In the event organized in collaboration with Near East University, Refugee Rights Association and Child Protection Agency, a “Language and Culture Workshop” was held for children.
Near East University, Refugee Rights Association and Child Protection Agency organized a “Language and Culture Workshop” for children between the ages of 7 and 11. The three-week event allowed children to develop their Turkish language skills and discover cultural richness.
The workshop, which aims to provide an educational and entertaining experience, was held on a different cultural and linguistic theme each week. The event, which encouraged children’s active participation through group work and games, contributed to develop their self-confidence as well as strengthening their cooperation and communication skills.
Near East University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Ali Efdal Özkul and Refugee Rights Association Nagehan Gökler Gürkaya presented plaques to the Turkish Language Teaching Department students who took part in the training workshop. The event ended with the presentation of gifts to the children and refreshments accompanied by Cypriot music.
They reinforced their writing and thinking skills with Turkish language games!
The activities in the event, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yeniasır, Prof. Dr. Burak Gökbulut and Dr. Tülay Kaya Tekman, were carried out under the guidance of Turkish Language Teaching Department students İrem Nisa Gül, Tülaynur Koyun, Dicle Aydın and Gamze Portakal. In the first week of the event, children were given activities based on a text themed “friendship and love”. In the event, children read the reading text on the subject of ‘bicycle’ out loud one by one and developed their language skills in a fun way with games and group work. In the first week of the event, children also reinforced their writing and thinking skills with various Turkish language games.
They developed their Turkish language skills by discovering cultural richness!
In the second week of the Language and Culture Workshop, the aim was for children to learn important concepts such as helping each other and protecting nature through fable texts. Children who developed their word formation, reasoning and visual perception skills through reading aloud and interactive games were provided with environmental awareness and learning to cooperate.
The third and final week focused on Turkish Cypriot culture. Children were served foods specific to Cyprus and a musical recital of Cypriot folk songs were presented, reinforcing cultural values.
