Foreign language teaching and teacher training policies from the Ottoman period to the present

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 91 - 100, 02.03.2025

Ferda Tokçalar

Abstract

This study focuses on foreign language teaching and foreign language teacher education in Türkiye since the mid-19th century, when the renewal movements in the Ottoman Empire began. It examines foreign teaching and foreign language teacher training policies and practices, starting from the Tanzimat when the westernization studies of the Ottoman Empire began to the present. The study aims to contribute to the field of Foreign Language Teaching Education by examining the periods of foreign language teaching and teacher training policies and practices in foreign language teaching and foreign language teacher training. In terms of the objectives of the study, as one of the qualitative research methods, the document analysis method was chosen, and documents published by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), the Ministry of National Education (MONE), the Board of National Education and the Board of Education, Official Gazettes, National Education Councils and Development Plans of Türkiye were studied in detail. Sections related to foreign language teaching and foreign language teacher training policies in these resources are included in the study chronologically. In the National Education Councils examined, decisions were made to solve the teacher shortage rather than teacher education.

Keywords

Foreign language teaching, Foreign language teacher education, History of foreign language teaching in Türkiye, The National Education Council

Ethical Statement

This review research did not collect data from humans. The primary source of data is documents. Therefore, ethics committee permission was not required.

Supporting Institution

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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