Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship (FLTA) Program is a nine-month scholarship program for individuals who have graduated from English Language Teaching and similar fields at the beginning of their careers (without more than 7 years of teaching experience). Please click for the list of other related fields. In addition to improving the quality of foreign language education at universities in the USA, the FLTA Program aims to help English teachers from foreign countries improve their teaching skills, improve their English language levels, and have knowledge about American society and culture. Foreign Language Teaching Assistants will work as teaching assistants in Turkish language education programs at American universities. Teaching assistantship includes up to 20 hours of work per week. In addition, there is an obligation to take two courses per semester in the fields of English Language Teaching and/or American Cultural Studies in the institutions where the assistantship is provided. It is possible to attend the classes as an audience (“audit”), or to take credits. No diploma will be received at the end of this program. Foreign Language Teaching Assistants are expected to participate in Turkish Speaking Club arrangements, extracurricular activities and social aid projects, in addition to their teaching duties.
Foreign Language Teaching Assistants will receive a monthly scholarship. In addition, health insurance is made against accident and illness, and round-trip flight tickets are purchased. The American universities hosting the program provide tuition fee exemption and support the assistants for the courses that must be taken. Foreign Language Teaching Assistants must attend an orientation program to be held in the USA before going to the universities where they will work in August 2023. Scholars also participate in the mid-term evaluation meeting organized by the Education and Cultural Relations Office of the US Department of State and share their best foreign language teaching practices and personal teaching experiences with other scholars. Scholars who will participate in this program cannot take their spouse and/or children with them. Scholars are obliged to return to Turkey at the end of the program.
Application Deadline: Candidates for the 2023-2024 academic year FLTA Program must create an "Application Package" and deliver this package to the Ankara Headquarters of our Commission. To be delivered by hand: You must deliver it by hand to the Ankara Office of our Commission on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, by 17:00. They will be delivered by mail: It must be delivered to the cargo on 27 July 2022, reaching our Commission's Ankara Office on Friday, 29 July 2022 at the latest. We recommend that you choose a private courier company to send your Application Package. Applications received after 29 July 2022 will not be accepted. Below are the documents you need to include in your application package:
1. Application Form: The application form for the FLTA Program is filled online. In the online application system, which you can access from the "Apply" button, it is necessary to select "Create an account", set a valid e-mail address and password, and register in the system. It is possible to log in to this system at different times and update the form. After the application is sent from the online system, the application form should be printed out and the entire application package, together with the following documents, should be sent to the Ankara Head Office of the Turkish Fulbright Education Commission. Here are the other documents you need to include in this package: 2. Diploma/Student Certificate and Transcript: If it is valid for undergraduate and applicant candidates, a transcript showing clearly the courses taken during the graduate education, grades and grade point average and a diploma/student document are required. Transcript and diploma/student certificate must be officially approved by the school and translated into English. It should be clearly stated what the grade point average stated in the transcript corresponds to, out of 4.00 or 100. 3. Permit Document: Candidates who apply for a scholarship and work in an institution are required to have an officially approved permission document stating that there is no problem in their application and that they will be considered on leave by the institution they are working for when they are awarded the scholarship. 4. Reference letters: 3 English reference letters must be submitted. Reference letters can be submitted in two ways: Electronic Reference Letter: It is the letter to be prepared by the person who will give the reference over the internet through the Slate application system. When the e-mail address of the person who will give a reference to the system is registered, the letter to be filled will be automatically sent to that person. Received Reference Letter: You can take the reference letters by hand and send them with your application package. Click here to download the handwritten reference letter form. Letters must be sent in a sealed envelope and the part where the envelope is closed must be signed by the person filling the form. Reference letters prepared in a format other than these cannot be used in any application to the FLTA Program. Reference letters sent by e-mail or fax are not accepted. Applications of people who send an incomplete number of reference letters will not be considered.
5. TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic Exam Result Document: A photocopy of a valid exam result document should be attached to the application documents. The "Special Home Edition" format of the TOEFL iBT test is also accepted and the minimum score for this format is 79 as in the regular format. TOEFL and IELTS tests are valid for 2 years from the date of taking the test. Expired exam results will not be accepted. If you are going to register for TOEFL or IELTS exams; Using our B126 institution code for the TOEFL iBT exam, Selecting our Commission from the "IELTS Recognising Organizations" list for the IELTS exam, You can refer your official exam result to our Commission. If you have sent us your result using our institution code instead of the result document, please add a petition stating your exam date to the application package. You must have taken the exam before the scholarship deadline. 6. A certified copy of the pedagogical formation certificate / acceptance to the master's program with or without thesis in the applicable fields, or an official letter stating that this training has been started and that this training will be completed by June 2023 at the latest, must be attached. 7. Identity Card: A copy of the identity card is required. 8. Photograph: It must be a recent passport-sized photograph with the candidate's name and surname written on the back. IMPORTANT: On July 27, 2022, applications that lack the above-mentioned documents or do not meet the criteria will not be evaluated. Any documents submitted to the Turkish Fulbright Education Commission regarding the application will not be returned. Download the Documentation Checklist here to ensure you complete your application. Başvurunuzu eksiksiz yaptığınızdan emin olmak için buradan Evrak Kontrol Listesini indiriniz. Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship Scholarship (fulbright.org.tr) Yabancı Dil Öğretim Asistanlığı Bursu (fulbright.org.tr)