Turkish Primary School English Language Teaching Curriculum Innovations and Their Applications: An Integrative Research Study

Year 2018, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 424 - 435, 30.03.2018

Özlem Karaağaç Tuna

Abstract

Developing a program is a process that requires a lot of effort, time, and finance. When the program developed is related to education, it becomes more important since it will affect generations of people. Therefore, it should be studied on more carefully and a lot of research should be done on it. The present study will focus on the programs developed for teaching English to primary school students, the changes in the program, studies done on the different programs applied for the primary school, and whether these studies have an effect on the developments of new programs.

Keywords

Primary school, English Language Teaching Curriculum, primary school program evaluation, changes in English Language Teaching curriculum

Turkish Primary School English Language Teaching Curriculum Innovations and Their Applications: An Integrative Research Study

Abstract

Keywords

Primary school, English Language Teaching Curriculum, primary school program evaluation, changes in English Language Teaching curriculum

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