Dear Students,

The English Proficiency Exam for double major and minor degree students will be held online on September 10, 2020. In order to prevent possible technical problems due to the pandemic, the exam will be held online and assess three skills (listening, reading and writing).

Our online exams are held on the CATS platform of our university. You can have access to the system by going to “cats.iku.edu.tr” with your username and password provided by our university.

Please find below the details of the upcoming exam for transfer students:

The Department of Foreign Languages has prepared a guideline for you in order to familiarize you with the procedures of the exams. The steps you need to take in each exam are stated below. Please read each step carefully and make sure that everything is clear.

INSTRUCTIONS for the ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM

READING & LISTENING

The steps to be taken in order to access the Reading and Listening parts of the online exam is as follows:
1.    Go to cats.iku.edu.tr
2.    Enter your username and password and log in the system.

3.    Go to “Tests&Quizzes” click on the exam you are supposed to take.

4.    Once you click “Begin Assessment”, you can start answering the questions.
5.    At the end of each part, you must click on the “Save” button to record your answers first. Then, you can continue with the next part.
 

6.    Before you log out, remember to click on “Submit for Grading”. Otherwise, your answers will not be recorded or graded.

7.    In case you have a technical issue or an internet connection problem, you have the opportunity to submit the assessment one more time within the specified slot. Answers from the previous attempt will not be available within the assessment during subsequent attempts. In this case, your higher score will be recorded.

Please make sure that you use a computer or a tablet. Also, check the listening tracks and the reading texts. You can download them onto your computer. Please make sure that you download the listening tracks at the very beginning of the exam so as to save time and finish the exam within the time slot.
 

WRITING
1.    Go to cats.iku.edu.tr
2.    Enter your username and password and log in the system.
 

3. “Tests&Quizzes”.

4.    Once you click “Begin Assessment”, you can see the topics for the writing part. Please choose one topic ONLY.

5.    Write your answer in the space below and click on “Submit for Grading”.

You will be penalised if you plagiarise (copy-paste from the Internet or a course book). It is important that you take the exam to test yourself and create your own product. We would like to state that plagiarism and cheating are part of academic dishonesty and it is a serious issue. If you happen to plagiarise and it is detected, you will not only get a zero but you might also receive disciplinary punishment.

If you encounter a persistent technical problem during the online exams, we kindly ask you to send an email at ydb@iku.edu.tr with a valid proof (screenshot etc.).

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: We would like to remind you that it is the students’ responsibility to take the exams on time and follow all the steps mentioned above as well as following other announcements regarding the assessment procedures.

Wish you the best of health.
Department of Foreign Languages