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The Owls Newsletter 3

The Owls Newsletter 3

OWLSThe School of
Foreign Languages

Date: 29.11.2016 // Vol: 3 Newsletter

Prof. Dr. Refƌk POLAT
Rector

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Gettƌng to Know On the evening of 15th July 2016, a group of terrorists that infiltrated into the Turkish
Our Engƌneerƌng Armed Forces made an attempt on the peace of our country and nation in İstanbul and
Faculty Ankara. We, as the members of Karabuk University, express our strong condemnation at
the coup attempt organized treacherously and dastardly; and we resist together with our
4-10 President, Prime Minister, Parliament and nation struggling for democracy and law.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet ÖZKAYMAK Socƌal Club Useful Websƌtes for Englƌsh Learners
The Dean of Engƌneerƌng Faculty
11-12 14-15
4-5
Interview with the 16-17
Prof. Dr. Mehmet AKBABA students of School of
Head of Computer Engƌneerƌng Foreign Languages at
Department Karabük University
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
12-13
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Özlem BATTAL / Research Assƌstant
CIVIL ENGINEERING

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Assistant Prof. Mustafa AKTAŞ
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING

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Assistant Prof. Bektaş ÇOLAK
MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

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Cƌhat ŞEKER / Research Assƌstant
MEDICAL ENGINEERING

9-10

Turgut DEMİR
Faculty Secretary

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OWLS02 The Newsletter

Prof. Dr. Refƌk POLAT
Rector

1 What do you think about School of Foreign Languages? 2 What do you think about the importance of English?
Is it on the point you dream?
English is valid all over the world and it is an accepted language.
School of Foreign Languages is the keystone of our university Rather than being a foreign language, it has been an ordinary
and one of the departments we give great importance. In this language known by everybody. Why don't our graduate
respect, we changed the building at the beginning of the last students know English? English has an important place in our
season and before this change, we had made the required lives. Wherever you go, no matter which country you go, if you
modifications so that it would reach the best situation and get know English, you can communicate. Therefore, I think our
the best physical possibilities to teach English. I guess you are graduate students have to know English in order to get good
pleased with it, aren't you? job opportunities.

Yes, we are. 3 As an engineer, what would you like to say about the
relationship between English and engineering?
Is it enough? It is not, of course. In order to reach better
situations and get better results, you will inform us about your To be a good engineer, one has to know English. You have to
needs, and we will do our best to answer those needs. I wish all know some other foreign languages too, but firstly English is a
the students at Karabük University would graduate after must to carry out this profession properly.
learning English.

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4 Personally, have you ever felt the lack of your know-
ledge of English or have you ever felt the privilege of

knowing English?

Certainly. I have felt the lack of it many times and my English is GETTING
still poor. I give it as an example to my students, too. When I go TOKNOW
abroad, I go with an interpreter to communicate easier. Not to OUR
know English is an incredible oppression and a very terrible ENGINEERING
situation. I do not want my students to experience that. I tell my FACULTY
children the same. I advise my daughter, who is a university
student now, to learn English, too. I permanently warn her as I
do not want her to feel this lack throughout her life.

5 If you let us do, we would like to publish your 15th July
message that you published as senate decision. Would

you like to add anything about this matter?

As you know, 15th July is a situation which has caused our
country to experience an extraordinary process. May Allah rest
our martyrs' souls in peace. May Allah not let betrayers take our
country and nation.

Thank you very much for accepting our interview request and
answering our questions.

You're welcome. Thank you, too.

OWLS04 The Newsletter

Prof. Dr. Mehmet ÖZKAYMAK
The Dean of Engƌneerƌng Faculty

1 What do you think about the importance of English? 3 What do you think about the role of English in the field
of engineering?
A good engineer should learn English because, unfortunately,
an engineer who can't speak it comes short of his/her job. If engineers know English well, they can get a good job and be
Western countries, especially America and European countries, successful even if they aren't good at engineering. So they can
are ahead of us about technology and science, so Turkish be knowledgeable about the developments about produced
engineers must learn English. During the whole process from engines and vehicles etc. in the field of engineering abroad
production to marketing, everything is in English. I learned because of their good English. They can meet with companies,
English by studying at School of Foreign Languages at Middle engineers and broaden their horizons. For example, the
East Technical University for a year and thanks to that I passed assistant general manager of Karabük Iron and Steel Plant
the exam of associate professorship easily. To learn English, (Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikası) graduated from Middle East
our students must study at School of Foreign Languages (SFL) Technical University and he said that he had been an average
for a year, too. I know that lots of efforts have been spent student but he had improved himself about the communication
relevant to this issue at SFL of KBU and I follow the with the world because of his perfect English and then he
developments. Our students need to appreciate these efforts. became in charge of a huge institution. I had a chance to
Unfortunately, they are unaware of it. I mean they see the year observe for 3 months in America. I observed the engineers
they spend at SFL as a loss. studying for master. They graduated from the universities in
Anatolia but they work in big companies like General Electric
Actually, it is a big advantage. there. Why? Because they have improved their English and
their engineering skills are not bad. In one sense their foreign
Absolutely. language knowledge meets the deficit of their lacks of
engineering skills.

