An Analysis of the Methods and Techniques Used by the Teachers in English Lesson at Primary Schools in Turkey

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 10 - 17, 01.12.2017

Ekrem Solak Gamze Erdem

Abstract

This study investigated the choice of methods of
teachers and reasons for this preference in English lessons at Primary Schools
in Turkey. This study was qualitative in nature and comprised ten English
teachers working at two primary schools in Ankara, Turkey. A survey which had
two sections was administered to the participants in written form. The first
section of the survey was composed of the demographic data of the participants
such as the experience of the teacher and the department graduated and the
second part involved the open-ended questions on the choice of language
teaching methods and the reasons for this preference. The results of the study
revealed that teachers mostly used question and answer technique and
communicative method in the classroom. The number of the students,
technological utilities, and the language level of the students directly
influenced the method used by the teachers in the classroom. It was also
highlighted in this study that the importance of interaction and the role of
culture made language teaching different from other disciplines.  

Keywords

Language teaching methods, approaches and methods in language teaching, early language teaching

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