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Can't remember what you heard? 6 habits for active listening In class, in an exam or with a Turkish podcast: practical ways to make what you hear stick by predicting, catching signpost words and summing up afterwards.
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-dı or -mış? How to tell Turkish's two past tenses apart Turkish learners often mix up -dı and -mış. I explain both through the source of your information: what you saw, heard or only realised, plus a weekly exercise.
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The real work starts after the mock test: how to keep an error log Don’t just check your score and move on. A practical guide to an error log that sorts mistakes by type and catches the ones you keep repeating in exam prep.
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Can't get started writing? 6 steps from blank page to first paragraph Essays, homework or a first email in Turkish: a practical path past the blank page with free writing, a one-sentence main idea and a simple three-part paragraph.
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Don't fear vowel harmony: a 5-step path for Turkish learners How I teach Turkish vowel harmony by ear rather than by rote: two vowel groups, two- and four-way suffixes, the main exceptions and a small weekly exercise.
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Exam-day nerves: 6 small habits to help you stay steady Practical ways to manage nerves before and during exams like LGS, TYT and ALES: rehearsal mock tests, a calm morning routine, breathing breaks and recovering focus.
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Running out of time on reading passages? 6 practical tactics Practical tactics to spend less time on paragraph questions in Turkish exams such as LGS and TYT: reading the question stem first, reading once with purpose, elimination and mock-exam analysis.
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What will this blog be about? Notes on teaching Turkish, LGS preparation, Turkish for foreigners and how AI relates to language.