2 We are improving our English knowledge indeed and I 4 Do you mean we should learn English firstly to learn
am saying it because the instructors of SFL are fitting us engineering better and easier?

for it.

Sure. It is very important. We have arranged symposiums about No. you can learn it before and after engineering education but
innovation. In the past weeks, there was rail systems you need to spare a special time to learn it. Students should
symposium. The experts in the symposium referred to the think as if they won a school, and they should spend their one
importance of English in the field of engineering. year to learn English. Apart from that I always warn my
students to take advantage of some programs such as
ERASMUS and WORK & TRAVEL. They need to use that kind of
opportunities. They need to go abroad wherever it is.

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After that, most things happen easily. finished in 2 years. But some engineering departments like
Mechanical and Automotive have been using plant of
Sure. It is much easier for you, the young. You can learn it easily. technology school. The students of Rail Systems Engineering
You should go abroad by studying here hard. You can broaden are very hardworking and persevering. They have improved
your horizons and viewpoints abroad. I advise you to go to themselves within the bounds of possibility. We and our
America rather than Europe. students associate with companies producing wagons such as
Turkish State Railways (TCDD), Turkish Railway Machines
5 In your school, there are some engineering depart- Industry Inc. (TÜDEMSAȘ) and Turkish Coach Industry Inc.
ments in which students take their lessons in Turkish. (TÜVASAȘ). We have sent our students for technical visits and
trainings to these companies. They have had a training
How do you consider it? program for 2-3 days. And also some experts from Siemens
came here and provided training for our students. We can
If the students don't improve themselves at SFL, it will be a afford just for that. Namely, the students are good in their fields
negative thing or disadvantage for them. I mean the students although there aren't lab facilities. Consequently, I believe that
who finish their English education by fulfilling the conditions at the graduates will get a job. But as you would appreciate,
a minimum level have difficulty in lessons taught in English. To graduates from new departments have some difficulties in
understand the technical issues in Turkish is very hard. When getting a job. I experienced it personally. I set up the energy
they are taught, it becomes harder. They end up by not learning systems engineering by myself in 2010, and in 2014 some
the essential skills of their job when this is the case, but if they students graduated for the first time. They had some worries
improve themselves well at SFL, they will graduate from their about getting a job but most of the graduates got one. For that,
departments as skillful engineers four years later. They learn we did some changes in curriculum and enriched it so that the
reading, grammar, listening, speaking and writing etc. at students of Energy Systems Engineering can find the job in the
English prep-school and they find a chance to practice them. field of (cooled) air-conditioning, mechanical installation of
Namely, there is a strong connection between their buildings, solar panel systems, wind power and so on. KBU is a
performances at prep-school and their own departments. They modest university and although energy systems engineering is
can finish their university education by either not learning their an obscure engineering, the graduates have gotten jobs in
job well or being good engineers. So the students taking the Ankara and İstanbul. That is very honorary for us. For instance,
lessons in Turkish make a difference. In fact, being a good one of our colleagues gave a reference about one of the
engineer depends on self-guided improvement. At that point, it graduates to a company in Ankara. Company officials like the
makes no difference from which university they graduate. graduate so much that other 7 graduates from KBU have been
working there.
6 Sir, is it directly proportionate to the employment
situation? 8 Has the faculty of engineering reached the desired goals?

Absolutely! If a graduate from KBU establishes a company one No. To reach them, we need to do two things. Firstly lab building
day, s/he can want to work with somebody graduated from should be built in a short time and secondly, the number of
KBU but of course s/he won't employ an unskilled person and students should be decreased. This year we decreased the
firstly s/he will prefer somebody being able to speak English. If number from 100 to 60 for the first time. The number of
a new product is manufactured, general director or company students is 13.000. Normally the quota of an engineering
owner wants you to collect information about that product and faculty should be 3000 or 4000. Now our faculty is larger than
you will have to look for producing companies, cost, payback Bartın University and almost two times larger than Sinop
period and so on. Consequently, to know English or packaged University. Although there are 4000 students in the
soft wares like AutoCAD and solid is always an advantage. department of mechanical engineering, the number of faculties
is not bad at all. They can use the labs of other departments.
7 There are some departments like Rail Systems There are a few faculties in Mechatronics Engineering
Engineering and Medical Engineering only at KBU in Department and some of the departments such as
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Electrical and
Turkey. What do you think about the employment Electronic Engineering, and Computer Engineering. But in the
Departments of Civil Engineering, Environmental Health
situation of graduates from these departments? Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Engineering
the number of faculties is very low. So we cannot say that we
Thanks to Burhanettin Uysal who was the founding rector, have reached our desired goals. At that point, rectorship is the
these departments were set up and we need to improve them. responsible institution. I have nothing to do. We demand for
Unfortunately, lab facilities are very limited. For that, we are staff and if they employ the staff we need, we will reach our
going to build a big lab in the field of 24.000 square meters. It is goals.
going to be a kind of wellness center where there will be a
library and a lot of activities. We hope that it will have been

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Are we on the point you desire?

