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

Year 2011, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 16 - 34, 01.06.2011

Mehmet Sercan Uztosun

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