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Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language

Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1 25 Temmuz 2025
Enes Akoluk , İrem Çolak , Stefan Rathert *
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Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language

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The delivery of instructional practice in the teaching of English at Turkish primary and secondary schools is considered problematic for a variety of reasons. This qualitative study aimed to explore this situation from the perspective of pre-service teachers enrolled in eight programmes at the faculty of education at a Turkish state university assuming that the participants would provide valuable insights based on their fresh language learning experiences and their emerging pedagogical content knowledge. For this reason an open-ended survey was developed. Seven hundred and sixty-two pre-service teachers responded, and semi-structured interviews with six participants were conducted. The results show that a considerable number of the participants appreciated the learning of English as valuable for their personal and professional development, but the actual use of English in their own lives was limited. Pointing to a variety of reasons for ineffective instruction of English in Turkey, the participants stressed flawed methodology, neglect of skills-based instruction and lack of extracurricular activities as hindrances to strengthen the learning of English in Türkiye. The results call for improvements in teacher education and attempts to disseminate the importance of extracurricular activities to strengthen instructional practices and the status of English in Türkiye.

Anahtar Kelimeler

English Language Teaching, Türkiye, Challenges, Pre-service Teacher Views

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK (2209-A)

Proje Numarası

1919B012300339

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Akoluk, E., Çolak, İ., & Rathert, S. (2025). Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language. Education & Youth Research, 5(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.59041/eyor.1609327
AMA
1.Akoluk E, Çolak İ, Rathert S. Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language. EYOR. 2025;5(1):1-23. doi:10.59041/eyor.1609327
Chicago
Akoluk, Enes, İrem Çolak, ve Stefan Rathert. 2025. “Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language”. Education & Youth Research 5 (1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.59041/eyor.1609327.
EndNote
Akoluk E, Çolak İ, Rathert S (01 Temmuz 2025) Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language. Education & Youth Research 5 1 1–23.
IEEE
[1]E. Akoluk, İ. Çolak, ve S. Rathert, “Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language”, EYOR, c. 5, sy 1, ss. 1–23, Tem. 2025, doi: 10.59041/eyor.1609327.
ISNAD
Akoluk, Enes - Çolak, İrem - Rathert, Stefan. “Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language”. Education & Youth Research 5/1 (01 Temmuz 2025): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.59041/eyor.1609327.
JAMA
1.Akoluk E, Çolak İ, Rathert S. Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language. EYOR. 2025;5:1–23.
MLA
Akoluk, Enes, vd. “Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language”. Education & Youth Research, c. 5, sy 1, Temmuz 2025, ss. 1-23, doi:10.59041/eyor.1609327.
Vancouver
1.Enes Akoluk, İrem Çolak, Stefan Rathert. Have we remained strangers to English? University Students Views of English as a Foreign Language. EYOR. 01 Temmuz 2025;5(1):1-23. doi:10.59041/eyor.1609327