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I divide the universities in Turkey into three groups: First, the
developed ones such as Istanbul Technical, Middle East Technical,
Bilkent; second, the universities we have known for a long time such as
Ege, Hacettepe; third, the universities established after 2000. Among
them, I think Karabuk university is the best one. In terms of our
department, I see the education among those universities I mentioned
in the second group.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet AKBABA Özlem BATTAL
Head of Computer Engƌneerƌng Research Assƌstant
Department

COMPUTER CIVIL ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING 1 What do you think about the importance of English?

1 What do you think about the importance of English? Our textbooks and engineering resources are all English. English is
very important for us because the terms and formulas we use during
English is of great importance because it is the language of many the classes are in English. Although we do not realize, we use English
publications especially in the field of engineering. The magazines in resources a lot especially while studying post-graduate because, un-
France or in Germany have the same language: English. Especially for fortunately, we do not have Turkish resources in our country. Knowing
the engineers who work in technical fields and for the academicians- English very well in engineering field helps you open new doors.
same in the medicine- resources are generally published in English.
Apart from America and England, you can see that the publications in 2 What would you like to say about the relationship between
Spain, Japan or China are also in English. English and Civil Engineering?

What do you think about the role of English in the field of We, as civil engineers, use English a lot. Although we do not use it as
active as an English, we use it in our academic studies and
2 engineering? translations. If we had been given a better education, we would have
fewer difficulties now. At least, I wouldn't spend that much time. Our
I think you cannot scan literature without knowing English. The langu- department is not %100 English but for a civil engineer, it is very
age of a conference, for example, is English. Whether you accept or not, important to know English in order to increase field information and
English is the common language of many fields including engineering. job opportunities.

What do you think about the difference between English and 3 Finally, do you have anything to tell our students?

3 Turkish departments? As they have finished studying their main lessons, I am trying to lead
my third and fourth-year students to learn English. I advise them to
With regard to the degree they get when they graduate, there is no dif- develop their grammar, speaking and writing skills. As I graduated
ference. However; those who finish English departments are in a more from Super High School, I loved English and didn't quit studying it so I
advantageous position because companies generally prefer them. haven't had many problems. However, everybody is not as lucky as
me. Students coming from high schools study the same English in
4 What about their employment? every stage. English education at high schools does not go beyond the
tenses. For students, it is suitable to solve this problem at School of
It depends on their interviews. We cannot say it is directly related to Foreign Languages. They have also a chance to develop their English
the degree on their diploma. If s/he cannot present herself/himself, via private courses. If it is possible, students should overcome this
the points s/he gets may not be adequate. A company does not just matter before they graduate. A civil engineer is the representative of
want an employee who knows a foreign language and has good the company s/he works for and plays an important role in providing
grades; instead, they want an employee who has good commu- connection to the foreign countries. Therefore, nobody can deny and
nication skills and who is able to represent their company. Therefore, ignore the importance of English.
students should improve themselves socially too.

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Assistant Prof. Mustafa AKTAŞ

ELECTRICAL AND 3 Mr. Aktaș, as everybody knows, there are English
ELECTRONIC medium (100% and 30%) and Turkish departments

ENGINEERING within our university. What can you say about the

differences among them?

1 We really thank you for accepting our request to Brief and to the point, I strongly think that English is a must for
interview with us. First of all, what do you think about an engineer.

the importance of English?

No matter how far each part of the world is, the global world is 4 Do you think that there is a direct correlation between
actually a small village in which people live very close to each the level of English and employment?
other which results in their inevitable need to communicate
each other either in social or professional field. We I think so. They certainly have to speak English since qualified
communicate via language, especially spoken form. English engineers must have developed communication skills in a
takes place on the top among the other languages in the world. foreign language along with professional competence. All the
As for the science language, the fact that English becomes business opportunities will be available for those self-
more important makes me think it as a lingua franca for improved engineers. Especially corporate firms keep in touch
students, academicians, and engineers in their career. with the firms abroad; therefore even the most professional
employers may not foresee with what country they will do
2 What about your opinions about Engineering and English? business. At this point, highly qualified engineers with a high
level of English play a critical role. The need for English in
Engineers, students in departments and academicians need to business life will come insight in time despite it's a common
keep up with the world as the other parts of the world are one language nowadays.
step ahead of us in technology and engineering. Therefore, we
need to be in touch with them, get information from them and 5 Finally, what advice do you give to your students?
work together with them to catch up the technology they
develop. Because of this, it's necessary to have adequate For engineers, being knowledgeable in English is not enough
knowledge of English and be able to use it efficiently. unless you speak the language fluently. Being able to speak
Engineering department students have the chance to go English is the significant point. Therefore, I strongly think that
abroad for one year in order to improve and intensify their we have to allocate as much time to teach speaking skills as for
English. We all know that electronic and technologic devices are professional skills.
produced in developed countries. Turkey is developing, as well
but still there is much progress to be made for us. The more we Thank you for taking the time with us.
are in touch with those developed countries and exchange
information, the faster we can catch up them. You are welcome.

