In our language we have a famous saying,“One language, one person.” How true is that! Isn’t being able to Express oneself the best thing on earth? I would love to be apart of your journey in learning Turkish as it can be a little rough trip if it is done alone without guidance! Contact me if you are interested in learning or improving your Turkish without the feeling of it being a burden on your shoulders.Feel free to read my students testimonials.
Who is Çimen Sevanç?
I was born in a little village in UK. However, I spent my primary schooling in my hometown in Northern Cyprus. I went back to the UK and graduated from high school there.Finally I completed my education at the Hacettepe University in Ankara.I studied English Lİterature and got my teachers’ certificate from there too.I have been teaching ever since 1987…wow…I guess that makes many many yearsThere is more to it but I will cut it there for now.If interested in the rest feel free to check my website www.bodrum-lifecoaching.com
Look forward to being your co- pilot in your adventurous journey of learning Turkish…and yes it can be fun!
Testimonials
My appreciation goes to Cimen by Vibeke Sand
on August 11, 2013
She is my professional lifeline to the Turkish languages,
and I can't say it better than several of her students already have done.I am
Danish and have been in Bodrum for 10 years now; a long time as tourist! My
Turkish is 1000s of interpreted words and my brains mixture in my mouth, not
really understandable for other than my friends and the bright ones :-)
On top of that I meet my invisible walls by moving from my
family and home country. e.g. a part of me act like an old rebel who does not
want something as boring as going to school, means change from being the
professional survivor to be the learner as an open child. REALLY a challenge
for Cimen since I turn up anyway, first for 3 month in the autumn and currently
for 1½ months.
The amazing part is that she can get into me. With her
warmth, her fun, and her professional coaching which she can parallel to the
language education - And by giving me a childrens book to practice the language
sound :-) . So far I feel that I meet more of the bright people now, which must
mean that I have got hold of some real grammatically Turkish.
With warmest recommendation!
Vibeke Sand
Great Teacher by
Rucsandra Karabiyikoglu
on May 24, 2012
One year ago when I moved to Bodrum I thought: “Turkish,
like all the other languages I speak, is composed of an alphabet whose letters
combine to make words, which then combine using grammar to make sentences. How
hard could it be?”. But the similarity to languages I speak ends there.
Learning to speak Turkish has presented quite a challenge. Then I met CIMEN and
I understood that Turkish is a logical language, well-structured and there are
very few exceptions to keep in mind.
Cimen is excellent and the informal atmosphere makes the
classes really enjoyable. The lessons are well balanced, with both easy parts
and difficult parts, alternating serious and fun texts, grammar and vocabulary,
reading, writing, conversation and homework checking. You can never tell how
time passes! Day by day, lesson by lesson I’m more confident, so after just 6
months, with one weekly meeting, I can carry a conversation.
Cimen is very patient, positive and fun, not pushy but also
focused to make you learn. I couldn’t make a better choice! Highly recommended!
Recommendation for Çimen Sevanç by Leigh Tatlici
on May 17, 2012
I have been going for Turkish lessons with Çimen for the last 6 months. She was recommended to me by a friend and I can honestly say that with Çimen's brilliant teaching skills, my Turkish is far better than I expected it to be - I now have the confidence to carry out conversations in Turkish and I find myself eagerly awaiting her next lesson to find out what else I can learn. I live in Yalikavak and am more than happy to drive into Bodrum for my lessons with Çimen. She gives lessons for people at all levels. If you are thinking of going for Turkish lessons, go to Çimen. You will not regret it.
Recommendation for Cimen Sevanc by Charlotte Mejl
on September 1, 2011
We can´t recommend Cimen highly enough. We started as beginners (arriving from Denmark)almost a year ago, and her methods and mixture of activities keeps us still interested. She is using different learning styles matching the individual students preferences and abilities.We are now able to understand our Turkish neighbours and make small conversations.Shopping is no problem any more.
Cimen is even able to make grammar interesting, which is quite an achivement! We had never thought that it would be fun learning Turkish - but actually it is with Cimen as teacher.
Cimen’s natural warmth together with her enthusiasm for teaching makes learning Turkish a delight!
Marie Coggin - Feb 2010
December 14, 2009
I have been having Turkish lessons with Cimen since April and found her style of teaching very effective and best of all FUN. Would recommend her to anyone at any level.
