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LANGUAGE TESTS
Language Tests
14 Kasım 2024 Perşembe- YÖKDİL
YÖKDİL, the Higher Education Institutions Foreign Language Exam, has been held in our country since 2017. It is held twice a year by ÖSYM, once in the spring and once in the fall semester. Organized to determine the language skills of candidates in their fields (Science, Social Sciences, Health Sciences), YÖKDİL is the “only field-specific foreign language exam”. The YÖKDİL exam consists of 80 questions.
Who can take YÖKDİL?
o Candidates who want to have master's and doctorate degrees
o People who received their education abroad and want to obtain diploma equivalence
o Candidates whose academic language proficiency score is required by universities for academic promotions
o Candidates who will apply for research assistant, instructor, specialist and translator
o Candidates who will apply for TUS (Medical Specialization Examination), DUS (Dentistry Specialization Examination), EUS (Pharmacy Specialization Examination) and associate professorship exam.
- YDS
YDS, the Foreign Language Proficiency Test, is one of the most popular foreign language exams conducted by ÖSYM in our country. YDS includes questions from all three basic sciences (Science, Health, Social). Just like YÖKDİL, there are 80 questions in YDS, and candidates have 180 minutes. The score is valid for 5 years (except for Academic Staff Applications and internal applications).
Academic Staff Applications: According to the statement made by YÖK (Council of Higher Education), there is no validity period for YDS score in academic staff applications. In other words, you can use a YDS score you have gotten at any time in your applications to become an academic staff.
Internal Practices: Some public institutions or universities may determine the validity period of the YDS score differently according to their internal regulations. Therefore, it is important to check the rules set by the institution you will apply to.
Who can take YDS?
o Graduates of undergraduate programs who will enter master's programs.
o Students who are in the last year of their undergraduate program or the year before the last year of their undergraduate program and who wish to study for a master's or doctorate degree.
o Candidates who will take the Specialization Examination in Medicine (TUS) or the Specialization Examination in Dentistry (DUS).
o Candidates who will take the KPSS in order to become a public employee and who want to determine their level of foreign language knowledge in line with the request of the public institution they want to work for.
o Graduates of universities or colleges who do not work or intend to work in any public institution, but who want to determine their level of foreign language knowledge.
o Associate professor, doctorate and proficiency in art candidates.
o Those who are working in any public institution and want to determine their level of foreign language knowledge due to language compensation or foreign assignment etc.
- TOEFL
TOEFL is one of the most popular exams worldwide. If you want to study abroad, universities, especially in the US, require a TOEFL score for English language proficiency. In general, TOEFL scores are accepted by over 10,000 universities and other institutions in most of Europe and Asia, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is highly preferred by universities in the United States, France and Germany, and by graduate programs in Canada.
There are many TOEFL exams you can take around the world throughout the year. You can find the location of the test centers closest to you and the format of the test on the TOEFL website.
Depending on where it is held, the exam can take one of the following two forms:
- The online test (TOEFL® iBT) has been in use since 2006. In this test format, the grammar section has been removed, but a new speaking ability section has been added. It consists of four sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing.
- The written test (TOEFL® PBT) is given at test centers where the online test is not available or to provide an option for those who prefer not to take the online test. This test also tests the same areas as the online test, but it contains more questions than the online test.
You can use the score you receive for 2 years.
- IELTS
IELTS, just like TOEFL, is one of the first exams that comes to mind when it comes to international English exams. Again like TOEFL, it consists of 4 stages: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. If you want to apply for this test, you can apply through IDP and the British Council. The test is organized in 12 different cities in Turkey. These provinces are Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Karabük, Erzurum, Bursa, Gaziantep, Karaman, Mersin and Samsun.
IELTS is also accepted by almost all academic institutions in many countries around the world and is the only English language test accepted by countries that require English proficiency for immigration. Therefore, it is the most popular test for the UK, Australia and New Zealand. In Turkey, IELTS test results are valid for skipping the preparatory year or academic programs of almost all universities. Many prestigious companies in the banking-finance and aviation sectors recognize the IELTS test in public institutions and immigration offices. Your test score is valid for 2 years.
References: https://edumag.net/
https://www.akademikkaynak.com/