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Assistant Prof. Bektaş ÇOLAK

MECHATRONICS 2 Are job opportunities for graduate students directly
related to their English level?
ENGINEERING
Yes, this is the reality of Turkey. For graduate students,
1 What do you think about the importance of English? communication is very important. Until they finish university, it
is enough to know English to be able to follow the resources but
Knowing English is quite beneficial as the resources used when they finish school, they need English to communicate. It
during the education at Engineering Faculty are based on is a must to work for a qualified institution.
foreign countries and their resources. Therefore, a person who
knows English can reach more resources easily and interpret
them. There are also Turkish resources published by ITU and
some other universities but there aren't any Turkish resources
about new technological developments. In addition, students
need to communicate with foreign companies during their
internship or in the company they work after they graduate. To
sum up, it seems impossible to be an engineer if you do not
know English today. However, one should always remember
that we are Turks and Turkish is our mother tongue. We should
not feel embarrassed when we have difficulty in speaking just
as a foreigner does not feel when s/he can't speak Turkish
fluently.

3 Would you like to add anything?

Besides preparation class, the internet is a great resource for
students to learn English. It was not like that in the past, and it
was difficult to reach the resources. I advise my students to use
the internet properly. If they use properly, they can easily learn
English. It is an essential part of our profession. I think you don't
have to learn all the skills and details in a language but you have
to learn as much as you need in your job.

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Cƌhat ŞEKER
Research Assƌstant

MEDICAL 2 As you know, in engineering faculty there are some
departments whose medium of instruction changes
ENGINEERING
(%30 English & %70 Turkish, %100 English, %100

Turkish). How do you consider their differences?

1 Thank you so much for receiving us to interview. Firstly, Instruction is totally in Turkish in the departments of %100
what do you think about the importance of English in Turkish. In the departments of %30 English, students have to
take %30 of their total classes in English. For example, if a
daily life and engineering? student has to take 30 ECTS in a term, s/he will take 9 ECTS of
30 ECTS in English. Classes that have to be taken in English are
English is important for all jobs but it is more important for determined by the individual responsible for department or in
engineering. As you know, there are more than 100 countries in regulations. Instruction in the departments of %100 English is
the world. We need a common language to communicate with totally in English. Thanks to that, we try to prepare a
other people and find a common ground, and it is accepted that substructure of technical English for students. Of course, the
this common language is English. The language used in students in the departments of %100 English are different from
scientific papers is English, too. We have written the papers in the others because taking all the classes in English means that
English so that foreign people are informed about the they are familiar to the technical lexical they have learnt in
technology and academic improvements we have studied on. classes.
Nowadays the whole world has globalized. That means the
world has become a small village. The entire world can study 3 Medical Engineering is a new department in Turkey.
and work together. English has become a lingua franca which What is its working arena and what is the duty of a
enables us to communicate with different companies of
different countries in this global world. Thus, we must learn medical engineer?
English. Being a good engineer is directly proportionate to
make theoretical knowledge learnt at university into practical This department was founded in 2013-2014 academic year. Its
skill. At this point, the role of English is very important. There is mission is maintenance, repairment, and designing of medical
a direct and strong bond between being a good engineer and devices. The external dependence of Turkey is too much about
your English level. this subject. A lot of money is paid to the import of these
medical devices. This department was founded to design them
in our own country and not to pay these vast sums of money to
other companies abroad. Because of this reason we try to train
our students goldenly. There are medicine and engineering
classes in the curriculum. Medical Engineering is an
interdisciplinary department so the students take the classes
of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic

OWLS10 The Newsletter

Engineering, and culture classes. We think that our department 5 Finally, do you want to say anything else?
has a bright future and graduates will not have difficulties in
business world. Generally, students understand the importance of English
when they are junior or senior. I advise them to study English
4 Is English directly proportionate to employment hard while they are at SFL. It is a need for them. We are not
conditions? English; we are Turks and our mother tongue is Turkish so we
cannot speak in English as perfectly as an English but at least
Yes, it is. Especially for a person who wants to work in a big and we should read, write and speak enough. But students should
institutional company. Being good at English has great take some precautions in advance by giving importance to the
importance for these people. Also, they should have high marks education at SFL.
in foreign language exam to be able to go on graduate study and
doctorate.

