Birsen Ozbilge
5.0
Portugal•
3:34 PM (GMT+00:00)
Turkish
73
1,781
Turkish
73
1,781
Speaks
Turkish
Native
,English
C2
,Spanish
C1
,Portuguese
A1
,French
About Me
Merhaba! I am a native Turkish teacher from Istanbul with 15 years of teaching experience. I speak a proper, very polite Istanbul dialect, which is highly recommended.
I am currently living in Portugal. I have lived in the past for a long period in the United States and Spain, so both English and Spanish may be used to support the teaching at a more productive pace. I research about the latest learning materials, customized to each student's personality and level, such as music, movies and easy-reading texts.
I encourage my students to talk slowly and correctly, focusing on interesting subjects, actual news or their specialty areas. Sometimes we will read from articles and repeat after each other. Also, we will have entertaining dialog and anecdotes, but we will mainly concentrate on learning grammar and pronunciation.
For beginners, I regularly provide self evaluation exams after completing each unit (3 PDF lessons) and assist in every step of the way in understanding it, both during the class and off-class. I will take the time to correct your exams and send the feedback beforehand, to have it ready for the following class. With this process, every class is tremendously productive and entertaining; while you are learning along, I will target your weaker areas, so there's no delay in the learning process.
For more advanced students, I prepare lessons beforehand, too, so we can have some conversational time and help with higher-level homework, as well. I will recommend more challenging learning materials, such as music, movies and books.
BOOK A TRIAL LESSON. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!!
Görüșmek üzere!
Read MoreI am currently living in Portugal. I have lived in the past for a long period in the United States and Spain, so both English and Spanish may be used to support the teaching at a more productive pace. I research about the latest learning materials, customized to each student's personality and level, such as music, movies and easy-reading texts.
I encourage my students to talk slowly and correctly, focusing on interesting subjects, actual news or their specialty areas. Sometimes we will read from articles and repeat after each other. Also, we will have entertaining dialog and anecdotes, but we will mainly concentrate on learning grammar and pronunciation.
For beginners, I regularly provide self evaluation exams after completing each unit (3 PDF lessons) and assist in every step of the way in understanding it, both during the class and off-class. I will take the time to correct your exams and send the feedback beforehand, to have it ready for the following class. With this process, every class is tremendously productive and entertaining; while you are learning along, I will target your weaker areas, so there's no delay in the learning process.
For more advanced students, I prepare lessons beforehand, too, so we can have some conversational time and help with higher-level homework, as well. I will recommend more challenging learning materials, such as music, movies and books.
BOOK A TRIAL LESSON. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!!
Görüșmek üzere!
My trial lessons
Depending on your Turkish level and needs I will prepare a lesson plan and add some PDF and audio file samples into Verbling classroom.
The classroom has interactive writing/listening tools for both of us, I will show you how to use them.
We will talk about the lessons and I will receive your questions as well.
Looking forward to see you.
Görüsmek üzere!
Read MoreThe classroom has interactive writing/listening tools for both of us, I will show you how to use them.
We will talk about the lessons and I will receive your questions as well.
Looking forward to see you.
Görüsmek üzere!
Trial Lesson
One time, 30 minutesPrivate Lessons
60 minutesTeacher Stats
Within a few hours 
7 years ago 
100.00%1,781 
36.9 lesson average
5.0 Schedule
Teaching Expertise
Beginner
Upper Beginner
Intermediate
Upper Intermediate
Advanced
Upper Advanced
Résumé
Education
2022 - 2022
Etkili Konuşma (Effective Speaking)
Koç University - Online
Effective Speaking in Turkish course (6 weeks)
2019 - 2019
MIRACLES OF HUMAN LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Universiteit Leiden - Meertens Instituut - Coursera
2015 - 2015
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
La Trobe University – Australia - Virtual Class
1987 - 1996
1987 - 1994
Work Experience
2001 - 2003
2004 - 0
ART TEACHER
Freelance - Spain and Global
Teach Art and its techniques both online and on-site
2018 - 0
TURKISH TEACHER
Verbling - Global
Private Turkish lessons (beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels)
2007 - 0
TURKISH TEACHER
Italki - Global
Private Turkish lessons (beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels)
Certifications
2023 - 2023
Teaching Turkish as A Foreign Language Certificate Programme
Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa Continuing Education Application and Research Center - Online
Teaching Turkish as A Foreign Language Certificate Programme (40 hrs of theoretical and 5 hours of observed study)
2021 - 2021
Ratings
284
Fun
232
Motivation Guru
197
Excellent Materials
310
Great Conversation
1
Exam Coach
2
Business Expert
29
Writing Coach
255
Great for Beginners
32
Great for Intermediate
11
Great for Advanced
119
Accent Reduction
13
Tech Savvy
239
Goes the Extra Mile
118
Grammar Expert
157
Cultural Insights
5.0 Average
1010 ratings, 73 students
July 25, 2024 • Lessons: 213
Really cares about her students and goes above and beyond always to explain and ensure we understand. Very patient and motivates us.
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January 11, 2019 • Lessons: 48
I missed three weeks of lessons and wasn't feeling very sure of my turkish skills, but without me telling her that Birsen set up a plan to review suffixes and tenses. She plans to help me review until I understand the concepts and sentence structure. I appreciate her thoughtfulness and forwarding thinking in my behalf.
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January 5, 2019 • Lessons: 6
Birsen has given me a lot of confidence in our Turkish lessons together. While Turkish may seem a little scary, she's able to move slowly with some phrases and the alphabet, then we work through some dialogues and eventually some grammar to build the basics. It's really important to do some self study in between lessons and to repeat and find the similarities in endings that will help you understand the basis of Turkish, then studying with Birsen will be even better.
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