Review by Christine
September 19, 2009
We’ve been trying to learn Turkish on and off (mostly off) for 20 years and still regard ourselves as ‘beginners’. As retirees we currently live half the year here in Yalıkavak and the other half in Australia, having moved there from England in 2002. Up until this year we haven’t been able to join a Turkish class here because they all close down for the summer and don’t start up again until October, which is when like the swallows we migrate to warmer climes. Luckily, we had subscribed to the Bodrum Bulletin early in the year and noticed that there was a Turkish class going all through the summer. We telephoned Çimen as soon as we got here at the beginning of May and were invited to attend one of her ‘false beginner’ classes as guests. Çimen is very careful to group her students in the right ability level and we were very impressed from the start with her friendly personality and professionalism. We wholly endorse the recommendations posted already and would like to add our own. Çimen is a qualified teacher of English as a Foreign Language as well as Turkish and her lessons are meticulously prepared and fun. We feel we have definitely made progress and our only regret about heading back to Oz for 6 months is that we will not be able to keep up the practice. We mentioned this to Çimen and she suggested that we could keep up the lessons via email and skype and is quite excited by the challenge. There are no limits to the lengths she will go to to help her students! So if you’ve been thinking about starting or getting back to learning Turkish you won’t find a better teacher anywhere on the peninsula.
Liz and Philip Wood
March 7, 2009
I have used Çimen to learn Turkish and she is excellent. She adjusts her lessons to your own individual requirements, reacting to the inquisitive brain in a calm organized and methodical way. Her English is brilliant for explaining everything, and her explanation of Turkish grammar and structures is clear and easy to understand. She is very positive and encouraging and a joy to learn from ;) Highly recommended, couldn’t recommend her enough!
Review by Victoria Lietchi
March 1, 2009
I can thoroughly recommend Cimen as a Turkish teacher for English speaking clients. I started lessons with her at the end of December as a beginner. As the other reviewer said, she doesn't follow a course book but instead asks the Group what they want to learn and will go at the speed the class wants. She only runs small classes so everyone gets a good chance to practice what we are learning. Something I think very important as most of us want to be able to understand the spoken word and be able to speak the language. I really enjoy the way she teaches and she makes it more fun than work with interesting quizzes thrown in to test us. Somehow her teaching is making the complicated grammar stick. Highly recommended
Carol
February 28, 2009
Çimen is good at teaching Turkish to English speakers as she is bi-lingual so can explain (especially to Beginners) in English. She also teaches English so she understands the differences between the languages and can explain them.
We are in our second winter with her, because we like her personality, her method, her mixture of different activities to keep us interested, her patience and (perhaps above all) her willingness to listen to us and guide us where we want to go at our own pace. She does not work her way through a course book, but asks us what we would like to do. This winter we are concentrating on speaking, listening and using the language, rather than learning more grammar and vocabulary. People have been kind enough to say that my Turkish has improved and considering all my previous attempts, much of the credit must go to Çimen.
Review by Keith Ward
Türklere İngilizce dersi
Bir dil bir insan…doğru demiş atalarımız.İnsanın kendini ifade edebilmesi kadar güzel şey var mı bu dünyada! İngilizce öğrenmek veya var olan İngilizcenizi zevkle, stressiz bir şekilde ilerletmek istiyorsanız bana ulaşın.İsterseniz önce bir öğrencilerimin hakkımda söylediklerine göz atın önce
Çimen Sevanç Kim ?
6 yaşımdan beri öğretmen olmak istediğimi hatırlıyorum.Babacığımın bana almış olduğu kara tahtanın önünde durarak yabancı bir dil konuştuğumu hayal ederdim hep.Sesli bir şekilde!! Duyan acaba nece konuşuyor bu kız derdi sanırım, o kadar kendime güveniyordum ki! Bu rüyamı 1987 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünden mezun olarak yerine getirdim.
Evet o yıldan beri de ders veriyorum. Gerçi emekli oldum ama bir insana yeni şeyler öğretmek beni inanılmaz motive ediyor.
İngilizce yolculuğunuzda size ko- pilotluk yapmak beni mutlu edecektir.
Yollarımızın kesişeceği gün buluşmak ümidiyle…
Öğrencilerim hakkımda ne demişler?
F.Gül Yanık
"Karga'dan başka kuş tanımam" misali Türkçe'den başka dil tanımazdım ben ((:
Elimde değil, başka hiçbir dilde Türkçe'deki anlam zenginliğini bulamıyordum... Bu yüzden de ingilizce kitap okumak, şiir okumak, gramer çalışmak bana işkence gibi geliyordu. Ortaokul hazırlıktan lise son sınıfa kadar tam 4 sene bu işkenceyi çekecek olduğum düşünülürse, durum pek iç açıcı değildi...
Ama neyseki işkence sadece 1 yıl sürdü. Çünkü hazırlıktan, orta birinci sınıfa geçtiğimde; an angel spread her wings and brightened my dark world! ((:
Ve böylelikle ingilizce dersi zevkli hale geldi. Nasıl geçeceğini bilmediğim, saya saya bitiremediğim o 40 dakikalık ingilizce derslerinin nasıl bir çırpıda bittiğini Çimen hocam sayesinde anlayamaz hale geldim... Ve korkarım o olmasaydı, ben ingilizceden halen nefret ediyor olacaktım.