Turgut DEMİR
Faculty Secretary

1 What do you think about language education? 2 What do you think about our region and our university in
terms of engineering and employment?
I want to take part in the subject with an example. The daughter
of one of my relatives graduated from Industrial Engineering. Our university, KARDEMİR and Turkish Employment Agency
She started to work in Ankara but couldn't work more than six made an agreement. As a heavy industry, KARDEMİR is a great
months. It was a company dealing with international trade. She place. Everybody must go and see. It is known as a factory
resigned after six months. The only reason why she resigned which builds factories. During the season, our students can go
was her lack of English. Now, she is planning to go to England to and see there with their professors. Regarding this protocol,
learn English, which will undoubtedly cost her a fortune. As she KARDEMİR has to employ %20 which accounts for 7-8
didn't get an education at School of Foreign Languages when students. Four years later, there will be an amazing number of
she was a university student, she suffered financially and emo- engineers, 10K of whom from our university, in Turkey. In order
tionally. As the ex-secretary of School of Foreign Languages, to outstrip his/her rivals, an engineer must know at least one -if
I can say that the education here is beyond the standards of possible more than one- language. If they spend half of the
Turkey and very qualified. For example, the classrooms are for time which they spend on social media on learning a foreign
15-20 students; there are smart boards and laboratories; there language, they can easily learn.
is a library where you can reach any related materials; exams
such as TOEIC and TOEFL are organized regularly; social and
academic facilities are carried out by the instructors properly. In
this respect, the students at our university are quite lucky.

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Socƌal Club

Hello there. 2: You must have the photo of every item.

Do you have an organization idea but need company? Why did we do this? The answer is to help the
Are you getting bored? students to get to know the campus and each
You don't know what to do to socialize? other. The first group who took 18 photos in
different places on campus were the winners.
Don't worry, I would like to congratulate Alperen SEKBAN,
the social activities club is Onur TEZCAN and Bünyamin POLAT as for
here for you… being the first group and Murat ÖZKAYA,
Berkcan SUBAȘI and Feyyaz AĞIRMAN for
being the second group of the event.

We are three instructors at Karabük YDYO. Our names are Mustafa POLAT, Fırat
LULACİ and Zeynep Gözde LULACİ. We are here to organize social events like
walking tours, games, quiz shows, picnics, sports tournaments and so on… If you
want to take part in any of these activities, or if you have an activity idea but need
help, just visit us. Fırat and Gözde would be in room 126 and Mustafa would be in
room 227. We would be glad to help you.

We have organized two events in October. We made a photo Scavenger hunt and
a walking trip in Karabük Kent Ormanı. I know Scavenger hunt sounds silly but let
me explain it.

The scavenger hunt is a party game in which the organizers (which is us) prepare
a list of simple tasks. Participants work in small teams. The goal is to find the
items on the list and take a photo with them. The first team to complete the list or
to complete the most items on the list would be the winner. (Don't worry we also
gave presents to the second team). It is a very easy game there are only two rules:

1: All team members must be in the photos (you can have a selfie together or ask
someone else to take your photo).

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What about the walking tour?

It was ok. We were supposed to meet at the entrance of
Karabük Kent Ormanı at 10:00, but when we arrived, there
were only 2 students waiting for us. We were a bit scared when
we saw that, as we were heavily loaded with sandwiches, juice
and water enough for 40 students. The two students had
already brought their sandwiches with them, so we were
planning to eat them all but luckily in about 20 minutes 33 other
students arrived. Two of them had also brought their guitars
with them. Anyway, we started walking and completed the
route (which was about 4 kms). When we came back we were a
bit tired and thirsty so we sat under trees, then Onur and
Oğuzhan took out their guitars. Everybody sang for about 1
hour and thanked each other and left.

Interview with the students of
School of Foreign Languages at
Karabük University.

Now we are planning a camping organization to Yenice to see We asked;
the perfect colours of nature next week. If you want to take 1 What was your first
part, just keep your eyes on the noticeboards. Because Autumn
is the best time to discover the wonderful colours of the falling impression about Karabük?
leaves, and Yenice is a perfect place for doing so.

