The 2022 application of the Four Skills Turkish Language Exam, whose first application was carried out in 2024, will be carried out between 24 April and 10 May 2024, with the participation of 40 schools and 653 thousand 10 students from 665 provinces determined as a sample.
Turkish Language Exam in Four Skills is a monitoring exam carried out to measure the reading, listening, speaking and writing language skills acquired by students throughout the education process at primary, secondary and high school levels, in order to protect and develop Turkish within the scope of the Measurement and Evaluation Regulation of the Ministry of National Education.
The exam, which is carried out on computers identified on behalf of the student in e-Exam centers, is carried out in accordance with the international standards determined by the Association of European Language Testing Practitioners (ALTE). In this context, four basic language skills are evaluated in different sessions with multiple choice questions, open-ended questions and tasks that measure skills. Listening/monitoring and speaking sessions are carried out in these centers through headphones that block ambient sounds.
With this exam, it is planned to systematically determine the proficiency of students in language skills and, as a result, to provide feedback on the Turkish teaching curriculum, teacher competencies and course materials.
The 2022 application of the Four Skills Turkish Language Exam, whose first application was carried out in 2024, will be carried out between 24 April and 10 May 2024, with the participation of 40 schools and 653 thousand 10 students from 665 provinces determined as a sample.
Administrator, teacher and student surveys will be administered after the exam in order to determine the factors affecting the students' level of acquisition of language skills. Student answers to the open-ended questions in the exam will be scored electronically by field experts.
The results obtained from this research are aimed to provide important findings regarding the knowledge and skills that students have. Since it is implemented in two-year cycles, the results obtained from the research will provide the opportunity to provide comparative data with previous cycles.
Turkish Language Exam in Four Skills is Held According to International Standards
The General Directorate of Measurement, Evaluation and Examination Services became a member of the European Association of Language Testing Practitioners in 2019 in order to implement exams that evaluate language skills according to international standards.
ALTE, an independent association of experts on language testing based in Europe, sets standards for the assessment of language skills on issues such as exam design, administration, logistics processes, grading and classification, test analysis and communication with stakeholders.
Exams carried out in accordance with the standards determined by ALTE can be audited and receive an international accreditation certificate (Q-Mark). In this context, the exam conducted by the General Directorate of Measurement, Evaluation and Examination Services was audited and registered and was entitled to receive the Q-Mark certificate. With this document, the Ministry of National Education became a full member of ALTE.