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Eurocentres, one of the leading brands of English language education in the world, opened its first educational institution in Turkey in Istanbul. Eurocentres, which is stated to be the first language school in Europe, offers personalized education according their own system.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - Every year, 250 thousand people from various age groups try to learn English by spending over 300 million TL in total in Turkey. According to the 2019 Annual Report of English UK which English language education institutions operating in the UK are members, Turkey is ranked 7th in the countries that prefer the UK in English language education.

In addition, in the survey of 35 member and candidate countries of the European Union Statistical Institute (Eurostat), the foreign language proficiency rate in Turkey was 75.5% in 2007, 81.8% in 2011 and was ranked no 34 out of 35 countries. In 2016, it was noted that Turkey did not participate in repeated research. Despite these massive investments in learning English, research shows that many mistakes are made in the English learning process, such as adopting rote-based curriculum and level-based education. In the face of this picture, the world-famous language institutions are bringing the systems they developed to Turkey. One of them is Eurocentres Global Language Learning (Eurocentres), which is stated to be Europe's first language school. Eurocentres, one of the world's leading brands in language education with more than 30 schools in 6 continents, opened its first educational institution in Bakırköy, Istanbul.

"Level-based education is the biggest problem in front of development and motivation"

Eurocentres Turkey Education Director Funda Astarlioglu, who stated that at the beginning of the problems they observe in foreign language education, there is a model of education based on grammar and limited to the source book, said: “the students jammed into textbooks, forced to memorize grammar books. Level-based education is the biggest problem in front of students' development and motivation. However, in the education methodology of the 21st century, there is an individualized and interactive education. Accepted educational methods applied worldwide open the door to an individualized and technology-supported education with hours and performance-based education blended from all sources. This makes language education abroad more attractive.”

"Each individual's learning style is different in foreign language education"

Stating that the recent increase in the exchange rate and the pandemic process made access to education abroad quite costly and difficult, Astarlıoğlu said, “The coronavirus pandemic that the world struggles with has encouraged people to easily access resources for many basic needs and for education as well. As Eurocentres, the first language school in Europe, we have moved all our experience in English language education to Turkey as it is, and we aim to develop the production skills of all students, no matter what level they are at. Thanks to our activity-based education system, we take students to the center and we are given the opportunity to give confidence, which is very important for foreign language learning. In addition, in our education system, which does not rely on a single book, more than one source is used based on the fact that each individual has different learning styles in foreign language education. Because we know that the learning style of each individual is different in foreign language education.”

Funda Astarlioglu stated that the levels in the educational programs used in the language schools are converted to course programs with predetermined hours and presented to the student in packages and this is a wrong practice, she also said: “Just as in private lessons, the duration that students spend at a certain level should be evaluated depending on their individual performance. With this awareness, we strive to provide the most productive contribution to the language development of individuals with different goals and objectives.”