2 Nowadays, what do you
think about Karabük?

3 Can you compare Karabük
and your hometown?

What else are we planning? Well… With the first day of winter, 4 Why did you prefer
we can have a barbecue party, and build the biggest snowman Karabük University?
this campus has ever seen. We can also visit the animal shelter
and organize a basketball and volleyball tournament again this They told us;
year. A bike tour, karaoke night and film night are all in out to do
list so keep your eyes wide open…

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Elif ATEȘ Umut Yașar ZANGAL

My first impression was that My first impression was that
Karabük was a small but beau- Karabük hasn't got green. There
tiful city. I think Karabük hasn't weren't enough trees in the city.
got so many places where you When I came here for the first
can visit. But it isn't a problem for time, I visited the campus and the
me because I don't like to visit. I city center so I didn't like the city.
have been in Karabük for 2 Then I visited Bulak Mencilis Ca-
weeks. So I'm getting used to ve and The Glass Terrace in Saf-
here. We have to get used to, you ranbolu. I liked them very much.
know. What else can we do? Safranbolu is greener than
Cafes are a little bit expensive. Karabük. I like Eski Çarșı. Cultural
We have to go to Safranbolu for the bazaar. I came from Fatsa. heritage has been protected there. My friend, Burak chose
Anyway, there's sea in Fatsa. It is a small city like Karabük. Karabük University. I chose too. It was my 5th choice. I looked at
I wanted to go to university in Ordu but my success order was the photographs of school. I liked it. But I hadn’t known the city
enough for Karabük University. was like that! I was sorry to come at first, but then I liked.

Seniye KORKMAZ Merve YILDIZ

My first impression was bad. When I came to Karabük, I
Because of that, I am staying in a thought that I could get used to
dorm in Safranbolu. It's better here because Karabük isn't a big
than Karabük. Safranbolu is city. I had difficulty in living in
beautiful. I came from Bursa. It's Karabük at first because I was
bigger than Karabük. It's away from my family. I think
mountainous like Safranbolu. I'm Karabük is a favorable city for
in my element in Safranbolu. But students. It isn't troublesome for
I can't say the same thing for me and my family. Everywhere is
Karabük. My point was sufficient close to each other. I mean I
for Karabük University and the haven't got a negative thought
city is close to my hometown. I heard the education at Karabük about the city or the university. I chose here because it is close
University is good. to my hometown. A few of my friends have been here. They
recommended Karabük University to me. I think I can complete
Burhan UYAR my education here. My hometown is bigger than Karabük but I
love Karabük. People say "If you are not plannig to live a luxury
My first impression was negati- life, you can prefer Karabük University.”
ve. I didn't like Karabük frankly
because my hometown is very Osama ASSELWI
big and advanced. I couldn't think
positive things about Karabük Karabük is the best and most
because there aren't so many beautiful city I have ever stayed. I
places to visit. There is only can do what I want. Although it is
Safranbolu. So I think Karabük a small city, it is more than great
isn't good for students. There are because its climate is beautiful.
a lot of activities and places to The people here are modest and
visit in my hometown. It is a respectful. I haven't felt that I am
relaxing place, too. When we compare the prices of things in a stranger. I feel like I'm living in
these two cities, the life in Karabük is more expensive. I my family. Karabük is a more
preferred Karabük University because my point was sufficient developed city than my home-
for Karabük University and it was my 11th choice. town about education, techno-
logy, and region. I made a bit research. Then, I found myself in
Karabük. I have no special reason but I'm very happy here.

OWLS14 The Newsletter

Useful Websƌtes for
Englƌsh Learners

Do you want to discover great websites for English learning? correctly selected translation, you get a point and move on to
Below you'll find websites, some with a focus on listening, the next clip in the series. You might play the clips as many
some on vocabulary, others on grammar, and some with a times as necessary. There are 5 levels of difficulty to choose
range of activities. Happy learning! from, as well as a number of grammar categories to browse
through (Present Simple, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs, Passive
VOSCREEN www.voscreen.com Voice etc.). There are also 3 separate categories with video clips
chosen specifically for children.

FORVO www.forvo.com

Voscreen is a highly innovative way to help learners improve Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world, the place
their English language skills on their own, without the express where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original
need for outside instruction. Moreover, it can also provide the languages. In 2008, Forvo was founded with the mission of
tools needed to develop students' language skills in an improving spoken communication across cultures by creating a
engaging, interactive and challenging way. platform where users could share pronunciations of words in
their native language and listen to words pronounced by other
Voscreen is a free platform (you need to sign up / log in with native speakers.
your Facebook account which takes 5 seconds) offering a
variety of very short video clips which come from TV series, Today, Forvo is the largest online reference for pronunciations
movies, songs, you name it. In each short clip, a phrase is said. with a database of nearly 4 million words pronounced in over
330 languages – all created and maintained by native
As you enter the website, you select your native language, speakers. Improve your pronunciation with Forvo! Forvo
watch the clip, and then choose the accurate translation to the Pronunciation Guide lets you listen to, learn and record
short phrase uttered in the clip. At this point, you might choose pronunciations in English.
whether you want to see English subtitles or not. For each

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ACAPELA BOX www.acapela-box.com BRITISH COUNCIL LEARN ENGLISH TEENS
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org

