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THE ROOTS & TALKS TEACHING TEAM

Meet our expert, experienced teachers.

A team that walks alongside your child’s curiosity, self-expression and connection with Turkish. Discover each teacher’s experience, approach and story.

Discover our teachers
Three Roots & Talks teachers with Dünya, Ahmet and Pingucan
A Turkish teacher with folded arms holding up the Dünya doll and smiling with closed lips
Merhaba!

CAREFUL IN SELECTION, SIDE BY SIDE IN PREPARATION

Becoming our teacher
is a process.

Only 2% of applicants
become Roots & Talks teachers.

* This rate is based on applications received via LinkedIn.
7-stage interview

Candidates are assessed with a focus on communication with children and teaching experience.

Strong Communication with Children

Communicating with a child in a reassuring, age-appropriate and open way is one of our core assessment criteria.

Education and Teaching Experience

Academic background, teaching experience and lesson approach are assessed together in the 7-stage interview.

Approved Teacher Badge

The badge on profiles shows teachers who have successfully completed the Roots & Talks assessment process.

TEACHER EXPERTISE THAT KEEPS GROWING

We guarantee our teachers’ excellence.

Care for lesson quality

The teacher’s preparation, communication with the child and lesson approach are at the heart of how we see quality.

Student and parent feedback

We listen to your child’s experience and your observations, and strengthen the bond with the teacher together.

Professional development

We support our teachers’ professional learning, sharing of experience and the development of their lessons.

An online teacher in a blue Roots & Talks T-shirt holding the Pingucan plush toy and a gold-coloured Turkish book
We’ll get there together.

A world connected by one language.

Wherever you are,
Turkish is by your side.

We are here to strengthen your child’s connection with Turkish through stories, play and live lessons.

Meet the teachers
A child, seen from behind, exploring Roots & Talks Turkish activities on a tablet in a bright, everyday bedroom

TRUST IN EDUCATION

A trusted companion on your child’s Turkish journey.

From a word to a sentence, from a story to self-expression… Start with an intro lesson to get to know the teacher’s approach and see how they connect with your child.

YOUR CHILD, YOUR CHOICE

Choose your child’s teacher.

  • Güneş

    Güneş

    5.0 (9 reviews) 1,894 lessons

    For Güneş, children are the biggest source of happiness.

    • Cheerful
    • Motivating
    • Highly rated
    Age groups
    • 4–6
    • 7–9
    • 10–12
    • 13–15years
  • Galaksi

    Galaksi

    5.0 (1 review) 1,094 lessons

    Galaksi is a preschool teacher. A deep interest in how children develop led to a career in early childhood education.

    • Reassuring
    • Highly rated
    Age groups
    • 4–6
    • 7–9
    • 10–12
    • 13–15years
  • Berry

    Berry

    5.0 (4 reviews) 794 lessons

    Berry is a Turkish teacher whose studies are in early childhood education and family counselling.

    • Cheerful
    • Highly rated
    Age groups
    • 4–6
    • 7–9
    • 10–12
    • 13–15years
  • Çilek

    Çilek

    190 lessons

    Çilek is a primary school teacher who completed a degree in Classroom Teaching at Pamukkale University. Çilek has worked with preschool and primary school groups and, as a student, took part in drama workshops and educational projects.

    • Motivating
    • Reassuring
    Age groups
    • 4–6
    • 7–9
    • 10–12
    • 13–15years
  • Mavi

    Mavi

    5.0 (1 review) 99 lessons

    Mavi teaches Turkish to children at Roots & Talks. As an English teacher, Mavi enjoys making a difference in learners' lives.

    • Cheerful
    • Motivating
    • Highly rated
    Age groups
    • 4–6
    • 7–9
    • 10–12
    • 13–15years
  • Baykuş

    Baykuş

    29 lessons

    Baykuş works as an instructor at a state university, continues to study education programmes in language teaching, and teaches Turkish online at Roots & Talks.

    • Experienced
    Age groups
    • 10–12
    • 13–15years

Ratings and lesson counts come from the current public profiles. The heart shows the number of completed lessons.

I have approached every student with the same care I give my own children.

Meet Dünya to think together about the right beginning for your child.

Meet our education coordinator
Dünya
DünyaFounder · Education Coordinator

LET’S TAKE THE FIRST STEP TOGETHER

A connection with Turkish
begins with “merhaba”.

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