Bu kadar pozitif, güleryüzlü, öğretirken eğlendiren ya da eğlendirirken öğretmeyi bilen bu meleğe sahip olamamış diğer öğrencilerin kayıpları için üzülsem yeridir ((((: Özel Doğuş Koleji /İstanbul
Gizem Günay
İngilizceyle ortaokulyıllarımda tanıştım..O zamalar dil öğrenmenin bu kadar önemli olduğunu bilmiyordum ve bana ingilizceyi sevdircek bu kadar içten,samimi ve çok iyi bir ingilizce öğretmenim olduğunu da tabi.Çimen hocayla birlikte hayatıma ingilizceyi aldım,ingilizceyle tanıştım.Hayatımdaki ilk sahne deneyimimi( ingilizce olarak) onun sayesinde yaşayıp sahneye adım attım(kiss me kate ve grease müzikali). Şimdi ingilizce eğitim veren bir okulda okumamın,kendime olan güvenimin mimarıdır çimen hocam.Canım hocam sizin öğrenciniz olmaktan gurur duyuyorum.Sizi çok seviyorum.
GİZEM GÜNAY
2006 BODRUM MARMARA KOLEJİ MEZUNU
Idil Mami Çalımlı
KIRMIZI’DA ÇİMEN HOCADAN DERS ALIRKEN İNANILMAZ HEYECANLANIYODUM.HER SALI GELSİN DİYE ADRENALİMİ ARTIRIYORDUM. KEYİF SADECE KEYİFTİ. BAZEN UTANIYOR BAZEN HEYECANDAN KORKUYORDUM. TUHAF BİR DUYGUYDU. O KADAR YÜREGİ GÜZEL BİR O KADAR ZARİF BİR O KADAR DA ... İŞTE YARIM KALDI .VALLAHİ BEN SINAVDAN GEÇTİM HEMDE İYİ DERECEDE ZATEN BİR ÖGRENCİNİN İYİ NOT ALMASI BENCE TAMAMEN ÖGRETİCİYE BAGLIDIR ..DERS BİTİNCE EVE GİTSEMDE DERSLERİME ÇALIŞSAM. DEGİŞİK İLGİNÇ İNGİLİZCE CÜMLELER KURSAM DA İLGİSİNİ ÇEKSEM DEDİGİM ANLAR OLDU .HEP BAŞARMAYA ÇALIŞSAMDA YARIM YAMALAK CÜMLELER KURDUM ÖNCELERİ TABİ SONUNDA BOL YILDIZLI NOTLARDA ALDIM. CANIM HOCAM SENİ ÇOK SEVİYORUM GERCEKTEN SEN BİTANESİN YAAA …
Ali Kaynar Hocam ben sızı nasıl unutabılrım kı?:) fınger lar engener lar bılmem hatırladnızmı? :)) hocam bana ogrettığiniz her sey ıcın cok tesekur edıyorum .Sız sadece bır öğretmen olmadınız aynı zamanda arkadasımız dostumuz oldunuz herseyımizı dınler bıze yardım etmeye calısırdınınz kı ederdınızde tekrar her şey için çooook teşekkürler...sevgiyle kalın
Marmara Koleji Mezunu – BODRUM
Ayşim Aksoy Çimen Hocam, ben sizinle geç tanışan olgun yaştaki öğrenciler grubundan sayılabilirim:)) ne çok isterdim sizi daha önceki yıllar tanıyıp, daha çok faydanızı görmeyi :))))) geç de olsa sizi tanımak, yine de büyük bir onur... büyük bir zerafet içerisinde, hiç belli etmeden yüreğinizi ve içtenliğinizi incelikle katarak tüm öğrettikleriniz için çok ama çok teşekkür ederim.Öğrettikleriniz ile hep yanımda ve kalbimdesiniz:
Ebru Durupinar çimenden öğrenmek için legal olarak öğrencisi olmak gerekmiyor... çimen her durumda muhteşem bir öğretmen... şu anda bu kadar zevkle öğretmenlik yapıyorsam katkın çok büyüktür öğretmenim:) sevgiler
Hande Bingol O ; bildiğiniz öğretmenlerden değil.. Arkadaş,dost,abla,anne..Aileden biri..
İyi ki tanımışım sizi :) Ne öğrettiyseniz bana hayata dair ; binlerce teşekkür teşekkür teşekkür :) :) Sizi çok seviyorum..
Bodrum Marmara Koleji Mezunu
Kubilay Özal is the best alayına rest:D
Gürkan Gezgin The greatest language teacher in the world!
Serap Tanrıöver Hayata güzel bakan, enerjisi her zaman pozitif ,hayata olan bağlılığını duruşunun dikliğiyle gösteren değerli hocam Çimen Sevanç sizi iyi ki tanıdım iyi ki benim hayatımda varsınız sizi çok seviyorum her daim mutlu kalın enerjinizden hepimiz etkileniyoruz sevgimle....Serap
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