Acapela-Box is an online service that allows you to convert and LearnEnglish Teens is brought to you by the British Council, the
download your text messages into sound files using our high- world's English teaching experts. If you want to learn English
quality text to speech. It lets users type words or sentences and while having fun, this free website is just for you. LearnEnglish
then listen to the way they sound when they are spoken by a Teens can help improve your English with reading, writing and
variety of voices: male, female, happy, sad, young etc. and in listening practice, tips for exams, grammar and vocabulary
various languages including Turkish! The speed of speech, the exercises, games and videos. You can also interact with other
tone and the pronunciation of words can be modified with teenagers from all around the world.
controls on the website.
NEWS IN LEVELS www.newsinlevels.com

GRAMMARLY www.grammarly.com

Grammarly is the world's leading automated proofreader. It It provides news for students of English to learn and
checks for more than 250 types of spelling, grammar, and understand English. This website prepares short news articles
punctuation errors, enhance vocabulary usage and suggest every working day. Everybody can use them. These articles will
citations. help you have better English and understand more.

Grammarly is an online grammar and spelling checker that You can learn English very fast when you use News in Levels
improves communication by helping users find and correct every day. Why? It is simple. It repeats the same words in one
writing mistakes. Grammarly explains the reasoning behind level again and again. So, when you read and listen to the news
each correction, so you can make an informed decision about every day, after 2 or 3 or 4 months, you can understand all the
whether, and how, to correct an issue. It's easy to use: Copy and words in one level. Then it is time for you to go one level higher
paste any English text into Grammarly's online text editor or and do the same. It uses only words which you need for your
install Grammarly's free browser extension for Chrome and level. In one level it repeats the same words. Then it is easier for
Safari. you to remember them.

When you read and listen to the news, you practice English and
you learn but you don't feel that it is hard work. It is a natural
process of learning. You don't have to study but you learn when
you read and listen to the news.

Lec. Mustafa POLAT

OWLS16 The Newsletter

Mr. Robot

Nowadays everyone is talking about Mr. Robot. Everyone “fsociety”. His all life will change because of this group as a man
thinks it is amazing and ruthless because it is all about the invites him to the group. He will have a lot of problems in the
different versions of the truth. Sometimes, the truth can be next episodes because of his job, using his abilities for bad
disturbing and Mr. Robot is that kind of series. The disturbing things, drugs, his family and his mission. He will solve all of
things aren't blood or violence. The disturbing thing is steering them but can he solve the problems inside of his brain?
of a group. Dangerous people cause all the bad things in the
world. This is not the only problem. Also, there are E-corp's dirty
tricks to steal more money from us. To realize all of these things
makes us surprised.

On the other hand, our guy, Elliot tries to save the world from
E(vil)-corp. He calls it Evil-corp. He is a cyber-security expert in
All Safe. All Safe makes some factories' systems safer. By the
way, Evil-corp works with All Safe. You will see very bad results
in this business partnership between Evil-corp and All Safe in
the next episodes. Also, Elliot is not talkative; he is quiet and
has some mental problems. He has got an imaginary friend. If
he wants to talk to someone, he talks to himself and in all
episodes you can't learn his name. Another problem is he uses
drugs. He is addicted and he uses his abilities for bad things,
too. These things are illegal but contain justice for Elliot.
Everything I can say to you about the other characters will be a
spoiler. So I will just introduce Elliot. His family hasn't got a close
relationship with them. The father dies when Elliot has been a
child. The mom doesn't care what is going on her children's
lives. The sister doesn't speak to him. Elliot is a sociopath.
Talking to people is very hard for Elliot.

During the next episodes, Elliot will try to save the world with
his own ability. Evil-corps will become his mission. He is very
good at all computer issues. He looks like a guard of Evil-corp
but he is the guy who tries to defeat Evil-corp. His war is big and
not just between him and Evil-corp. He will have new enemies
and alliances. The most important one is a group. Its name is

