AN OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN PROFILE FOR LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION ON THE LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION REFORMS IN TURKEY

Year 2020, Volume: 3, 37 - 45, 19.01.2020

Gizem Arslan

Abstract

English language is now the most commonly used lingua franca all over the world and has become an
international language. Consequently, learning English is an important objective in the education
system in every country as well as the EU member countries. This status of English language results
in some fundamental changes in the foreign language education and foreign language teacher
education policies of almost every country globally. This paper addresses the question whether the
European Profile for language teacher education affects the foreign language teacher education
policies and reforms in Turkey. The study also focuses on the general European profile for foreign
language teacher education on Turkey contexts as well as the influence of the European profile for
language teacher education on the foreign language teacher education reforms in Turkey.

Keywords

English language, foreign language education

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