The first generation of the new English language teaching program: are we still successful?
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Дата
2020
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Науковий керівник
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КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського
Анотація
Scientific and technological advancements, global trends and societies’ needs lead
policymakers to change foreign language teaching policies. Turkey made its latest reform in English
Language Teaching Program in 2013 and a generation has already been educated with the new program
since then. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate this program over the very first generation through
the eyes of implementers, namely the language teachers in the field. For this purpose, a study group was
formed with 16 language teachers who have at least 10 years of experience and teach at primary level
public schools in Kütahya Province, Turkey. Their views regarding the major changes (age, methodology,
materials, and assessment) offered by the new program were collected through semi-structured
interviews. The design of this research was qualitative. The data obtained at the end of the research were
analyzed using descriptive analysis technique. The researcher transcribed the interviews, examined them
and determined the sub-themes. In order to ensure the reliability of the research, the opinions of another
expert in the field were asked. The results show that although there are still certain problems they are
facing, the majority of the English language teachers agree on the policies, support the new program, and
think we are on the right road to teach / learn English.
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curriculum evaluation, English Language Teaching Program, English language teachers, foreign language education, language policy, оцінка навчальної програми, мовна політика, навчання іноземних мов, програма навчання англійської мови, викладачі англійської мови
Бібліографічний опис
Mustafa Kemal Şen. The first generation of the new English language teaching program: are we still successful? / Mustafa Kemal Şen // Advanced Linguistics. – 2020. – № 6. – Pр. 4-13.