International Association of Educators   |  ISSN: 1309-0682

Orjinal Araştırma Makalesi | Akdeniz Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi 2022, Cil. 16(42) 18-31

Analysis of English Language Teaching Programmes Course Syllabus at ELT Departments in Turkey

Kürşat Cesur & Zeynep Özekinci

ss. 18 - 31   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/mjer.2022.541.2   |  Makale No: MANU-2212-15-0001

Yayın tarihi: Aralık 31, 2022  |   Okunma Sayısı: 171  |  İndirilme Sayısı: 251


Özet

In Turkey, foreign language teaching has been one of the most popular education subjects. Of its importance and given credits, English is Turkey's main compulsory foreign language. Therefore, the domains and characteristics of English Language Teaching Programmes (ELTPs) have a vital role in education programmes. This study aims to find the most preferred topics in English Language Teaching programmes course syllabi in English language teaching departments of 58 state universities. The study follows a qualitative research method and adopts a document analysis. In this regard, 58 state universities’ education programmes were analysed, and 91 topics were listed. These 91 topics were reduced to 35 because of having the same content with different titles. Then these 35 topics were listed, and their frequency tables were constructed. The findings of the study show that the most preferred topics are the teacher competencies, historical development and learning outcomes of ELTPs. Meanwhile, the least preferred ones are foreign language teaching in today’s school curriculum, system thinking and instructional design, and learner strategy training.

Anahtar Kelimeler: English Language Teaching Programmes, Curriculum, Syllabus.


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APA 6th edition
Cesur, K. & Ozekinci, Z. (2022). Analysis of English Language Teaching Programmes Course Syllabus at ELT Departments in Turkey . Akdeniz Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 16(42), 18-31. doi: 10.29329/mjer.2022.541.2

Harvard
Cesur, K. and Ozekinci, Z. (2022). Analysis of English Language Teaching Programmes Course Syllabus at ELT Departments in Turkey . Akdeniz Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 16(42), pp. 18-31.

Chicago 16th edition
Cesur, Kursat and Zeynep Ozekinci (2022). "Analysis of English Language Teaching Programmes Course Syllabus at ELT Departments in Turkey ". Akdeniz Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 (42):18-31. doi:10.29329/mjer.2022.541.2.

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