The State of EFL Teacher Education in Turkey: from Past to Present

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 161 - 174, 31.12.2018

Dinçay Köksal , Ömer Gökhan Ulum

Abstract

Being a time-consuming practice, EFL teacher
education is a prominent issue to be considered while making long-term
policies. In such a globalized setting with such a fast-growing technology,
this issue is currently perceived to be more than a requirement as a result of
the power of English as a global language. In lieu of this, the necessity of a
prosperous EFL teacher education depends heavily on a program worth and
meritable. While we see a number of adequate developments in the history of EFL
teacher education in Turkey, these developments seem to be insufficient. So, in
a world where EFL continuously promotes significance, nearly every country try
to power up their EFL teachers− based on both their short and long-term needs.
Therefore, within this study, the state of EFL teacher education in Turkey is
examined in a chronological order. To achieve this, document analysis technique
was employed through investigating the existing records and documents.
Conclusions and pedagogical implications of the findings are discussed in the
study.

Keywords

EFL teacher education, policy, English as a global language, EFL teachers, history of EFL teacher education

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