TY - JOUR T1 - An evaluation of 4th and 5th grade English language teaching program TT - 4 ve 5. sınıf İngilizce öğretim programının değerlendirilmesi AU - Zehir Topkaya, Ece AU - Küçük, Özge PY - 2010 DA - March JF - İlköğretim Online JO - İOO PB - Sinan OLKUN WT - DergiPark SN - 1305-3515 SP - 52 EP - 65 VL - 9 IS - 1 LA - en AB - This study investigates state primary school English language teachers’ opinions about thegeneral characteristics, aims/outcomes and content of the new 4th and 5th grade English Language TeachingProgram. To this end, a questionnaire was conducted with the participation of 72 teachers from 26 schools inBeyolu district of stanbul city. 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