takes a bit time to learn it but this makes knowing a different language so valuable. ;)
Emanuela /.	4/2/23 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Well done Esra! Congratulations for your approach, methodical, professional and fun :-) Show original Brava Esra! Complimenti per il tuo approccio, metodico, professionale e divertente :-) Thank you Emanuela! :)
Denise D.	1/12/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	No feedback given.
Denise D.	9/10/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	No feedback given.
Pelin .	11/6/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	No feedback given.
Sofia M.	7/6/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Esra is an excellent teacher. She brings in a lot teaching material that she developed herself and has a very interactive style which helps you speak. She is very interested in giving you cultural details as well which I like a lot, because it helps you understand the language so much more. Thank you Sofia! ;)
Bianca .	6/6/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 4/5 Learning materials 5/5 4.8/5	Up until now, I have done three lessons with Esra. I am very happy with it; she is punctual, professional and what I find very important: she easily adapts. If she notices I master a skill, she'll move on to the next one swiftly.
Yusuf .	17/4/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Esra is a very professional and experienced teacher. She is teaching well and my son is improving his language well too.
Anco P.	15/1/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Esra is a very good teacher who uses her self made PowerPoint slides which can be very helpful because of the pictures involved.
Yusuf .	14/1/22 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Esra is very polite and professional teacher. My child enjoys her lessons
Markus W.	29/12/21 Review Teaching methodology 5/5 Communication 5/5 Punctuality 5/5 Internet connection 5/5 Learning materials 5/5 5/5	Everything. Best is patient and very personable Show original Alles. Bestens Ist geduldig und sehr sympathisch Thank you!

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