Where can I learn Turkish in Kitchener-À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ?

Renison Continuing Education offers non-creditÌýTurkish language and culture courses so you can build your confidence and deepen connections with yourÌýTurkish peers, colleagues, and relatives!

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Registration deadline:Ìý


PLEASE NOTE:

These courses areÌýnot available for UW degree credit.Ìý Our courses are designed for adults.Ìý Students must be a minimum age of 15 to register and participate in a Renison Continuing Education. If a student is between the ages of 15 and 17, a parent or guardian is required to complete and submit a consent form.

Fall 2025 Course offerings (TL)

Course code and title Dates Day and time

Conversational Turkish 1 - Virtual LIVE ONLINE

Prerequisite: none

Course code:ÌýTL 110

This course is an introductory course for those who have little or no knowledge of Turkish Language and/or Culture. ÌýIn this course, students will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in an immersive classroom setting.

The goal of this course is to provide participants with an introductory foundation to basic vocabulary and sentence structures as well as fundamental communication skills to begin to build confidence in communicating in the Turkish language.

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September 24, 2025 to November 26, 2025

Wednesdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm ET

For more information, please contact: cape@uwaterloo.ca

Private Tutoring Options

We may be able to offer you one-on-one tutoring with one of our instructors should we not be offering a course that suits your needs this term. The fee for this service is $800.00 CAD (plus HST) for 10-hours of tutoring. For more information, please contact:Ìýcape@uwaterloo.ca.

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Fall 2025 Registration

Regular Registration OPENS week of July 1, 2025

Regular Registration Deadline: 9am ET Monday, September 8, 2025

LATE Registration continues until 11:59am ET Friday, October 3, 2025

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Certificate policy for Turkish courses

After attending a minimum of 70% of classes, you will be eligible to receive a certificate of completion.

Tuition fees, discounts, & cancellation, withdrawal, & refund policy (TL)

Fees

Tuition:Ìý$299.00 CAD (credit-free language courses)Ìý+ HSTÌý

NOTE:ÌýAs of March 2023, Renison continuing education’s administrative fee has been incorporated into the total tuition price as listed above and will be charged to all registrants.

One-on-One Tutoring: $800.00 CAD (10-hours of private tutoring one-on-one) + HST

For more information please contact:Ìýcape@uwaterloo.ca.


Cancellation, Withdrawal, and Refund Policy

  • The administrative fee of $15.00 CAD isÌýnon-refundable unless the course is cancelled.ÌýÌý

  • If a course isÌýcancelled, the tuition fee (inclusive of the administrative fee) will be refunded to students in full.Ìý Ìý

  • Students cannot defer their payments.Ìý

*The administrativeÌýfee appliesÌýto all students regardless of whether theyÌýhave previously taken a Renison continuing education and/or Renison non-credit course previously.

  • Students mayÌýwithdrawÌýfrom a course up until 9am ET the MondayÌýbeforeÌýthe week classes begin for a full tuition refund, not inclusive of the $15.00 CAD non-refundable administrative fee.

  • Students may be refunded 80% of their tuition, not inclusive of the $15.00 CAD non-refundable administrative fee after the originally posted registration deadline (the Monday before the first week of classes),Ìýup until 9am ET the day before the second class. After this date, refunds will not be issued.Ìý

  • NOTE: registration deadlines may be extended at the discretion of CE staff; the refund and cancellation policy applies to the originally posted registration deadline (9am ET the Monday before the week classes begin).Ìý

Requests to withdraw should be sent in writing over e-mail toÌýcape@uwaterloo.ca


Registration deadline:Ìý9am ET the Monday before the week classes beginÌýÌý

– FALL 2025 TERM – before Monday, September 8, 2025 9am ETÌý

80% refund deadline: 9am ET the day before the second classÌý

– FALL 2025 TERM –

Wednesday classes =ÌýÌý

Class 1 is Wednesday, September 24, 2025Ìý

Class 2 is Wednesday, October 1, 2025Ìý

80% refund deadline = before Tuesday, September 30, 2025 9am ETÌý

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How to register & How to pay (TL)

How to register

Registrations must be submitted through our student portal. Follow these steps to register for a continuing education course:

  1. Visit theÌýÌýpage in portal.
  2. SelectÌý‘D±ð³Ù²¹¾±±ô²õ’Ìýnext to your course of interest.
  3. SelectÌý‘D±ð³Ù²¹¾±±ô²õ’Ìýnext to the course session you want to register for (if there are no course sessions listed, dates have not yet been confirmed for upcoming classes; please check back later).
  4. SelectÌý‘Add to Cart’; if you are not signed in to or signed up for an account, you will be prompted to do so now.
  5. Once in your shopping cart, selectÌý‘Checkout’.

You will receive confirmation of your registration through e-mail to the e-mail address attached to your account. For questions about your course, please contactÌýcape@uwaterloo.ca.

If you run into issues with registration, signing in/up, or have questions about portal, please contactÌýrenison.sace@uwaterloo.ca.

How to pay

Upon checkout in our student portal (seeÌýHow to registerÌýfor further instructions), you will be prompted to pay via online credit card payment.

NOTE:Ìýalternative payment options may be available, please contactÌýcape@uwaterloo.caÌýfor more information.

Course descriptions (TL)

Conversational Turkish 1

This course is an introductory course for those who have little or no knowledge of Turkish Language and/or Culture.Ìý In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in an immersive classroom setting.ÌýThe goal of this course is to provide participants with an introductory foundation to basic vocabulary and sentence structures as well as fundamental communication skills to begin to build confidence in communicating in the Turkish language.Ìý

Prerequisite: none
Course code:ÌýTL 110

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