A Qualitative Study into English Language Teachers’ and Students’ Beliefs and Practices in Turkey

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25. Mehmet Sercan Uztosun is a research assistant at English Language Teaching Department of Çanakkale
26. Onsekiz Mart University and currently he is an EdD candidate in TESOL programme at University of Exeter. He
27. is particularly interested in pre-service teacher education, teaching speaking and action research as a methodology.