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AM I THE KILLER OR THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD? You see the president. He looks at you very sadly. Then he says
“You are not a killer. You have killed a very famous criminal you
Everyone thinks about the killer but it is not our topic. It is all don't know. Nobody knows it because you have killed him in the
about time and other universes we don't know about or that past before you were born. There is only a little difference
never exist. Have you ever thought about the time machine? between us. My time line goes straight on time but your time
line has jumped on time. Think like that. My past is your present.
Let's say, we are in the 2070s and try to imagine that someone This is one option. This option is 'What happened happened.'
invents a time machine and introduces it to the government. The incidents, all the people in the world and you-time traveller,
The government decides to choose some people and sends occur because the things you have already done for us. You
these people to the past. Then, the government announces the cause it. The difference is you do it for your present. Now it is
chosen one on government's channel. What a lucky day. It is time to talk about the other option. If two different worlds
you. You will travel in time next Monday. The government takes occurred after the chosen person killed the boy, the world you
you to give some information and teach you what to do. When it were born inside would keep going with or without you after
is Monday, you have to leave. The President of your country you travelled in time. Nothing will change or nothing changed
says “You will be in a room. You can find whatever you need in for the world you were born inside. You have just caused a new
that room. Take what you need and go to this address.'' to you, future without the boy for another world.”
before you enter the time machine.
I know this stuff is very complicated for everyone. Nobody can
Then, you wake up in a room and look at the table. There is a say it is the truth. If you want to learn more or if you are already
new id, a revolver, new clothes to wear in the past, a clock and a interested in time paradoxes, and time travelling you should
wallet on the table. You look into the wallet. There is some read All You Zombies. It was written by Robert Anson Heinlein.
money in it. You look out of the window. It is about to be the If you want to watch a film about it, you can watch
night. Then you leave the room and look at the address. You see “Predestination”. This film is about paradoxes. Finally, all of us
six sentences on the address paper. “Cross the street. Turn left. have to wait for someone to create the time machine.
Walk ahead for two streets. Find the green house. Kill the boy.
Go back to the room you woke up inside and close your eyes''. Hüseyin Berat TUNCER
You decide to do this for your government. You go to this
address. You find the boy. He is playing in the garden. He is
happy but you don't care. You take your gun, enter the garden
and kill the boy. Then you start to run. You arrive at the room and
close your eyes. Two minutes later someone pokes you and you
open your eyes. You are in your time zone again.

OWLS18 The Newsletter

A Book & A Movƌe

THE LITTLE PRINCE In order to return to his planet and his rose, the little prince
allows himself to be bitten by a poisonous snake: his planet is
For readers who would like a quick reminder of the book and its too far away, he cannot take his shell. The aviator, who has
main storyline, here is a summary of The Little Prince. It tells succeeded in repairing his plane, also quits the desert. He still
the main character's travels and those he meets along the way. hopes the little prince will return one day and asks us to write
At first sight, it looks like a book for children, it can be read by and tell him if we should ever meet his friend.
everybody. It can be read on many different levels by the
readers of all ages. It provides pleasure while reading. 3 Idiots

The narrator, an aviator, crashes with his aero plane in the "Whatever the problem in
middle of the Sahara desert. While he is trying to repair his aero life is... just say to yourself
plane, a little boy appears and asks him to draw a sheep. The 'Aal Izz Well'. This won’t
narrator learns that the little boy comes from asteroid B-612 solve your problems but it
where he has left behind three volcanoes and a rose. will give the courage to face
it."
Before reaching the
Earth, he has visited "Chase Excellence and
other planets and success will follow". "Life is
met some very odd not about getting marks,
people: a king, a con- grades but chasing your
ceited man, a drunk- dreams".
ard, a lamplighter, a
geographer… After These are the golden rules
arriving on the Earth, which 3 IDIOTS teaches you
he has spoken to a in a very light and entertaining way. The movie makes you laugh
fox who has taught and while watching it, you can learn many golden rules which
him that to know can alter your life in a big way...
someone or some-
thing. The fox says 3 Idiots which is a blockbuster and path-breaking Bollywood
“You must tame film was shot in 2009. It was adapted from the novel Five Point
them, and that Someone by Chetan Bhagat. While the movie criticizes the
makes them unique. current education system in India, it tells the friendship and
What is essential is lives of three friends studying at the best engineering school in
invisible to the eye.” India.

The movie has many hilarious scenes and everyone in the film 19
from Aamir Khan to Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya are superb in
their roles. Although Aamir was 44 years old when he starred in We are very happy to introduce you to the third
the film, he looked like younger than he was. At first, the film's issue of the Owls. This issue mainly focuses on
music sounds mediocre but while watching the film, it sounds Engineering Faculty, the ideas of the professors
great. The cinematography is awesome and so is the direction. about English and its relation with engineering.
Raju Hirani's screenplay (you can easily ignore a few loose You can also find what Social Club has done so
points) is a masterpiece and the film will achieve cult status for far and its plans; useful websites for you to
engineering students in a short period of time. It has the soul learn English better; a book and a movie
which Five Point Someone has. It is Aamir Khan's finest film. review; a review about the TV series Mr. Robot
The film's climax is fantabulous and is a shocking. Everybody and an interesting article about Time
will be surprised... Paradoxes. We would like to thank our
students and teachers who helped us prepare
To conclude, 3 IDIOTS has the potential to break all records and this issue.
sweep all awards. Watch it. You will love it.

Cansu ÇÖKELEK

Crossword

THE QUESTIONS
1=> Every, all, any. Every individual person or think.
2=> The energy from the sun. That allows you to see things.
3=> If you have to take, have and know; something or somebody,

you use this word.
4=> The first letter of the English alphabet.
5=> The state of being dark.
6=> It used with verbs to from the infinitive. In the direction of: as far

as. It used to show the person or thing that receives something.
Give it …. me. This blank fill in with this word.
7=> To be bright; to send out or send back light.

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