A review on the English language teacher education program in Turkey

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Nuriye Değirmenci Uysal

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The study is an integrative evaluative review that reviews, critiques, and synthesizes the existing literature on the English language teacher education program in Turkey and it compares the current program with the preceding EFL teacher education.Thus, the study focuses mainly on the strengths and weaknesses of the 1998 ELTEP program and the 2006 ELTEP program. It was found that the 2006 Reform fulfills the needs and expectations in general. Yet, there are a number of problems such as the insufficient ‘microteaching’ activities and teaching practice opportunities. In addition, the English language teacher education should be revised and updated systematically, and a well-defined philosophy should be developed as well.


Keywords: Program evaluation; English language teacher education; language teaching.

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Değirmenci Uysal, N. (2017). A review on the English language teacher education program in Turkey. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1), 194–201. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i1.2255 (Original work published August 19, 2017)
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Nuriye Değirmenci Uysal, Balikesir Univeristy School of Foreign Languages

Lecturer, Balikesir University